Saving pics from the web

[Guest]

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Hi, I have been saving pics from the web for a long time to use as wallpaper
but for some reason no matter what the image property is (jpeg, gif, bitmap,
etc.) windows xp wants to default save it as a bitmap. If I add the extension
..jpg or other I am not able to open it with anything but paint. Can I change
this default and if so, how?
Thanks,
Philip

 

[Jerry]

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They are all being saved as BMPs because your cache is full. Empty it. Rt
click the IE icon, select Properties > Temporary Internet Files > Delete
Files...

"pridham66" <pridham66@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:B66B3493-D90A-4E2C-A305-A33C7AFD47E3@microsoft.com...
> Hi, I have been saving pics from the web for a long time to use as
> wallpaper
> but for some reason no matter what the image property is (jpeg, gif,
> bitmap,
> etc.) windows xp wants to default save it as a bitmap. If I add the
> extension
> .jpg or other I am not able to open it with anything but paint. Can I
> change
> this default and if so, how?
> Thanks,
> Philip

 

[Guest]

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Phillip-

It'd be nice if cleaning the cache alone (TIFs) would rememdy this age old
problem, but it often won't.

MSFT's 2 KBs on this common age-old problem is:

Internet Explorer Saves Images As Bitmaps (.bmp Files)
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;810978

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

It's not always easy to solve it per the KBs and that's one reason why 3rd
party converters flourish:

Convert bmp to jpeg google:
http://tinyurl.com/4yho6

Chad Harris
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"pridham66" <pridham66@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:B66B3493-D90A-4E2C-A305-A33C7AFD47E3@microsoft.com...
Hi, I have been saving pics from the web for a long time to use as wallpaper
but for some reason no matter what the image property is (jpeg, gif, bitmap,
etc.) windows xp wants to default save it as a bitmap. If I add the
extension
..jpg or other I am not able to open it with anything but paint. Can I change
this default and if so, how?
Thanks,
Philip