tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4011252463639388552.post1196478519172220104..comments2024-03-20T14:03:01.388-04:00Comments on JTB World Blog: An error is preventing this Slide Show from playing - solutionJTB Worldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02249678064305703202noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4011252463639388552.post-60894014948152403022013-02-21T22:32:03.587-05:002013-02-21T22:32:03.587-05:00I use a NAS Drive for Screen Savers over wireless....I use a NAS Drive for Screen Savers over wireless. I had to add this key to get it to work. Procmon was looking for this key. This is Win7<br />Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00<br />The value I added was 10000 <br />Which is 10seconds.<br />It fixed mine.<br /> <br />[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows Photo Viewer\Viewer]<br />"MaxNetworkTimeoutMilliseconds"=dword:00001388Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4011252463639388552.post-92039974803941360552013-01-22T05:54:21.206-05:002013-01-22T05:54:21.206-05:00I have "Windows 8" and I was having the ...I have "Windows 8" and I was having the same "error problem". I found the cause. "Microsoft Silverlight". I uninstalled it using "IObit Uninstaller" to make sure that it did not leave any "remnants" behind and now it works perfectly!SLJimmyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09978984996449588974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4011252463639388552.post-61289509331109680392011-05-25T20:53:42.475-04:002011-05-25T20:53:42.475-04:00Indeed this is a graphic card issue. Just go in th...Indeed this is a graphic card issue. Just go in the control pannel and set the Globale Settings<br />to apllication controled and power pref at max. It works for me. Thus, new nvidia cards suck a lot of power, if it does not work last resort might be to get a min of 600w power supply. Voila good luck ....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4011252463639388552.post-23109999545779936512011-01-25T00:20:37.968-05:002011-01-25T00:20:37.968-05:00Ok,
So I deleted the database file. After that, i...Ok,<br /><br />So I deleted the database file. After that, it worked... for about a week.<br /><br />Now its got the same error again, and the database file is not present (as I had already deleted it and the slideshow worked after I had done that).<br /><br />I'm still out of ideas for my Toshiba. Help please?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4011252463639388552.post-73216406849151615852011-01-16T04:54:18.686-05:002011-01-16T04:54:18.686-05:00"I'm unable to find "AppData" u..."I'm unable to find "AppData" under Users. Any direction here?"<br /><br />Try %AppData% or %LOCALAPPDATA%. You can access the path by pasting the variable in Windows Explorer address field or use Run from Windows Start.JTB Worldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02249678064305703202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4011252463639388552.post-45913146096342841352011-01-14T00:22:10.455-05:002011-01-14T00:22:10.455-05:00Nope, I've tried all the solutions:
- I don...Nope, I've tried all the solutions:<br />- I don't use Realtek, mine is a Conexant device on a Toshiba Laptop.<br />- It was running perfectly fine until I added four photos to the folder. Removal of all photos did not help.<br />- I'm unable to find "AppData" under Users. Any direction here?<br />- There are only photographs, all under 5Mb in the folder.<br />- The folder is on m desktop, and, as noted above, worked fine until today.<br />- I have changed my power settings, although it was already in the 'correct' position, to no avail.<br /><br />I'm just about to frisbee this laptop out the door. Can anyone please help me?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4011252463639388552.post-8246510744803581632010-10-07T14:27:23.094-04:002010-10-07T14:27:23.094-04:00Changing the power settings didn't work, neith...Changing the power settings didn't work, neither did moving the files into another folder. Look through all your pictures and see if you can find any movies or music-- once I removed those, the screensaver worked fine.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4011252463639388552.post-10460028993881114592010-07-27T00:05:08.209-04:002010-07-27T00:05:08.209-04:00Wish someone would answer this blog with a viable ...Wish someone would answer this blog with a viable solution!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4011252463639388552.post-66561985028578074582010-01-17T21:50:19.673-05:002010-01-17T21:50:19.673-05:00After buying an HP Pocket Media Drive and installi...After buying an HP Pocket Media Drive and installing it in the Proprietary slot in the computer an error message showed up saying "an error is preventing this slide show from playing. <br />I tried the FIX that Lama and Eddie noted and went into the Pictures folder and deleted a couple shortcuts that HP had provided on the computer. i.e. one was to sample pictures. <br />Not sure of the correlation between the Pocket Media Drive and the slideshow but the slideshow works fine now. Note: The slide show worked fine every time I took the Pocket Media drive out before I deleted the shortcuts.