Vista Media Center Help

I want to set the Vista Media Center to use only specific picture folders when playing back a slideshow with music. I've been through every option and deselected folders, etc, but how can I set it to use only the pictures I want to show?
Also, even though I only have one copy of a song, the media center seems to load them twice and then during playback, plays the same song twice. Does anyone know why this is?
Also, there is an alarmclock powertoy for XP media center, has anyone seen one for Vista? The XP one does not work (I couldn't get it to anyway) and I've not been able to find an alarm clock for vista online.
Thanks

 

If I'm not mistaken you can only drill down to the folder level under Tasks-->Settings-->Library Setup. Ergo the only way you can show specific pictures is by throwing them into a specific folder and going through the above setup.

 

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