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Wondershare Photo Story Giveaway
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Giveaway of the day — Wondershare Photo Story

Create flash photo album for entertainment and share on Myspace or Website.
$39.95 EXPIRED
User rating: 528 176 comments

Wondershare Photo Story was available as a giveaway on May 26, 2008!

Today Giveaway of the Day
$49.95
free today
Helps you get back all kinds of lost or deleted data on Android devices.

Wondershare Photo Story is an innovative also easy-to-use photo album software that brings your digital photos to life. You can easily create photo album by using a variety of stylish preset templates. Simply add your photos, choose the templates, add some decorations, intro/end cast movie, then share your photo story with your family and friends.

  • Only drag-n-drop and some mouse clicks to create photo albums;
  • Bring photos to life with stunning animated designs - a wide variety of ready-to-use templates;
  • Specially offered templates, such as weddings and celebrations available on Website;
  • Choose from various Flash Intro/End movies;
  • Add your background music, caption texts, cliparts and special effects;
  • Share your album with your family and friends on the Internet.

System Requirements:

Windows 2000/XP/2003 Server/Vista

Publisher:

Wondershare Software

Homepage:

http://www.ourpix.com

File Size:

23.2 MB

Price:

$39.95

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#176

Strange enough to learn that Wondershare p.story downloaded from this site had a virus & my pc got infected with it. Who else to trust??? better watch out guys before downloading any thing from this site in future.

Reply   |   Comment by Popeye  –  15 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (0)
#175

#177: PLEASE READ #176's ENTRY AGAIN -- VERY SLOWLY -- AGAIN AND AGAIN, Until you actually understand it!!! Sheesh.

Reply   |   Comment by Icanread Canyou  –  15 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (0)
#174

I first contacted Wondershare on the day of the Giveaway due to being unable to install. I have since asked several times (e-mail and just now by "chat" only to be cut off) to ask about purchasing the product. No replies received. They must be very busy as this can be the only reason for them not replying when a prospective customer is offering to pay for one of their products!

Reply   |   Comment by TKL  –  15 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (0)
#173

@#175: You obviously have no clue whatsoever about what has been written in CS Journals about AVG. I AM 100% correct on this one. Tou said that what I wrote was opinion because you're ignorant to all of the knowledge that I have and all of the knowledge I have about AVG in particular. As far as the rest of what you wrote I stopped reading because you're obviously speaking on a subject that you know nothing about.

Reply   |   Comment by Med Prog  –  15 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (0)
#172

@171- Just because you have a degree in Computer Science doens't make you RIGHT or WRONG. What you stated is YOUR opinion. Don't bash other people over the head because of their choices. Last I looked the internet is a democracy and there is no Emperor in charge. Same goes for the person who works in a computer shop.. just because you work in one doesn't make you right or wrong either. I know one guy who works in a computer shop.. he has a lot of knowledge.. doesn't mean I'll fall at his knees and hang onto his every word. Ditto for any big ego'ed Comp Sci degreed people... I make my own decisions thankyou.

Was Fun.. not.. trying to wade through the commnets full of Antivirus pontificating which had no place on this thread to even see anything about the software itself...

Reply   |   Comment by Duckie  –  15 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (0)
#171

Everything works good but while the video is playing there is "Evalutaion Copy" written on it, anyway to take that off???

Reply   |   Comment by Eli  –  15 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (0)
#170

McAfee Anti Virus found a Trojan in one of the dll files and deleted the file. I was unable to install the application. BIG tumbs DOWN!

Reply   |   Comment by Barry  –  15 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (0)
#169

#44: I have a degree in computer science. I KNOW that AVG is garbage. I know that you are wrong. Anyone can work in a computer shop, it is not rocket science to slap hardware together and to install software but try engineering software of complex nature that CANNOT fail or people will die-that's what I do. I say AVG is absolute garbage and I KNOW that you're wrong.

Reply   |   Comment by Med Prog  –  15 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (0)
#168

even after disabling anti-virus, still got runtime error. never was able to install b4 thr deadline. too bad, really weanted to try the program out. Oh well, c'est la vie. maybe next time they offer the program, the installer will actually work.

Reply   |   Comment by scott  –  15 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (0)
#167

For those of you who are afraid of the Trojan tmd5.dll Just install and delete the file from your Program files / wondershare / photo book folder. No malware detected after deletion. Is a simple fix.
Thanks.