<br />CJRCJRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00486055559302081364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4011252463639388552.post-91005566761894132482010-01-03T13:21:28.178-05:002010-01-03T13:21:28.178-05:00I also see the comment "An error is preventin...I also see the comment "An error is preventing this Slide Show from playing" when I try to use the screen saver for the C: drive. When I go to the photo file on my external hard drive, and use that folder for the screen saver, it works. No error message occurs. Any explanations?Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16976703320235554620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4011252463639388552.post-86719860342425816812009-07-19T10:57:21.526-04:002009-07-19T10:57:21.526-04:00I just had the sam problem on my screen saver &quo...I just had the sam problem on my screen saver "An error is preventing this slide show from playing" I went back to all my pictures and started looking, and ther it was some other folder in ther that wasent all pictures, I removed it, and that fixed it, THANKS.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4011252463639388552.post-43515564930434519902009-06-28T18:26:11.835-04:002009-06-28T18:26:11.835-04:00Hi everyone,
I have tried all these solutions and...Hi everyone,<br /><br />I have tried all these solutions and I am now at the end of my thether on this. Microsoft blame the makers of my laptop (Acer) and they in turn blame Microsoft.<br /><br />I am using Windows Vista Home Premium and anytime I uninstall anything I start to get this error. The only way that I can get this error to go away is to restore the whole operating system. That is a ridiculous state of affairs and there has to be something that can sort this out.<br /><br />Can anyone offer anything else that might help out?Rich Forderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17835419316551030548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4011252463639388552.post-46664493285590823352009-06-15T04:28:24.420-04:002009-06-15T04:28:24.420-04:00Ben's comment worked for me..
there are some s...Ben's comment worked for me..<br />there are some shortcut files (most likely) or some other files that it can't recognise in the pictures directory. Check through each folder and find the problem files. For me it was a shortcut file reffering to another picture folder. Good luck.<br /><br />so I just deleted the shortcut, which for me was to sample pictures (who cares).<br />Thanks Ben, works beautifully!Pseudonymhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11126954541873481772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4011252463639388552.post-37545495860419950862009-05-03T11:44:00.000-04:002009-05-03T11:44:00.000-04:00A lot of good advice in this BLOG, and thanks to a...A lot of good advice in this BLOG, and thanks to all for taking the time to submit them. I tried all of the solutions above, but none of them worked for me. <br /><br />However, I do have an NVIDIA card in my laptop, so I suspected the observations about NVIDIA had some merit. So I opened up the NVIDIA Control Panel (via Windows Control Panel), started messing around with the configuration and POOF, the Photo screen saver started working! Sorry to say I can't tell you exactly what I did, but I suspect changing ANY settings in NVIDIA Control Panel will reset the problem. In fact, I had some other display problems that all went away, just by fiddling a little in NVIDIA. If all the other solutions above don't work, give this one a try.The Nognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4011252463639388552.post-30347088574079236062009-03-07T22:50:00.000-05:002009-03-07T22:50:00.000-05:00This worked for me.It could be the slide show inde...This worked for me.<BR/>It could be the slide show index is corrupted. The slide show has its own<BR/>tiny database and it seems to get corrupted occasionally. Fortunately it is<BR/>easy to delete and then slideshow resets to default values.<BR/><BR/>Instead of deleting you should be able to rename it and get the same effect<BR/>if you are worried. I have deleted mine several times without any problems,<BR/>but i don't guarantee anything ;-)<BR/><BR/>the file is C:\Users\[username]\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows Photo<BR/>Gallery\Pictures.pd4<BR/><BR/>Hope that helps!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4011252463639388552.post-13401347850881877872009-02-28T20:03:00.000-05:002009-02-28T20:03:00.000-05:00If the power setting fix doesn't work, try setting...If the power setting fix doesn't work, try setting the screen saver to just a simple folder with just one picture in it. If this works, then there are some shortcut files (most likely) or some other files that it can't recognise in the pictures directory. Check through each folder and find the problem files. For me it was a shortcut file reffering to another picture folder. Good luck.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4011252463639388552.post-21064408510881471232009-02-19T19:58:00.000-05:002009-02-19T19:58:00.000-05:00I changed my power settings as suggested to high p...I changed my power settings as suggested to high performance, which is fine because my battery failed anyway and isn't covered by the warranty, but that is another matter.<BR/><BR/>Anyway my slide show works again, so thanks for the tip!