Category Archives: WLPG

Basics of Digital Photo Organization

Posted on June 1, 2013 by brucedawson

I know a surprising number of people (geeks, even) who have great difficulty getting their digital photo collections organized. In many cases their photos are so badly dealt with that they are effectively inaccessible, which causes stress, risks permanent loss … Continue reading →

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What the heck is amd64?

Posted on August 24, 2012 by brucedawson

A few days ago Windows Live Photo Gallery (WLPG) told me that there was a new codec pack available and suggested that I download it. That should be trivial. And yet, somehow, they managed to make it complicated.

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Fixing another Photo Gallery performance bug

Posted on August 19, 2012 by brucedawson

I really like Windows Live Photo Gallery (WLPG) and I depend on its photo-tagging (5-stars, people, and descriptive tags) to organize my photos. I love the fact that I can effortlessly find all 5-star photos of my daughters unicycling together … Continue reading →

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Windows Live Photo Gallery—Poor Performance Peculiarities

Posted on May 22, 2012 by brucedawson

I use Windows Live Photo Gallery (WLPG) because it has powerful features for tagging my photos and sorting through them. I depend on its functionality. But I have long been annoyed by its inconsistent performance, and today I investigated. My … Continue reading →

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Photo Tagging Update

Posted on January 12, 2011 by brucedawson

My obsession with tagging people in my photos with Windows Live Photo Gallery (TM or ® or some-such I’m sure) has continued. I’ve now added 14,594 people tags to 9,511 photos (out of a total of 37,393 photos). There are … Continue reading →

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Photo Tagging with Windows Live Photo Gallery

Posted on July 5, 2010 by brucedawson

Microsoft’s Windows Live Photo Gallery beta was released June 2010 and I’ve found it quite addictive. It makes tagging people’s faces quite fun – almost a game. In the first eight days of using this new version I tagged 6310 … Continue reading →

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