"Save Picture As" option

[Guest]

When I try to save images and animations from the internet onto my computer, using "save picture as" the only option that my computer allows is to save as a bitmap file. I need this changed to jpeg or gif, but don't know how.

 

[John Inzer]

When I try to save images and animations from the
internet onto my computer, using "save picture as" the
only option that my computer allows is to save as a
bitmap file. I need this changed to jpeg or gif, but
don't know how.

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Maybe these articles will shed some light:

(810978) Internet Explorer Saves Images As
Bitmaps (.bmp Files
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=810978

(326675) "No Preview Available" and "File
Format Is Not Supported" Error Messages
Occur When You Try to View Graphic Files
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=326675

(260650) Internet Explorer Does Not Save
Graphics Files in the Proper Format
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=260650

(324761) Cannot Save Images in Windows
XP As JPG
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=324761

Go to the following site and scroll
down to the bottom of the page.
"Music, Video, and Photos"
http://tinyurl.com/7g4k

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[Guest]

Thanks for the articles, John. Unfortunately, after going through and trying all of the options, I still have the problem. Any more suggestions?

 

[carabalda]

Someone had this same problem in a Yahoo group I belong
to, and the accepted answer was to empty out all your
Internet Explorer temporary files - Open IE, go to
Tools>Internet Options>General tab>Delete Files> put a
check in front of "Delete all offline content" and hit
OK, let Windows delete the files, then hit OK again to
exit the Internet options window - That seemed to clear
up the issue for them. I hope it helps.

carabalda

-----Original Message-----
Thanks for the articles, John. Unfortunately, after

going through and trying all of the options, I still have
the problem. Any more suggestions?

 

[John Inzer]

Thanks for the articles, John. Unfortunately, after
going through and trying all of the options, I still have
the problem. Any more suggestions?

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Are you positive that you have deleted all of
your temp and temporary internet files? Try
running Disk CleanUp (All Options).

The following article offers info on the WinXP
Disk Clean Up tool:

(310312) Description of the Disk Cleanup
Tool in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=310312

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[Guest]

Thanks Carabalda and John. You were right, John, the Internet files were not totally deleted. I tried all the methods suggested by Microsoft, but what worked was your suggestion Carabalda - simple and efficient. Thanks again for clearing up this problem for me!

 

[John Inzer]

Thanks Carabalda and John. You were right, John, the
Internet files were not totally deleted. I tried all the
methods suggested by Microsoft, but what worked was your
suggestion Carabalda - simple and efficient. Thanks
again for clearing up this problem for me!

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Thanks for the update. I'm glad you solved the problem.

Deleting all your temp files on a regular schedule should
prevent the issue from occurring in the future. FWIW...
I delete mine daily.

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