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4011252463639388552.post-50609380730531427942008-12-18T13:21:00.000-05:002008-12-18T13:21:00.000-05:00In my case I found the Pictures directory had been...In my case I found the Pictures directory had been moved to the Music folder (incredibly easy to do by accident in Vista). The shortcuts all followed; however, the path in the screen saver did not. Once I found where the Pictures directory had been moved, I moved it back and screen saver now works again.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17407327906935817419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4011252463639388552.post-91640046638165019882008-11-27T17:27:00.000-05:002008-11-27T17:27:00.000-05:00I followed the Fix as follows and it worked fine. ...I followed the Fix as follows and it worked fine. My laptop is an Acer and O.S is vista.<BR/><BR/>("an error is preventing this slide show from playing" error in Vista. When you go into Personalization, open screen saver, select Photo. Then go down and click on "Change power settings..." Change to either Balanced or High Performance.)<BR/><BR/> The power change worked for me and my photo screen saver is now working wonderfully. Thanks are given whoever provided this fix. Hope you can fix the same problem the same way. Good luck.<BR/>LouisaUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11853711600321321307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4011252463639388552.post-30982706864903715832008-11-10T17:28:00.000-05:002008-11-10T17:28:00.000-05:00Unfortunately the power setting change didn't work...Unfortunately the power setting change didn't work for me :(. Been trying to fix this for sometime now with no luck. Thanks anyway.<BR/><BR/>RonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4011252463639388552.post-38015132424326576632008-10-05T21:47:00.000-04:002008-10-05T21:47:00.000-04:00Changed power setting to balanced and it did the t...Changed power setting to balanced and it did the trick! Thank you!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4011252463639388552.post-19166999849594449182008-10-01T21:02:00.000-04:002008-10-01T21:02:00.000-04:00Perfect, power settings did the trick!Perfect, power settings did the trick!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4011252463639388552.post-78089457375853333992008-08-06T14:31:00.000-04:002008-08-06T14:31:00.000-04:00Changing the power setting helped me fix this prob...Changing the power setting helped me fix this problem. Thanks!jngahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14248399939344385631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4011252463639388552.post-37960675882983462752008-08-02T09:11:00.000-04:002008-08-02T09:11:00.000-04:00Restored commentsAnonymous said... Hi, I'...Restored comments<BR/><BR/>Anonymous said...<BR/><BR/> Hi,<BR/><BR/> I've had this error pop up for the first time after installing Service Pack 1 (SP1).<BR/><BR/> The above registry change did not fix it.<BR/><BR/> It's a terrible error, because the screen saver will work for me to start with, and then subsequent runnings will give this error and it will not go away.<BR/> March 11, 2008 <BR/><BR/>Anonymous said...<BR/><BR/> I just installed SP1 and also now receive the exact same error when attempting to run a Slide Show. Pls Help!<BR/> April 20, 2008 <BR/><BR/>Anonymous said...<BR/><BR/> I just installed SP1 and now receive the exact same error when trying run a SlideShow. Pls help!<BR/> April 20, 2008 <BR/><BR/>JTB World said...<BR/><BR/> Unfortunately I don't know how to fix this unless the registry hack works.<BR/> Do you have a Nvidia graphic card?<BR/> April 21, 2008 <BR/><BR/>Lama said...<BR/><BR/> Click on start >> right click on the "pictures" folder >> properties >> uncheck Read Only, click apply and OK, check if it works.<BR/> May 24, 2008 <BR/><BR/>Lama said...<BR/><BR/> On the Pictures folder make sure that no shortcut files, movies, music or other files are present. Please Make sure that only the picture files are present, remove all other file format (shortcut files, movies, music or other files) if present.<BR/> May 24, 2008 <BR/><BR/>Anonymous said...<BR/><BR/> I Found A Fix for "an error is preventing this slide show from playing" error in Vista. When you go into Personalization, open screen saver, select Photo. Then go down and click on "Change power settings..." Change to either Balanced or High Performance. You may also need to change jpeg image file size to around 500Kb per image. (I image there is a max size for the folder that you are using for you images, though I am uncertain what it might me). The power change worked for me and my photo screen saver is now working wonderfully.<BR/> Hope this works for all of you.<BR/> Kara<BR/> May 26, 2008 <BR/><BR/>Anonymous said...<BR/><BR/> Thanks I changed my power setting to High Power and my photo screen saver started working again. Will this change any of y computers performance?<BR/> May 31, 2008 <BR/><BR/>JTB World said...<BR/><BR/> >Will this change any of y computers performance?<BR/> As default high performance if something might increase the performance.<BR/> June 01, 2008 <BR/><BR/>Eddie said...<BR/><BR/> The problem in my case was an invalid "shortcut" (or "link") to a non-existing folder. The bad link was deep in a sub tree of the folder I wanted to show pictures from. After I deleted it, the slide show worked fine!<BR/> July 29, 2008JTB Worldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02249678064305703202noreply@blogger.com