Dragor
Power User
Hi!
I've had this small but very annoying problem since the day I installed Vista. All the pictures that are opened in Windows Photo and Fax viewer aka Windows Photo Gallery are all pink as in the screen shot below:

ImageShack - Hosting :: vistaproblem1uz7.jpg
But if I choose to run a slide-show the image displays perfectly!

ImageShack - Hosting :: vistaproblem2ce4.jpg
There's one peculiar thing I noticed that when I un-install the nVidia "reference" drivers [drivers downloaded from nvidia.com] and force vistato use Microsoft's older drivers from Windows Update, the above problem vanishes.
The problem also does not occur when I remove my Geforce card and run my PC on Integrated Intel GMA 945. Although, the problem does occur on GMA 945, its a rare occasion compared to the situation with GeForce 6600 where the picture always shows up as pink.
Any and all suggestions welcome! Thank you for your time!
I've had this small but very annoying problem since the day I installed Vista. All the pictures that are opened in Windows Photo and Fax viewer aka Windows Photo Gallery are all pink as in the screen shot below:

ImageShack - Hosting :: vistaproblem1uz7.jpg
But if I choose to run a slide-show the image displays perfectly!

ImageShack - Hosting :: vistaproblem2ce4.jpg
There's one peculiar thing I noticed that when I un-install the nVidia "reference" drivers [drivers downloaded from nvidia.com] and force vistato use Microsoft's older drivers from Windows Update, the above problem vanishes.
The problem also does not occur when I remove my Geforce card and run my PC on Integrated Intel GMA 945. Although, the problem does occur on GMA 945, its a rare occasion compared to the situation with GeForce 6600 where the picture always shows up as pink.
Any and all suggestions welcome! Thank you for your time!
My Computer
System One
-
- Manufacturer/Model
- Custom Built Gigabyte-Intel-ATI-Transcend-SONY combo
- CPU
- Intel Core2 Duo E6300 1.86GHz
- Motherboard
- Gigabyte G31M-ES2C [Intel G31]
- Memory
- 1.5 GB DDRII 667 MHz [512+1024]
- Graphics card(s)
- Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 4770 512 MB GDDR5
- Sound Card
- Realtek HD Audio [ALC882 codec onboard]
- Monitor(s) Displays
- Samsung SyncMaster 2033SW+ (20" Wide)
- Screen Resolution
- 1600 x 900 x 60Hz @ 32bpp
- Hard Drives
- 1 x 40 GB P-ATA 1 x 160 GB S-ATA [Win7 with Win XP SP3 dual boot] 1 x 1 TB S-ATA
- PSU
- VIP 400 W
- Case
- Zebronics Elegance
- Cooling
- All fan [2 on case side and 1 behind]
- Mouse
- Logitech Standard Optical Tilt-Wheel Mouse
- Keyboard
- i-ball i-key Multimedia keyboard
- Internet Speed
- 256 kbps Cable