Reply   |   Comment by clewis41  –  15 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (0)
#166

I couldn't install on my Vista machine so downloaded trial version (30 days) from producer. Very good, best part is that you can copy to DVD (a must really for TV use). Worked well and better trasitions etc than Windows Photo Story 3 in my opinion. Managed to get free giveaway installed on my old XP (very slow indeed). However, noticed on the bottom of one of the pages that the producer offers to sell you Platinum for $24.95 (£15.36). Sounds a good deal and offer takes you straight to the payment website. Shall investigate if you can get complete download for Platinum or is it an upgrade? The Platinum works brill on my Vista Home.

Reply   |   Comment by TKL  –  15 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (0)
#165

Just to add, I also, have not received a reg code from Flex Gif Animator.

I wonder how many people were let down that day, too?

Reply   |   Comment by Snoops  –  15 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (0)
#164

I also tried to install it and got the runtime error.

No good if we can't even install it, GAOTD, is it?

We can only respond with our negative feedback when this happens.

Please let us know what is happening in your info column on the right when many people have the same or similar problems, are you going to add it as a second giveaway one day to make up for it?

I really would like to try this and compare it to Microsofts version of 'Photo Story 3 for Windows'.

Reply   |   Comment by Snoops  –  15 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (0)
#163

I'm just curious; Did anybody think that maybe the reason the program doesn't install well for a good portion of us is that Wondershare wanted us to go do the homepage posted above and... I dunno... actually BUY the program? :Þ

Reply   |   Comment by Mark  –  15 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (0)
#162

Thank you GAOTD...but I gotta pass on this one. Too many problems with this one it looks like to me! But I do know now to STAY AWAY from Wondershare in the future! So for me...that was quite helpful!

Reply   |   Comment by claudia  –  15 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (0)
#161

Lovely slideshow- have norton, no problems downloading, no virus/trojan. Using XP sp2. Super-simple, good for my needs. Thanks! Thumbs up.

Reply   |   Comment by peggybroker  –  15 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (0)
#160

There might well be something to all the trojans comments. I downloaded this last time and like all Wondershare, it leaves traces forever, but this one was the worst when I removed it. Nice looking program but Windows has very similar programs.Thx anyhow GAOTD ..not this time.

Reply   |   Comment by jojo  –  15 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (0)
#159

Amendment to #139 - I got it to install ok by disabling AVG, ran Activation as Administrator, left GAOTD page up after activation, ran Setup as Administrator. Now it doesn't ask for Registration and watermark of Evaluation copy is gone, but sound only plays garbled for a couple of seconds. I agree with a previous poster - What good is it with sound? Sorry but I have to give it a thumbs down for not working as advertised (sound)and the difficulty of installation with no help from the publisher.

Reply   |   Comment by carol  –  15 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (0)
#158

The program installed fine and I ran it. I made a quick file and when I watched it the music was horrible and messed up.

Is there a way to make this work correctly?

Reply   |   Comment by Kristine  –  15 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (0)
#157

Kudos to Mike for his efforts, posts 121 & 130; his analysis of the installation package and the dll in question are as professional as it gets. I only wish he had come in sooner and saved us all from this unnecessary scare mongering.

ALL security programs of any kind can provide false positives and commit errors. Most good ones will flag any process that even remotely exhibits possible suspicious behavior. That's what you want them to do. That is not iron-clad evidence of malware. Note the long list of AV's that flagged it as a trojan yet few could agree what the heck they thought it was, all listing it as some baddie or another. Kaspersky recently had a major cow over HP Software Updater on my computer, which can run in the background to download and install updates. This ability made it believe that this was a serious backdoor trojan installer that needed to be deleted immediately.

The web is teeming with high quality, extremely active forums working on malware issues. Google anything you've ever heard of and see how many pages of links you get. The tmd5.dll was barely on the radar, not at any major site, and only regarding this program.

Wondershare has a 5 year track record at Site Advisor of being squeaky clean. No two AV's can agree on what the problem is. All the calm, professional voices have offered nothing but reassurance. If this program had come from Micosoft, I doubt this list of comments would be anywhere near this long. This has been rather like several citizens reporting a man with a drawn gun near their home, only to find they've reported a policeman.

Might I suggest that those who do not backup their systems before installing new software consider downloading Sandboxie to test out these programs if they don't trust the source. Worth learning about, and free.

