An Error is Preventing this Slide Show from Playing

Hi, I have a minor little problem that I would appreciate help with.
I setup the Screen Saver to display My Photos (i.e. I used browse to
re-directed it to photos that I would like to display when the system "goes
to sleep" and that WERE displayed with when I had WindowsXp).
When I click Preview, the photos appear but when the system "goes to sleep",
I get an error message advising "an error is preventing this Slide Show from
Playing".
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Bob

"Boblink" <Boblink@discussions.microsoft.com> schreef in bericht
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> Hi, I have a minor little problem that I would appreciate help with.
> I setup the Screen Saver to display My Photos (i.e. I used browse to
> re-directed it to photos that I would like to display when the system
> "goes
> to sleep" and that WERE displayed with when I had WindowsXp).
> When I click Preview, the photos appear but when the system "goes to
> sleep",
> I get an error message advising "an error is preventing this Slide Show
> from
> Playing".
> Any help would be appreciated.
> Thanks,
> Bob

turn off the sleep function

If you really mean 'My Photos' and your have Vista, note that 'My Photos'
does not exist as a folder in Vista.

Michael


"Blackbird" <Blackbird@nomail.com> wrote in message
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>
> "Boblink" <Boblink@discussions.microsoft.com> schreef in bericht
> news:BF510323-516F-4E90-918B-B100D69A81E7@microsoft.com...
>> Hi, I have a minor little problem that I would appreciate help with.
>> I setup the Screen Saver to display My Photos (i.e. I used browse to
>> re-directed it to photos that I would like to display when the system
>> "goes
>> to sleep" and that WERE displayed with when I had WindowsXp).
>> When I click Preview, the photos appear but when the system "goes to
>> sleep",
>> I get an error message advising "an error is preventing this Slide Show
>> from
>> Playing".
>> Any help would be appreciated.
>> Thanks,
>> Bob
>
> turn off the sleep function

Thank you Michael, it's Pictures NOT My Photos and the "problem" still exists
with Pictures foloder, do you have a solution?
Thanks,
Bob

> If you really mean 'My Photos' and your have Vista, note that 'My Photos'
> does not exist as a folder in Vista.
>
> Michael
>
>
> "Blackbird" <Blackbird@nomail.com> wrote in message
> news:O0ETMXcbJHA.1676@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> >
> > "Boblink" <Boblink@discussions.microsoft.com> schreef in bericht
> > news:BF510323-516F-4E90-918B-B100D69A81E7@microsoft.com...
> >> Hi, I have a minor little problem that I would appreciate help with.
> >> I setup the Screen Saver to display My Photos (i.e. I used browse to
> >> re-directed it to photos that I would like to display when the system
> >> "goes
> >> to sleep" and that WERE displayed with when I had WindowsXp).
> >> When I click Preview, the photos appear but when the system "goes to
> >> sleep",
> >> I get an error message advising "an error is preventing this Slide Show
> >> from
> >> Playing".
> >> Any help would be appreciated.
> >> Thanks,
> >> Bob
> >
> > turn off the sleep function
>
>

I,m not quite sure what your suggesting Blackbird? If I Turn Off the Sleep
function, then the system will not go to sleep (hibernation) and hence the
Slide Show will never appear (since the system will be "awake" all the time).
Thanks,
Bob



>
> "Boblink" <Boblink@discussions.microsoft.com> schreef in bericht
> news:BF510323-516F-4E90-918B-B100D69A81E7@microsoft.com...
> > Hi, I have a minor little problem that I would appreciate help with.
> > I setup the Screen Saver to display My Photos (i.e. I used browse to
> > re-directed it to photos that I would like to display when the system
> > "goes
> > to sleep" and that WERE displayed with when I had WindowsXp).
> > When I click Preview, the photos appear but when the system "goes to
> > sleep",
> > I get an error message advising "an error is preventing this Slide Show
> > from
> > Playing".
> > Any help would be appreciated.
> > Thanks,
> > Bob
>
> turn off the sleep function
>
>

A screen saver won't work in hibernation. The computer needs to be awake
and unused.


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"Boblink" <Boblink@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:5DC1B049-4F22-4B41-ABEE-F404883ACAD8@microsoft.com...
> I,m not quite sure what your suggesting Blackbird? If I Turn Off the Sleep
> function, then the system will not go to sleep (hibernation) and hence the
> Slide Show will never appear (since the system will be "awake" all the
> time).
> Thanks,
> Bob
>
>
>
>>
>> "Boblink" <Boblink@discussions.microsoft.com> schreef in bericht
>> news:BF510323-516F-4E90-918B-B100D69A81E7@microsoft.com...
>> > Hi, I have a minor little problem that I would appreciate help with.
>> > I setup the Screen Saver to display My Photos (i.e. I used browse to
>> > re-directed it to photos that I would like to display when the system
>> > "goes
>> > to sleep" and that WERE displayed with when I had WindowsXp).
>> > When I click Preview, the photos appear but when the system "goes to
>> > sleep",
>> > I get an error message advising "an error is preventing this Slide Show
>> > from
>> > Playing".
>> > Any help would be appreciated.
>> > Thanks,
>> > Bob
>>
>> turn off the sleep function
>>
>>

Just to let you know you are not alone.
I tried two savers: pointed to c:\users\walraven\pictures
'Photos' reports the error message 'An error is preventing this slide show
from playing'
'windows live photo gallery' reports the error message 'There are no photos
or videos in c:\Users\Walraven\Pictures.

