I am using Windows Live Mail to manage my email. When I want to send or forward an email containing pictures WLM wants to put the pictures in a slide show which nearly always completely destroys the tone, intent, impact, and/or creates a new message that is ineffective.

Even if I am generating a new email I try to insert a picture or two in the body of my email and it rips them out and puts them in a slide show, which makes no sense when I place a picture in the middle of text describing it.

How can I turn this function off completely?
When I send or receive photos as attachments they show as attachments and in small pictures across the e mail. The attachments will not open up and the slide show does not work. Other folks can view them as attachments, even when I send them, but I can't open them up in my sent mail either. I have windows 7 and use windows live mail.  Thanks for your help.