Reply   |   Comment by bem  –  15 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (0)
#156

I'm a relatively new "customer" of the GiveAway program. I think
it's good for all parties involved, when the products work. So far,
it's been a 50/50 crap shoot. I'd like to know if GiveAway...Com,
OR its contributors, do any follow-up and/or make constructive
suggestions, on this board, BEFORE the time runs out on those
products that have installation or registration problems.
ie: Flex GIF Animator - I've written to them twice - still no Reg Code!ie: Wondershare Photo Story - Cannot Import dll (see post # 144).

Perhaps it's just what the "Read Me" says.. "No free technical support".
PS: F-PROT Antivirus reports NO problems with the controversial DLL.Now, If I could just get it installed. I'd really like to try it.

Reply   |   Comment by Peter  –  15 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (0)
#155

Ok too all the people having problems installing this one..

Double click the AVG icon and where there is a green check next to "resident shield" and "shell extension"... click on properties and then uncheck the box that says turn on (that means you are turning these features off in AVG)

Once these 2 are disabled in AVG you can run the setup and the program will install.


You DO NOT need to uninstall AVG or go into safe mode or any other nonesense.... just uncheck those features and then recheck them once the program is installed.

As for this program being a virus... all you guys are SUPER PARANOID!! The reason why the antivirus trips on this program is because the behavior resembles some known viruses. Now here is the thing to remember.... THE VIRUS programs were created to mimic the behavior of this program and that is why the antivirus trips... not the other way around. Viruses are bad... but tested programs on GOTD are good!

If it gave you this warning out of the blue when you were doing something like looking at a picture, or sending an email then you should worry but if you are KNOWINGLY installing a program then it is a false alarm. The larger (more advanced) antivirus programs recognize this as safe... but some of the others do not... yet.

People stop giving false advice when you know nothing about the topic. To merely restate what your antivirus reports to you without any understanding is like the blind leading the blind!

The program DOES NOT have a virus, it works ok, and it will intall with AVG.

Thanks GOTD.

Reply   |   Comment by sm  –  15 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (0)
#154

In reply to #115 - no arguments there! Installing in Safe Mode is simply a workaround, so that people can get the GOTD offering up & running within the time limit. The onus rests with Wondershare to do an appropriate rewrite of their .DLL.

And I'll take this opportunity to AGAIN state that AVG Free is doing its job properly. For the doubters, upload tmd5.dll to http://virusscan.jotti.org/ and see how many other malware/virus scanners detect a problem with the file! If this makes AVG crap, then it also makes a heap of others crap too. I've still yet to see any REAL EVIDENCE from the "experts" on why AVG is supposedly no good... and I suspect none will be forthcoming!

Reply   |   Comment by Brian  –  15 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (0)
#153

I used this at the last giveaway and found it very easy to use. I'm not one to use the "help" menu unless I'm really stuck. I was able to create a really neat photostory within a few minutes without reading a thing. My family got such a kick out of the story I sent them.

Reply   |   Comment by enginecat  –  15 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (0)
#152

Just tried this software. Works well on my computer. No virus. I'm running Kaspersky latest.

Reply   |   Comment by Raymond  –  15 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (0)
#151

#153 addendum

I did find that the FlashPlayer and FlashShare executables are not working, which may be the programs which used the offending files, unless they can only work when called up by PhotoStory instead of being run directly.

Reply   |   Comment by Bill  –  15 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (0)
#150

For those of you with AVG, I have found a safe way to install the software that seems to work.

After running Activate, I used Universal Extractor [http://legroom.net/software/uniextract] to extract all the files from Setup.exe. When I did, my AVG gave me a Trojan warning about TrojanhorseDownloader.Generic6.AFAG, and I asked it to remove it to the vault, which it did. Then I opened up the {app} folder that was created, and when I did, AVG spotted the Timd5.dll file, and I sent it to the virus vault. I then emptied the virus vault.

I then ran the program, and it seems to run fine, without the offending files. Just change the name of the outputted folder Setup to Wondershare PhotoStory, move that folder with all its subfolders to your Program Files directory and create a shortcut for the PhotoStory executable in the {app} directory to place in your Programs menu.

By the way, I checked, and the file is properly registered. Again, remember to run Activate.exe first.

I have no idea why the program had the offending files in the first place since the program doesn't seem to need them. Unfortunately, that fact does not add to Wondershare's credibility.