There ARE pictures there as well as folders of pictures.

My best guess is that there are too many total pictures (I have about
14,000), or the special nature of ...\pictures is messing up the saver.

In either case selecting a folder of pictures within ....\Pictures does work
for me.

Michael



"Boblink" <Boblink@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:AA6AA346-F638-47EF-A0F7-53A3BFDBBF45@microsoft.com...
> Thank you Michael, it's Pictures NOT My Photos and the "problem" still
> exists
> with Pictures foloder, do you have a solution?
> Thanks,
> Bob
>
>> If you really mean 'My Photos' and your have Vista, note that 'My Photos'
>> does not exist as a folder in Vista.
>>
>> Michael
>>
>>
>> "Blackbird" <Blackbird@nomail.com> wrote in message
>> news:O0ETMXcbJHA.1676@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>> >
>> > "Boblink" <Boblink@discussions.microsoft.com> schreef in bericht
>> > news:BF510323-516F-4E90-918B-B100D69A81E7@microsoft.com...
>> >> Hi, I have a minor little problem that I would appreciate help with.
>> >> I setup the Screen Saver to display My Photos (i.e. I used browse to
>> >> re-directed it to photos that I would like to display when the system
>> >> "goes
>> >> to sleep" and that WERE displayed with when I had WindowsXp).
>> >> When I click Preview, the photos appear but when the system "goes to
>> >> sleep",
>> >> I get an error message advising "an error is preventing this Slide
>> >> Show
>> >> from
>> >> Playing".
>> >> Any help would be appreciated.
>> >> Thanks,
>> >> Bob
>> >
>> > turn off the sleep function
>>
>>

"Boblink" <Boblink@discussions.microsoft.com> schreef in bericht
news:5DC1B049-4F22-4B41-ABEE-F404883ACAD8@microsoft.com...
> I,m not quite sure what your suggesting Blackbird? If I Turn Off the Sleep
> function, then the system will not go to sleep (hibernation) and hence the
> Slide Show will never appear (since the system will be "awake" all the
> time).
> Thanks,
> Bob

We're talking here about a screensaver not about sleeping mode, aren't we?
Hard to give you advice in English since I have the Dutch Vista, but I'll
try (?=doubtful translation)
Go to Control Panel >Personal Adjustments(?)>Screen Safety (?) and choose
your slide show as the screensaver. Now choose one of the Energy Settings
and change it to:
Turn off screen: Never
Put computer to sleep: Never
That will do the trick.

Thanks Blackbird, I changed the Energy Settings as you directed and the
Screen Saver (slide show) appears to be working fine.
Thank you for your help,
bOb

>
> "Boblink" <Boblink@discussions.microsoft.com> schreef in bericht
> news:5DC1B049-4F22-4B41-ABEE-F404883ACAD8@microsoft.com...
> > I,m not quite sure what your suggesting Blackbird? If I Turn Off the Sleep
> > function, then the system will not go to sleep (hibernation) and hence the
> > Slide Show will never appear (since the system will be "awake" all the
> > time).
> > Thanks,
> > Bob
>
> We're talking here about a screensaver not about sleeping mode, aren't we?
> Hard to give you advice in English since I have the Dutch Vista, but I'll
> try (?=doubtful translation)
> Go to Control Panel >Personal Adjustments(?)>Screen Safety (?) and choose
> your slide show as the screensaver. Now choose one of the Energy Settings
> and change it to:
> Turn off screen: Never
> Put computer to sleep: Never
> That will do the trick.
>
>

Hi, I have the same problem, and I have always had my energy settings set
the way as described in the previous email. I still have error message with
slide show and when trying to run a slide show with just selecting a group of
photos. Any suggestions?

Thanks for any help. I have Vista Home.

"Boblink" wrote:

> Thanks Blackbird, I changed the Energy Settings as you directed and the
> Screen Saver (slide show) appears to be working fine.
> Thank you for your help,
> bOb
>
> >
> > "Boblink" <Boblink@discussions.microsoft.com> schreef in bericht
> > news:5DC1B049-4F22-4B41-ABEE-F404883ACAD8@microsoft.com...
> > > I,m not quite sure what your suggesting Blackbird? If I Turn Off the Sleep
> > > function, then the system will not go to sleep (hibernation) and hence the
> > > Slide Show will never appear (since the system will be "awake" all the
> > > time).
> > > Thanks,
> > > Bob
> >
> > We're talking here about a screensaver not about sleeping mode, aren't we?
> > Hard to give you advice in English since I have the Dutch Vista, but I'll
> > try (?=doubtful translation)
> > Go to Control Panel >Personal Adjustments(?)>Screen Safety (?) and choose
> > your slide show as the screensaver. Now choose one of the Energy Settings
> > and change it to:
> > Turn off screen: Never
> > Put computer to sleep: Never
> > That will do the trick.
> >
> >