Download IrfanView with all the plugins, it's free.
The slideshow in that is customisable whereas the one in Windows is fixed.
http://www.irfanview.com/

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Kenny Cargill




"CrazySwede" <CrazySwede@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:121D3374-816B-40D0-91FD-6385359E52C6@microsoft.com...
> My father bought his winXP computer (Dell) about a year ago. He was real
> impressed with the "Slide Show" program, and used it all the time. But now
> he
> tells me he can't find it anymore. Can't use it.
> .
> I suspect it was something like a free-trial period that has now expired.
> Please comment on this. If it has indeed expired, how can he go about
> buying
> the program?
>

Actually, you can edit the registry, and thereby change the timing, in
Windows XP.

"Kenny" wrote:

> Download IrfanView with all the plugins, it's free.
> The slideshow in that is customisable whereas the one in Windows is fixed.
> http://www.irfanview.com/
>
> --
> Kenny Cargill
>
>
>
>
> "CrazySwede" <CrazySwede@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:121D3374-816B-40D0-91FD-6385359E52C6@microsoft.com...
> > My father bought his winXP computer (Dell) about a year ago. He was real
> > impressed with the "Slide Show" program, and used it all the time. But now
> > he
> > tells me he can't find it anymore. Can't use it.
> > .
> > I suspect it was something like a free-trial period that has now expired.
> > Please comment on this. If it has indeed expired, how can he go about
> > buying
> > the program?
> >
>
>
>