Reply   |   Comment by Bill  –  15 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (0)
#149

Ty #118 ...i have been reading this board since this software was offererd, I was having troubling installing the program, i was getting the same error message as most people are with AVG. But your solution worked now all is good ...Thanks again

Reply   |   Comment by brmiti  –  15 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (0)
#148

More GOTD garbage. If i have to hassle to get a program to install on a new machine running Vista Buisness x64, then it's not worth it. I also make note of the software manufacturer, and will not purchase software from those companies, since you cannot get refunds on software. Congradulations Wondershare, you have made my "Steer Clear" list.

Reply   |   Comment by Goskyhi  –  15 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (0)
#147

Installation failed because AntiVir Guard caught a virus (trojan horse TR/Dldr.Delf.dzr in Tmd5.dll. I don't trust this software. I will skip. Thanks anyway.

Reply   |   Comment by Donatus Justin  –  15 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (0)
#146

I'm just curious, but has anyone downloaded the Photo Story Platinum trial to see if it test positive for a virus?

Also, how does this compare to Windows Movie Maker or WinDVD Creator?

No one has really discussed what this program does & what makes it different form other programs. I would like to see some pros & cons, please.

Thanks everybody & GOTD.

Reply   |   Comment by Zanne  –  15 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (0)
#145

Although my Vista machine with McAfee detected the trojan downloader, when I downloaded and installed the program on this XP machine running NOD32, the program installed fine and opened fine. (And all my machines also have the AntiVir task manager and spybot search & destroy with its tea timer activated and there were no alerts from either of those programs either.

Still, there's good reason to be wary and alert when a trojan was detected by such a large number of Antivirus programs in the list posted above. (And its also easy to see logically, how someone wanting to spread a trojan, could see the potential in offering paid software for free. Both McAfee and NOD32 are well respected programs, the McAfee detected the trojan, the NOD32 didn't.

I agree that the dll in question should be modified or submitted to the antivirus databases for testing, I've seen instances before where something was picked up as being a trojan and was proven to be a false positive and the software owner had references to prove their program was clean, posted on their site with links to the AV sites. Proving that the software is clean would end all doubts. (Only Microsoft gets away with filling their products with spyware, etc! MS just doesn't call their spyware, etc, what it really is!)

Reply   |   Comment by Spiritwolf  –  15 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (0)
#144

I may give it a try. On other hand I may not. Haven't made up my mind yet. Hope this information is of interest to all. You say it is not? Well, it's the same as most of the other posts.

Reply   |   Comment by doggie  –  15 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (0)
#143

I love it! I lost it last time due to crashes.... THANKS SO MUCH :) !

Reply   |   Comment by Jul  –  15 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (0)
#142

Hi

I had just finished a complete virus scan prior to looking at GAOTD. I have Norton Antivirus 2008 online protection and antivirus program. I also have the An-Vir Program and Mamutu or A2squared Program which looks for malware and viruses, etc.

NO VIRUS/TROJAN DETECTED - (can't underline so I used caps to make this stand out - I'm not yelling at anyone)

I downloaded the Wondershare-photo-story-nr and scanned it - no viruses, etc. I extracted it, scanned again - no viruses, etc. Then I installed it. Again I ran Norton Antivirus and online protection on the installed file - again - no viruses, etc., found. Nothing was picked up by the An-Vir Program or Mamutu which are both working as well and have picked up malware/viruses recently.

I agree with Bubby that this program probably causes some virus checkers to ring alarm bells because of the individual programs sensitivity and the way this dll is written. I'm not an expert but just thought I would pass this info on and let you be the judge of whether you think it's relevant. Hope this helps.

Reply   |   Comment by turkishvan007  –  15 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (0)
#141

Wondershare won't share, at least, not during installation phase.

Runtime Error (at -1:0):
Cannot Import dll:C:\DOCU...etc\...etc\...etc\Temp\is-PH4TQ.tmp\Tmd5.dll

End of Story?

Reply   |   Comment by Peter  –  15 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (0)
#140

My previous post about PrevX report on TM5.LL WAS DELETED. WHY? I hope you won't delete this. For good measure I included VirusTotal's report. 56.25% of its virus scanners found TM5.DLL a virus including McAfee. Unless you have a good explanation why PrevX and Virus Total ere wrong, DON'T DELETE THIS.

