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vermin · 09-20-2003, 02:10 PM

Hi!
This question may have been asked and answered before, but I only come in here when I have a question. When it comes to computers, I'm very short on answers of the non-smartass variety.

So here goes. When visiting websites like Something Awful, Steak and Cheese, Robb's Celebs, etc. I used to be able to right-click save jpegs, gifs, tiffs, etc. to the hard drive. For the last two or three weeks every time I do that it will only save the thing as a bitmap. I can go to mspaint and open the bitmap and resave as jpeg or whatever, but when I check the Properties of the pic on the website it says it's a jpeg. So why can't it save the jpeg?
My suspicion is that some setting or other got changed but I don't know what. It's not a major problem cuz of the re-save thing, but I never had to do it before and I don't know why I have to do it now.

Oh, yeah, one other question (unrelated). I've seen avatars that cycle between two or three pictures (bundy's and the 9-11 thing for example) and I'd like to know how ya do that. What kind of software would I need to generate one myself?

Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanx in advance.

The_Dude · 09-20-2003, 02:13 PM

Help with "Right-click, Save As"

the first question has been answered so many times! maybe we need to make a sticky out of it.

as for the moving avatar's, it's animated gif's.

go to www.downloads.com and search for 'animated gif'.

they have lots of prog's that will do this.

vermin · 09-20-2003, 03:19 PM

Many, many thanks.

nothingx · 09-21-2003, 11:22 AM

Yup, that's Microsoft's browser for you... Keeps filling that cache until it breaks itself. Kinda dumb, eh? You would think when the cache started getting too full it would find some way of dumping it on its own.

Flesh · 09-21-2003, 11:33 AM

it's microsoft, you can't expect much quality

earleir my explorer.exe crashed.. but i guess it WAS my fault, i tried to delete a file.

09-20-2003, 02:10 PM	#1 (permalink)
vermin Indifferent to anti-matter Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Tucson, AZ	used to save jpeg gif etc. now only bmp WTF? Hi! This question may have been asked and answered before, but I only come in here when I have a question. When it comes to computers, I'm very short on answers of the non-smartass variety. So here goes. When visiting websites like Something Awful, Steak and Cheese, Robb's Celebs, etc. I used to be able to right-click save jpegs, gifs, tiffs, etc. to the hard drive. For the last two or three weeks every time I do that it will only save the thing as a bitmap. I can go to mspaint and open the bitmap and resave as jpeg or whatever, but when I check the Properties of the pic on the website it says it's a jpeg. So why can't it save the jpeg? My suspicion is that some setting or other got changed but I don't know what. It's not a major problem cuz of the re-save thing, but I never had to do it before and I don't know why I have to do it now. Oh, yeah, one other question (unrelated). I've seen avatars that cycle between two or three pictures (bundy's and the 9-11 thing for example) and I'd like to know how ya do that. What kind of software would I need to generate one myself? Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanx in advance. __________________ If puns were sausages, this would be the wurst.

09-20-2003, 02:13 PM	#2 (permalink)
The_Dude The GrandDaddy of them all! Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Austin, TX	Help with "Right-click, Save As" the first question has been answered so many times! maybe we need to make a sticky out of it. as for the moving avatar's, it's animated gif's. go to www.downloads.com and search for 'animated gif'. they have lots of prog's that will do this. __________________ "Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity." - Darrel K Royal

09-20-2003, 03:19 PM	#3 (permalink)
vermin Indifferent to anti-matter Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Tucson, AZ	Many, many thanks. __________________ If puns were sausages, this would be the wurst.

09-21-2003, 11:22 AM	#4 (permalink)
nothingx undead Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: nihilistic freedom	Yup, that's Microsoft's browser for you... Keeps filling that cache until it breaks itself. Kinda dumb, eh? You would think when the cache started getting too full it would find some way of dumping it on its own.

09-21-2003, 11:33 AM	#5 (permalink)
Flesh Psycho Join Date: May 2003	it's microsoft, you can't expect much quality earleir my explorer.exe crashed.. but i guess it WAS my fault, i tried to delete a file.