Ack, do NOT install PP.  It's LOUSY.

If you MUST connect to your camera (which I discourage -- buy a decent USB2
card reader), download Nikon View and install it.

PP has what I consider a fatal flaw.  If you open and image and change it,
the image is SAVED whether you wanted to or not!

Tom
Just received my new D70 and am trying to install Picture Project 1.0 on PC
with Windows XP Professional. Error message: "Windows cannot read from this
disk. The disk might be corrupted, or it could be using a format that is not
compatible with windows".
Anyone else with this problem?  Running AVG and Zone Alarm - could they be
implicated?

I am anxious to use my camera, but must download program off of Lexar CP
flash card before I can begin. Formatting the disk first will erase program
on Lexar CP.

TIA

So copy the subdirectory containing the files from the card to your computer
and install it later if you are in a hurry. Alternatively, the card will
work just fine; it does not need formatting and the software takes up just a
small amount of space.

All "formatting" does is erase the card. Nothing is formatted.

Picture Project has some strengths and weaknesses:

Pros: Good automatic picture adjustment, good red-eye removal, good file
export function -- especially to PDAs (but you have the D70 version which is
crippled and does not have that function -- it only comes with Nikon's P&S
cameras).

Cons: Automatically saves changes without asking and without making a backup
copy, if you move a file on your computer PP will not recognize it,
interface to Nikon Net does not work and plants spyware on your computer,
interface to Nikon Capture is incredibly slow.

The way I use PP is I import the raw NEF files, immediately export them as
JPGs, import the JPGs (it does not do this automatically, of course, nor
does it let you choose the directory that you want to export them to), and
adjust the JPGs. This gives me a nice batch of JPG files without having to
create them separately on the camera which I can use to review or make slide
shows or whatever. I also use the adjusted JPGs as a check for color,
exposure and sharpness against my own adjustments in Photoshop in order to
keep me from getting too weird.

The bottom line is I could easily live without PP. It messes up my file
organization, is full of bugs, and makes unwanted changes to my files. I
like the file viewer which allows me to review NEF files full screen and the
automatic picture adjustment (which you have to be very careful to use only
on expendable copies). I think PP is dangerous in the hands of a novice
computer user.