Photostream issues

I have some issues with photo stream.
When I copy photos from my Windows PC to Photostream (I have iCloud Control Panel installed), only some (41 out of 224) appear on the iPad. Can anyone explain why, and how to get them ALL to appear on iPad?
Also, I tried connecting my iPad to my PC by cable and while I can copy from, and delete from, the iPad, I cannot copy photos TO the iPad. Again, can anyone explainj why, and how to make iPad allow me to copy photos TO it by cable from my PC?
David

Photo stream on the Mac only syncs photos with iPhoto.
What in particular do you wish to use these photos for. Many applications on the Mac have a media browser that allows you to use photos in iPhoto without opening iPhoto.(E.g. mail, pages, iWeb etc etc)

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