Strange Pixelation in Windows Photo Gallery "Classic" Mode

I use the "Classic" mode in order to get the full resolution available from
my monitor when viewing slideshows in Vista. However, whenever I use this
mode and for every picture, the bottom 5% or so of the image is strangely
pixelated and distorted. Please see http://www.sutula.us/distortion.jpg for a
screenshot of this happening.

Original picture here: http://www.sutula.us/DSC_0019.JPG

Occasionally I'll notice smaller bits of distortion/pixelation elsewhere in
the picture too.

I cannot believe I am the first to notice this but I haven't been able to
find anybody else complaining about this online. What's going on here?

I do realize that if I switch to "Fade" mode this is not a problem but then
I get the even bigger problem of not viewing the images at my monitor's
native resolution! (it seems in "Fade" mode the image is first scaled down
and then scaled up, losing detail!)

I'm running a very speedy computer--pentium quad core, 4 GB ram, radeon 4850
graphics card.

A have the same problem.

"SweetBabyJames" wrote:

> I use the "Classic" mode in order to get the full resolution available from
> my monitor when viewing slideshows in Vista. However, whenever I use this
> mode and for every picture, the bottom 5% or so of the image is strangely
> pixelated and distorted. Please see http://www.sutula.us/distortion.jpg for a
> screenshot of this happening.
>
> Original picture here: http://www.sutula.us/DSC_0019.JPG
>
> Occasionally I'll notice smaller bits of distortion/pixelation elsewhere in
> the picture too.
>
> I cannot believe I am the first to notice this but I haven't been able to
> find anybody else complaining about this online. What's going on here?
>
> I do realize that if I switch to "Fade" mode this is not a problem but then
> I get the even bigger problem of not viewing the images at my monitor's
> native resolution! (it seems in "Fade" mode the image is first scaled down
> and then scaled up, losing detail!)
>
> I'm running a very speedy computer--pentium quad core, 4 GB ram, radeon 4850
> graphics card.