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Crickets, Possible Solution: Try the copy/paste routine again of your text mail attachment ... make sure there is no empty spaces captured in the begining and ending of the highlighted text you are copying and pasting into the new Reg.txt Its easy to capture/copy those empty spaces unknowingly ... but they will create a damaged or invalid key error/message.

Brian, I lke your reference/classifcation of the current Vista OS You may be too kind though ... I was thinking of it as Vista ME myself.

Dwight, If you cannot find your registration key by the search approach as mentioned in the above post ... open your XP Windows Registry Editor (Regedit.exe). This is your old xp pc with PTE already registered on it of course. Look/search within the registry tree for this listing: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\PTE ... and your Key is here. Click/Highlight the Key. Use File|Export on the main menu and save the key registration as PTE.Key to a folder of your selection. Copy it to your new pc and just double-click it to install into the new Vista registry.

xahu34, The specs on this card seem to provide the capability ... even though it has the older DDR2 and 128 bit technology. The fanless/heatsink design is nice ... just make sure you have highly efficient case fans for cooling though. Is the resolution a natvie/default 1920x1200 for your monitor ? If not ... it can take a bite into the performance. Best test is to try out PTE v5 firsthand ... build a few shows and see for sure. Specification: Brand ASUS Model EN8500GT SILENT/HTD/512M Interface PCI Express x16 Chipset Manufacturer NVIDIA GPU GeForce 8500GT Core clock 459MHz Memory Clock 800MHz Memory Size 512MB Memory Interface 128-bit Memory Type GDDR2 DirectX DirectX 10 OpenGL OpenGL 2.0 D-SUB 1 DVI 1 TV-Out HDTV / S-Video / Composite Out VIVO No Tuner None Max Resolution 2048 x 1536 SLI Supported Yes Cooler Fanless Dual-Link DVI Supported Yes Features Microsoft DirectX10 and Shader Model 4.0NVIDIA PureVideo HD technologyNVIDIA Quantum Technology Package Contents EN8500GT SILENT/HTD/512MHDTV CableDVI to VGA/D-sub AdapterDriver DiskUser Manual

Go to the final step/compilation page of DVD Builder ... just as you would as if burnig a DVD Disc. Burnig Iso Image only burns to DVD Disc. Select Create ISO Image in the checkbox options and then select your folder destination. Options Avail: Create Mpeg2 Files Create DVD Folder Create ISO Image Burn DVD Disc

Eric, Have you tried out the new feature in v5.1 Beta 2 to see if you can achieve your desired control. Wait for Mouse Click or Keyboard Press for Next Slide - WnSoft Forums http://www.picturestoexe.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=7535 PicturesToExe Deluxe 5.1 Beta 2 download : http://www.wnsoft.com/apr/apr-deluxe_beta.zip (4 MB)

Carol, Have you tried this senario in your v4.48 menu using full screen: -Add your Photoshop image as an image object on a plain black ( or what ever color) slide. This way the Photoshop image is no longer a slide image ... but is now a object on the slide. -Add your buttons, text, whatever -Group all the Objects. The Photoshop image is now part of the group ... and should maintain relative position with the rest of the objects. -You will still see black borders on different screen sizes ... but the view/objects should be consistant. It should appear/look like your previous windowed mode menu ... but this time with a full screen background to hide the desktop. I would still try v5 ... it does offer many new options. It does however have a few limitations of which you may accustom to in using v4.

David, You make a valid point ... users of Vista having this problem should post more details of their pc which may help to localize the issue or find some common denominators. Im sure it would help Igor. Just to begin : -Vista version ? -32 or 64 bit ? -DX-10 or DX-9 drivers ? -Video Card ? -Processor type -Memory size

Websta4, Once the slideshow is compiled ... it is not possible to "futher adjust" the executables content. You will require the original .pte file and PTE program to edit its contents and then compile it again to a new executable. Even if you succesfully extract and decompile its contents ... you will require PTE for editing and re-compilation.

Jane, Just to gather some facts: -Does this new pc have XP or Vista OS ? -What DX version currently installed ? -Is your brand/model 8600GT DX-10 compatable or DX-9 ?

For those of you getting started or need additional HDTV hookup info ... this link may be of help. It also contains a link to download a test/info tool for your HDTV. High Definition Blog » Hooking Up A PC to A HDTV: http://www.highdefinitionblog.com/?page_id=127 AVCHD info : Advanced Video Codec High Definition - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Vide...High_Definition

Jane, I dont use color profiles on my Nvidia and dont know if this will help you ... open your Nvidia Display Properties - Color Correction tab and see if your correct color profile is listed/being used. If not you may need to import it.

Welcome, Angelinne If you make/retain a backup copy of your registration key and related email documentation of PTE purchase onto a floppy, cd/dvd disc or USB stick ... you should be just fine to restore from future drive crashes or reformatting drive. Actually you should make a backup copy of any/all your purchased programs registration keys/docs to be protected. You may also want to backup your pte files and any images/music contained by using Create Backup in Zip function of PTEs File menu ... depending on your archival/retention needs. Hard disc failure can get you when you least expect it ... so backup those critical files routinely.

