I am having the same problem as this member, on 2 PCs, a desktop and an IBM laptop.
I create a new normal page and then click on insert, web component, photo gallery. The horizontal, montage and vertical options all work correctly. It is only the slide show option that is a problem.
I select slide show and click Finish. In the properties box, I click on add, then pictures from files which brings up the file open box. I navigate to the folder that contains the photos, select them and click open. The file names (jpg format) appear in the add box. This is where the problem occurs - the progress dialog box appears that says "Generating thumbnails for photo gallery" the progress bar goes all the way to the right and simply hangs there.
I've waited several minutes and it never completes. The progress box cancel button does not work. I can only end it by clicking on the red X in the upper right corner.
In Googling this problem, I have found only a handful of people with it on various forums or tech-help web sites. None of these people were ever given a solution. It is not in the MS knowledge base.
I am running FP 2002 SP3, Win XP Pro Version 2002 with SP2 with all current MS Office and Win XP updates on both PCs.
I think the problem is installation sensitive, that is, a conflict with some other software. I am playing around with removing items from the Windows startup group and rebooting to see if it matters - results pending.
We would appreciate any help on this. THANKS!
