Touchsmart Envy 23 screen saver locks with photos

Screen freezes when trying to exit photo screen saver.  Screen saver works fine with pictures rotating, but locks up when I try to get out of it.  Changed back to bubbles and other generic windows screen savers and it works fine.  Only when in photo mode does it do this...?????

I understand the PC freezes when exiting the photo screensaver. 
Try this Microsoft FixIt and let me know what happens.
http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9726338&entrypointid=MATSKB
It does seem to be related to something that is in the photos library/folder since other screensavers work fine.
What is the product number of the PC?  This can be found in the same area of the serial number.
NOTE: Do NOT provide the serial number.
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