Readme for Microsoft Plus! Photo Story 2 LE

September 2003

This documentation provides late-breaking or other information that supplements the documentation for Microsoft® Plus! Photo Story 2 LE.

 Note Plus! Photo Story 2 LE is not supported by Microsoft Corporation and is provided as is with no warranty. For answers to frequently asked questions about Plus! Digital Media Edition features, see the Plus! Digital Media Edition FAQ. You can also post questions about Plus! Photo Story 2 LE on the microsoft.public.plus public newsgroup. Other users may read and respond to your questions with suggestions of their own.

Contents

System requirements

Setup issue Not enough free disk space

Plus! Photo Story 2 LE issues Using more than one program that records audio Background music may not play Created with Plus! Photo Story 2 LE image does not appear in full product version

Legal notice

System requirements

The following hardware and software are required to use Plus! Photo Story 2 LE: Operating system Requirement: Microsoft Windows® XP Home Edition or Windows XP Professional. Plus! Photo Story 2 LE also runs on Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition and Microsoft Windows XP Tablet PC Edition. Processor Requirement: 400 megahertz (MHz) processor, such as an Intel Pentium or Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) processor. Recommendation: 700 MHz processor or faster, such as a Pentium III or equivalent processor. RAM Requirement: 128 megabytes (MB) of RAM. Free hard disk space Requirement: 40 MB of free hard disk space. The actual requirements will vary based on your system configuration. Video adapter and monitor Requirement: Super VGA (800 X 600) or higher-resolution video adapter and monitor. Other hardware CD-ROM drive or DVD drive, sound card, speakers or headphones, a keyboard, a Microsoft Mouse or compatible pointing device, and a microphone to record narration. For a list of supported hardware and updated drivers, please visit the Windows Catalog Web site.

Setup issue

Not enough free disk space

By default, Plus! Photo Story 2 LE is installed in the Program Files directory. If you do not have enough free disk space in the Program Files directory, an error message displays. Verify that your computer meets the system requirements for Plus! Photo Story 2 LE. For more information about the system requirements, see System requirements.

Plus! Photo Story 2 LE issues

Using more than one program that records audio

When you narrate your stories in Plus! Photo Story 2 LE, the sound card on your computer must be configured to record narration from the microphone. This configuration may affect other recording programs that record from a different audio input source. While you are using Plus! Photo Story 2 LE, it is recommended that you not start another program that may try to change the sound card configuration because unexpected results may occur.

Background music may not play

If you select a DVD title or chapter as the background music for your story in Plus! Photo Story 2 LE, the background music may fail to play when you play back your story. It is recommended that you do not use a DVD title or chapter as the background music in a video story.

Created with Plus! Photo Story 2 LE image does not appear in full product version

A Created with Plus! Photo Story 2 LE image appears at the end of the photo stories you create with Plus! Photo Story 2 LE. This image does not appear in the stories you create by using the full version of Plus! Photo Story 2.

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