Newbie Question... How do start Photo Story 3?

I'm really feeling lost here...My system is Windows XP, Home Edition. I
downloaded and ran the installation software for Photo Story 3. I got the
message, "plug-in successfully installed"... OK, so Photo Story 3 is a
plug-in... But a plug-in to what program? Reading the Help sections, I find
reference to "Microsoft Digital Image Library", but I can't find that on my
system. I do find Microsoft "Picture It", but Photo Story doesn't seem to
be located there. I am feeling that I really need to read the book
"Microsoft Digital Image Processing FOR DUMMIES", but, alas, I don't think
that book has been written yet... Please help.

OK, so the dummy got a little smarter. It looks like I have to have,
"Microsoft Plus! Digital Media Edition"
installed for Photo Story 3 to work. I found that this product has been
discontinued by Microsoft, but I
have located copies of the software still available on Amazon.com.

A technical question remains. I did succcessfully install Photo Story 3
even though I don't have
"Microsoft Plus! Digital Media Edition" installed on my system. How could
that happen? ... If I
install "Microsoft Plus! Digital Media Edition" on my computer, will the
"installed" plug-in, Photo
Story 3 run or will I have to re-install PhotoStory 3 after installing,
"Microsoft Plus! Digital Media Edition" ?

Thank you



"Dennis D" <dadrak8@msn.com> wrote in message
news:ux47ydizIHA.4876@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> I'm really feeling lost here...My system is Windows XP, Home Edition. I
> downloaded and ran the installation software for Photo Story 3. I got the
> message, "plug-in successfully installed"... OK, so Photo Story 3 is a
> plug-in... But a plug-in to what program? Reading the Help sections, I
> find reference to "Microsoft Digital Image Library", but I can't find that
> on my system. I do find Microsoft "Picture It", but Photo Story doesn't
> seem to be located there. I am feeling that I really need to read the
> book "Microsoft Digital Image Processing FOR DUMMIES", but, alas, I don't
> think that book has been written yet... Please help.
>

It's not a plug-in, but there are plug-ins for it to burn discs... which you
don't need.

Check my website's Photo Story 3 section for setup and use.
--
website references are to www.papajohn.org

PapaJohn (MVP)


"Dennis D" <dadrak8@msn.com> wrote in message
news:e0zTa4izIHA.5892@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> OK, so the dummy got a little smarter. It looks like I have to have,
> "Microsoft Plus! Digital Media Edition"
> installed for Photo Story 3 to work. I found that this product has been
> discontinued by Microsoft, but I
> have located copies of the software still available on Amazon.com.
>
> A technical question remains. I did succcessfully install Photo Story 3
> even though I don't have
> "Microsoft Plus! Digital Media Edition" installed on my system. How could
> that happen? ... If I
> install "Microsoft Plus! Digital Media Edition" on my computer, will the
> "installed" plug-in, Photo
> Story 3 run or will I have to re-install PhotoStory 3 after installing,
> "Microsoft Plus! Digital Media Edition" ?
>
> Thank you
>
>
>
> "Dennis D" <dadrak8@msn.com> wrote in message
> news:ux47ydizIHA.4876@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>> I'm really feeling lost here...My system is Windows XP, Home Edition. I
>> downloaded and ran the installation software for Photo Story 3. I got
>> the message, "plug-in successfully installed"... OK, so Photo Story 3 is
>> a plug-in... But a plug-in to what program? Reading the Help sections, I
>> find reference to "Microsoft Digital Image Library", but I can't find
>> that on my system. I do find Microsoft "Picture It", but Photo Story
>> doesn't seem to be located there. I am feeling that I really need to
>> read the book "Microsoft Digital Image Processing FOR DUMMIES", but,
>> alas, I don't think that book has been written yet... Please help.
>>
>
>