Hello
I HAD a library of family photos, which I originally catalogued successfully in "Microsoft Photo Premium" a 2004 programme. I have always found it useful, have got used to it and can use it to edit and organise my pictures quickly and efficiently. When I changed to Win 7 about 3 years ago, I installed it again, and even though it was only marked as for XP, it worked perfectly in 7, without running it in Compatability mode.
Then I installed Windows Live Essentials,
followed by Windows Media Centre. 
Both of these programmes have taken over my collection and insist on re-cataloguing them, completely erroneously.
Some pictures are not even available anymore, being marked by Windows Live Photos as "Corrupted" or "Deleted."
EDIT:
Forgot to say that I have completely uninstalled Photo Premium from my PC, but it is still on the laptop, where the pic's show every sign of the same behaviour after WMC was installed there. I still have the Photo Premium DVD and it is pristine.
Fortunately, I had copied all my collection of almost 900 photos, catalogued in the original Photo Premium form, to a 16GB USB stick.
I would be grateful if someone could tell me the best way to go to reinstall my photos. I would like to return to Photo Premium, but will I have to reinstall Windows Live Essentials? I like WMC, as I watch sport, etc on my 24"" Iiyama without boring the wife. Will WMC grab my pics from Photo Premium again?
Reading my PC spec's will show that I havea 500GB Hdd which has O/S, programmes and Photos, and a 1TB Hdd with WMC TV & Videos. Can I uninstall W L Essentials and then install Photo Premium again, onto the 500 GB disk? I am stuck!
All advice gratefully accepted.
I HAD a library of family photos, which I originally catalogued successfully in "Microsoft Photo Premium" a 2004 programme. I have always found it useful, have got used to it and can use it to edit and organise my pictures quickly and efficiently. When I changed to Win 7 about 3 years ago, I installed it again, and even though it was only marked as for XP, it worked perfectly in 7, without running it in Compatability mode.
Then I installed Windows Live Essentials,
followed by Windows Media Centre. Both of these programmes have taken over my collection and insist on re-cataloguing them, completely erroneously. Some pictures are not even available anymore, being marked by Windows Live Photos as "Corrupted" or "Deleted."EDIT:
Forgot to say that I have completely uninstalled Photo Premium from my PC, but it is still on the laptop, where the pic's show every sign of the same behaviour after WMC was installed there. I still have the Photo Premium DVD and it is pristine.
Fortunately, I had copied all my collection of almost 900 photos, catalogued in the original Photo Premium form, to a 16GB USB stick.
I would be grateful if someone could tell me the best way to go to reinstall my photos. I would like to return to Photo Premium, but will I have to reinstall Windows Live Essentials? I like WMC, as I watch sport, etc on my 24"" Iiyama without boring the wife. Will WMC grab my pics from Photo Premium again?
Reading my PC spec's will show that I havea 500GB Hdd which has O/S, programmes and Photos, and a 1TB Hdd with WMC TV & Videos. Can I uninstall W L Essentials and then install Photo Premium again, onto the 500 GB disk? I am stuck!
All advice gratefully accepted.
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My Computer
At a glance
Windows 7/64 HPremium.AMD FX-6300.Corsair (2x4) GB DDR3 CMXGX3M2A1337CL9.NVidia/Gigabyte GT730 (2GB) GDDR5.
- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
- bertison
- OS
- Windows 7/64 HPremium.
- CPU
- AMD FX-6300.
- Motherboard
- Asus M5A78L-M LE/USB3.
- Memory
- Corsair (2x4) GB DDR3 CMXGX3M2A1337CL9.
- Graphics Card(s)
- NVidia/Gigabyte GT730 (2GB) GDDR5.
- Sound Card
- Onboard.
- Monitor(s) Displays
- Iiyama PLE2407HDS.
- Screen Resolution
- 1920 x 1280
- Hard Drives
- Desktop: 1TB. WD10EZEX-00BN5A0.
Zyxel nsa310 NAS: 2TB Seagate Barracuda 7200.14.
Cache Drive: Sandisk SDSSDRC032G.
Laptop Lenovo B50/80 128 GB SSD.
- PSU
- Corsair 750M.
- Case
- Coolermaster N300.
- Cooling
- FRONT: (2X) 140mm. TOP: (1x) 120mm. REAR: (1x) 120mm.
- Keyboard
- Logitech K290
- Mouse
- Trust Optical Wired
- Internet Speed
- 15 Mb Down, 0.55 Up.
- Antivirus
- Kaspersky Total Security 2017, Hitman Pro.
- Browser
- Firefox.
- Other Info
- NETWORK:
Sky "Q box" and router.
Desktop & NAS - 30 Metres Cat6 Ethernet wired, via TP-Link 4-port switch.
Lenovo B50/80 Laptop, 2x Wileyfox phones, Lenovo TAB3-8 tablet - all wireless.
Grandchildren, their parents and friends as bandwidth 'parasites' at various times!
