Ghost Images During Slideshow Transitions

I have just made a slideshow DVD for a friend with his holiday snaps of New Zealand. There were 592 photos and I used the Dissolve transition. When it plays, ghost images come up during the transition. They seem to be quite random images; screen shots of various things mainly. Sometimes the corner of an open folder, sometimes the main menu picture.
If I start over, the ghost images change but they still appear.
Can anyone help with this?
Mark.

In addition to the good advice posted above you also have other software options that specialize in slideshows:
http://www.boinx.com/fotomagico/overview/
http://www.lqgraphics.com/software/phototomovie.php
http://www.boinx.com/photopresenter/overview/
These are but a few.
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