I have always regretted upgrading to Adobe Photoshop Elements 4.0 (Adobe's upgrades for Elements are frequent and expensive) without checking to be sure that the Slide Show feature was fixed. I refuse to pay for support services, especially when I have just bought the product, so I've had to rely upon googling the error message (the same one occurs with version 5) and the oblique commentary under Support on the Adobe site. Sure there are improvements in version 5, but it's time consumers made Adobe get its act together. Try the trial version to be sure all the features work on your machine before buying.