PREVX REPORT
This dynamic link library has a file size of 83,456 bytes, it is most frequently called TMD5.DLL and is most frequently located in the %programfiles%\wondershare\photo story platinum\ folder.
This file is considered unsafe and is part of the malware group, Agent.E. It was first seen on Friday, Jun 22 2007. It has been seen frequently by 839 users in this section of the community. The file was first seen in BRAZIL but has been seen in other locations, including SPAIN.
TMD5.DLL has been seen to perform the following behavior:
- The Process is polymorphic and can change its structure
TMD5.DLL has been the subject of the following behavior:
- Created as a process on disk
- Registered as a Dynamic Link Library File
- Deleted as a process from disk
- Executed as a Process

VIRUS TOTAL REPORT
File tmd5.dll received on 05.23.2008 13:19:18 (CET)
Current status: finished
Result: 18/32 (56.25%)
Compact Compact
Print results Print results
Antivirus Version Last Update Result
AhnLab-V3 2008.5.22.1 2008.05.23 -
AntiVir 7.8.0.19 2008.05.23 TR/Dldr.Delf.dzr
Authentium 5.1.0.4 2008.05.22 W32/Downldr2.AZOV
Avast 4.8.1195.0 2008.05.23 -
AVG 7.5.0.516 2008.05.23 Downloader.Generic6.AFAG
BitDefender 7.2 2008.05.23 -
CAT-QuickHeal 9.50 2008.05.22 TrojanDownloader.Delf.dzr
ClamAV 0.92.1 2008.05.23 Trojan.Downloader-31019
DrWeb 4.44.0.09170 2008.05.23 Trojan.DownLoader.45538
eSafe 7.0.15.0 2008.05.22 Win32.Delf.dzr
eTrust-Vet 31.4.5815 2008.05.23 -
Ewido 4.0 2008.05.22 -
F-Prot 4.4.4.56 2008.05.23 W32/Downldr2.AZOV
F-Secure 6.70.13260.0 2008.05.23 -
Fortinet 3.14.0.0 2008.05.23 W32/Delf.DZR!tr.dldr
GData 2.0.7306.1023 2008.05.23 -
Ikarus T3.1.1.26.0 2008.05.23 Trojan-Downloader.Win32.Delf.dzr
Kaspersky 7.0.0.125 2008.05.23 -
McAfee 5301 2008.05.22 Downloader.gen.a
Microsoft 1.3520 2008.05.23 -
NOD32v2 3125 2008.05.23 -
Norman 5.80.02 2008.05.22 W32/Delf.BITX
Panda 9.0.0.4 2008.05.23 Suspicious file
Prevx1 V2 2008.05.23 Malicious Software
Rising 20.45.42.00 2008.05.23 -
Sophos 4.29.0 2008.05.23 Mal/Generic-A
Sunbelt 3.0.1123.1 2008.05.17 -
Symantec 10 2008.05.23 -
TheHacker 6.2.92.318 2008.05.23 Trojan/Downloader.Delf.dzr
VBA32 3.12.6.6 2008.05.22 Trojan-Downloader.Win32.Delf.dzr
VirusBuster 4.3.26:9 2008.05.22 -
Webwasher-Gateway 6.6.2 2008.05.23 Trojan.Dldr.Delf.dzr

Reply   |   Comment by marinius  –  15 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (0)
#139

This software did not work for me, it installed fine but attempting to create an album resulted in a pop-up saying class not registered, a few seconds later an empty album with the name I had input appeared but nothing else would happen. Could not pictures or effects or even open the album. I uninstalled. Thanks anyway, I appreciate the site. And some of the software I have gotten is wonderful.

Reply   |   Comment by Donna Kolody  –  15 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (0)
#138

I'm on vista ultimate and I'm getting a erro can not import

Reply   |   Comment by damo  –  15 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (0)
#137

I'm sure it's not GOTDs fault, at all, but for Wondershare to give this away even free to anyone seems similar to giving Goodwill Thrift Stores a chair with a leg missing! Why???

I sure hope GOTD didn't have to pay a penny for it, but I bet they did!
It's nice that some peeps were helpful on how to install it, & about all the AV stuff, but why should we have to go through any of this at all? Makes 0 sense to me.
Thank you GOTD, & I feel bad for you, GOTD, if Wondershare made you pay anything for it.

Reply   |   Comment by Skye-hook  –  15 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (0)
#136

I read the readme file and activated it then disabled resident shield for AVG. I ran setup as administrator in Vista and all went well until I ran the program and it wants a registration number. I ran the program anyway and all works fine even the music from one of my own files BUT I get EVALUATION COPY on my finished project! What am I doing or not doing wrong??

Reply   |   Comment by carol  –  15 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (0)
#135

#64, and anyone else that did not/ cannot read the "readme" file, here is the copy/paste.

"Installation

Unzip the package you`ve downloaded and run the activation program
Activate.exe which is included in the package, then run Setup.exe to
install the software." .......