DarknessUK, You probably forgot to select the For All Users checkbox on the Installers-Advanced Options page as Ken mentions above. Just run installer again ... to same directory location.

Bart, I looked over the 'ACE Mega CodecS Pack 6.03 - Professional Edition' and thats alot of installed codecs. Having too many codecs on your system has been known for promoting corruption/compatability issues. I would completely uninstall the 'ACE Mega CodecS Pack 6.03 - Professional Edition' package ... then reboot. See if your PTE is still crashing/receiving access violations. For the best DVD quality for your needs ... create a file using Mpeg 2 encoding. Since your TmpGenc MPEG-2 encoding capability is expired ... I gather you are encoding with TmpGenc MPEG-1. MPEG-1 is of much lower quality than MPEG-2. MPEG-1 is of VCD quality. PTE-Video Builder encodes MPEG-2 files also ... providing you have purchased the Video Builder upgrade. Select the Create MPEG2 Files checkbox in the last stage of Video Builder ... no need to burn a DVD Disc. Mpeg4 encoding is probably not what you need to use at this time. If 'ACE Mega CodecS Pack 6.03 - Professional Edition' installer allows individual codec selection ... then install just the MPEG4 v2 codec.

Bart, I dont quite understand your processing steps to produce a AVI file of your PTE show. It appears to me you are generating a DVD-Video Disc file in PTE and then using TmpGenc to convert that DVD image to an AVI file. Maybe this is part of your quality issue. Why not directly convert the PTE show to AVI ... using Create Custom AVI File radio button and then select the Video Codec button to use any codecs listed. Use a MS Mpeg4, XviD, DivX if so installed on your system. Click the Configure button to view/set its configuration options available. See which produces the best quailty to fit your needs. If you dont have any of these codecs currently installed ... you will have to download them ( some are freeware, some are shareware) Do a Forum search for the codecs named above to find any possible links to download and use.

Martin, Here is a fast & little known trick to obtain all your music using Audacity Digital Audio Editor. -Open Audacity and use File/Open to select your PTE show exe. -Once the music is imported ... save to any music format or edit as you wish.

Bart, What version of TmpGenc encoder are you using? I have never used TmpGenc myself, but many of its users claim its produces execellent results. You possibly may need to configure the TmpGenc codec to use less compression to obtain maximum/better quality. After clicking the Video Codec button in 'Make an AVI Video File' window and selecting your TmpGenc codec ... click the Configure button to view its configuration options available. I dont know what quaility is acceptable to you ... but no matter what codec you use it wont reproduce that of the .exe quailty. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TMPGEnc

Derek, I suspect you are trying to edit "the word 'Text' in the box" from/on the text object itself ... No can do this way ! After left-clicking the text object ... you need to select the Properties tab on the far right panel of the programs GUI. In this panel you are able to select text type, color, etc, and enter the your own text/title within the editbox. Also do as suggested ... download and read the 'comprehensive Tutorial by Lin Evans & Jeff Evans'

John, You mention: I gather you mean you have not found a way to recover the panels/positions other than re-installing PTE ? The only solution I can see to do in this occurance ... is to remove PTEs Apr.ini file completely or if your up to the task edit the configuration/parameter setting relating to panels size/position. The quickest way is just to delete the Apr.ini (close PTE first). PTE will restore the Apr.ini to its normal/default settings when PTE is opened again. This avoids re-installing PTE. file location in XP: C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\PicturesToExe\Versions\5.0\apr.ini

Igor, Nice touch. Can you easily include Button Objects to react in the same manner? Example: Pressed state changes from normal Blue to show as normal Red.

Karma, Does your slide show meet : FAQ Frequently Asked Questions about PicturesToExe Last update: June 18, 2007 1. Question: How many slides can I include to my slide show? Answer: Up to 20000 slides (unregistered version limited to 10 slides). 2. Question: What is the largest size that the generated EXE file can be? Answer: The resulting EXE file can not be larger than 2100 MB (2 GB). I see you have 400 photos ... but dont know your file size (kb/mb) of each to meet the max 2100 MB. Have you properly registered your PTE key code ?

David, Alternatively you can just Map a Network Drive ... right click your desktop 'My Computer' icon to map the drive.

photog1, I dont have a ATI card or use color profiles ... but there might be a work-around you can test to confirm the results. Since the ATI-Color issue is suppose to be relevant in FULL SCREEN modes ... build your PTE show in a WINDOW mode setting using 3D acceleration. -Size the WINDOW mode setting to match your pc monitor. Make sure to enable the Without Border checkbox. Advantages : You get your color profiles using 3D acceleration in what appears to be Full Screen on your size monitor. Disadvantages : Slide show is only sized to your screen dimentions and wont appear Full Screen on different sized screens ... this is pretty much how PTE v4 produced a show.

André, Your comment in 1st post: Please clarify ... Are you using Video Builder or Nero to burn the DVD ? Are you saying the DVD looks normal on your monitor when played from your PC ? Have you made any other DVDs using PTE (not using the same pictures) with same flat/matte results ?