How to Upgrade From Microsoft Picture It! Express to the Vista-Compatible Picture It! Premium

With Microsoft Picture It! Premium you can quickly and easily import your pictures to your computer. Once the pictures have been uploaded, you can then edit your photos, adjust the brightness and contrast, fix a red eye or blemishes, enhance the color of the pictures, even get rid of scratches from old photos. Once your pictures have been touched up, you can share your photos with your friends through email or print them out with a simple click on your mouse. Picture It! Premium Vista-Compatible will even allow the program to work on your Vista computer. Upgrading from Express or Premium can be done in as little as 25 minutes.

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  Purchase the Picture It! Premium CD-ROM start up disc. Because this program has been discontinued, you will no longer be able to purchase it from the Microsoft website. You can, however, still purchase the program from sites like Amazon.com (see Resources).

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  Insert the CD-ROM start-up disc into the disc drive on the side of your laptop or the front of your computer tower.

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  Click the "Start" button at the bottom of your desktop. Click "My Computer," then double-click "Setup.exe" file. Only do this if the program does not automatically launch when the disc is inserted into the disc drive.

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  Open the front cover of the Picture It! Premium box. You will find the product key on the inside cover of the box and/or in the owner's manual.

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  Type the product key into the "Product Key" box when prompted by the Picture It! Installation Wizard.

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  Continue to follow the Picture It! Installation Wizard's instructions, pressing "Next" at the bottom of the screen when each task is complete. Press "Finish" on the last instruction screen to finish the installation.

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  Restart your computer. Double-click Picture It! Premium from your computer's desktop.