It is always a good idea to open the readme file first, as the instructions suggest.

Reply   |   Comment by WT_Frik  –  15 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (0)
#134

I red the comment until 133.
No many positive about the product.
You need to desinstall your virus scanner.
You need to install as administrator.
The music does not work.
The dll gives error messages with AVG and McAfee.
It is the second attempt as giving away.
Etc etc etc.
No for me. Try it to send the software back and put it in trash it away. The concept likes fine. Easy flash interface. The result seems
a program that does not work.
I pass without trying. My system works and I have only a 20 GByte HD.
So no sh*t om my PC. Thumbs down !

Reply   |   Comment by Alain Vanhentenryck  –  15 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (0)
#133

This software contains a Trojan (TMD5.dll - downloader.gen.a). Anyone who tried to explain how to install a trojan to users system, thanks!

It's not about AVG. (I do not use it.) It's about a harmful softare. Just stop telling how AVG bad is...

Reply   |   Comment by ono  –  15 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (0)
#132

I'm also getting a runtime error when I install. Running Windows XP. I also shut down my av and spyware programs before installing.

Reply   |   Comment by Patty  –  15 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (0)
#131

Well, my initial enthusiasm has been dampened. Added an mp3 to the storyline and you hear it garbly-blipped during the first few seconds, then silence the rest of the show. And I can't save my show as a WMV or similar? So much for my Mom, who doesn't own a computer, being able to see pics of her grandchild.

Afraid I'd take back my thumbs up if I could. A shame b/c the features that do work are fantastic.

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#130

IF you can't install...

Without going anywhere near the debate of which av program is best / worse, I've never seen one that couldn't be turned off, & I've rarely seen any software where they didn't recommend turning it off during installation. If you're worried about exposing yourself on-line, run Activate.exe, *then* unplug your network or modem cable or turn off the modem (many cable modems have a suspend button/switch) -> turn off or pause (CA calls it snooze) your AV software monitoring, & run the setup program. Once you verify it works, turn your AV software monitoring back on, and if you disconnected, reconnect your network cable or modem cable or whatever.

In XP you can *try* just right clicking on your network connection to disable it - In Vista you have to disable the network adaptor in Device Mgr... IF it works it's the same thing as unplugging your network cable etc., but depending on what else you have installed it may be a hassle disabling your network via Windows - if other software maintains a constant connection it may not like it & tell you so real quick.

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#129

#131:
I'm not having any problems running the program. I use avast and it doesn't report the file as harmful. I was suggesting that to developers so those using "Photo story" can use it without any modifications to their antivirus(disabling, excluding etc..) and without worrying about getting infected. Still, Thanks for the suggestion.

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#128

#124: "But it would be nice if they can modify the .dll file in some way so that AVs don’t report it as a trojan or at least mention that in the installer or site."

Wellll, rename the file to tmd5.dl_ & use the program. If no problems, delete it or store it on a disc or whatever - the program seems to run fine without it.

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#127

Because there’s comments posing questions, making suggestions, or in some cases outright claims, here’s the easily verifiable Tech Details of Wondershare Photo Story installation in Vista 32 Home Prem. SP1...

Program does not connect to internet or otherwise go online - everything is included in setup file. Difference between expanded contents of Set-up file (Universal Extrator) & installed program folder = (2) uninstall related files, plus GDIPlus.dll is copied & renamed to GDIxxxx.dll (which is required by program [you actually have 2 copies of gdiplus.dll in the Photo Story program folder, but one is named gdixxxx.dll - they are identical per Microsoft’s WinDiff].

The Activate program writes 1 key value to the registry at “[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{DAA9504E-6F16-46C4-8E57-930997D89437}\Info]” per Regshot.

According to InstallWatch Pro 2.5:
The installation performed the following activity:
50 files added
67 files deleted
23 files updated
175 registry entries added
710 registry entries deleted
47 registry entries updated

That *Does Not* include the program folder, & does include a lot of installation housekeeping - deleting log files etc. & in the registry, deleting a lot of mui caches. Beside the program folder, installation adds files/folders to the Start Menu, in My Documents, in the System32\WDI folder, & in the Prefetch folder. “Flash9.ocx” is added & registered with Windows in the System32 folder as well. The Photo Story program folder uses 47.6 MB (49,995,776 bytes) on disc, and includes 1253 files & 54 folders. The program appears to use a mix of free or open source software combined with their own code.

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