Paul,
In the past I used Outlook (98) and didn't have any problems opening
your jpg attachments. But quite a few months ago I switched to
Thunderbird. So I forwarded your message back to myself and then
retrieved it with Outlook (on a Dell Inspiron running Windows XP) and
opened the attachment without any problems (default viewer was Microsoft
Photo Editor.)
Don't know if this helps or not.
Bill Garrett
Thanks Bill
Paul Lamar ...No rotor no motor.
--P,
The problem described most likely has nothing to do with Outlook,
Outlook Express, Thunderbird or any other mail manager.
My guess would be that the problem is due to an incorrect "file
association". In other words, the "default" application associated with
any *.jpg file (
/a graphics file/) must be capable of working with a
graphics file. If you are attempting to open a graphics file with a
non-graphical capable application, you may well cause a crash.
If this is a Windows O/S, I suggest that the *.jpg "file
association" be set to Windows Picture and FAX Viewer. Then, when *.jpg
attachments are clicked-on, Windows Picture and FAX Viewer will be the
default application used and the picture can be viewed...
Best...
Jack Beale
I don't think that was the problem. My wife gets jpg's from other people all
the time. No problem. Opening any file should not crash the computer
unless it is
a virus. My wife is also running AVG Anti Spyware. Most of those kinds
of programs
scan every incoming and out going file for viruses. That may have
something to do with
it.
When it happened a window popped up asking to send the problem to Microsoft
so Microsoft's email address is built into XP or they use FTP. If it
were not
you would have to type it in. Microsoft also scans your computer from
time to
time and checks for the latest operating system version. In fact it does
this every time
you connect to the Internet. If your version is not the latest it then
uses the back door
in your operating system to "update" your computer.
This implies it is able to read anything on your hard disk as it needs
to know what programs
you are running to accomplish this trick. The pop up Window assures you
Microsoft will
keep the data private for everybody else except them.
Since it acquires personal data on every computer running Microsoft
operating systems
connected to the Internet it must own one humongous bank of hard drives.
Needless to say I don't connect my Windows computer to the Internet and
I never
"upgrade" the Microsoft operating system.
Again thanks to all that have responded.
Paul Lamar ...No rotor no motor.
P,
Well then, I'm puzzled still...
The *.jpg that was originally included opened just fine on my
computer (Compaq/Windows 2K/Outlook Express), so it apparently is NOT
the file itself. Further, it is not the MO of a virus to immediately
crash an infected computer. Viruses spread by using the infected
computer to replicate the virus and mail it about.
I have some experience with AVG as well and from that, I can say
that I have never seen AVG crash a computer for any reason. Certainly
opening a *.jpg should be no problem, and your wife's prior experience
with *.jpgs indicates that AVG is not the cause. You could terminate
AVG and try again as an experiment, though.
As for M/S Upgrades: I suggest that you DO upgrade, as security is
at issue here. The patches to the O/S in the upgrades will prevent bad
things from happening to your computer.
You may turn OFF the "automatic upgrades" and you may also turn OFF
the "error reporting to M/S". This is all accomplished in "Control
Panel". It is also a pretty simple matter to turn OFF the "automatic
connection" to M/S as well. If privacy is an issue, why not do this. I
would also suggest a good firewall here as well, as ANY Internet enabled
application can access anything on your computer or home network if they
are not protected - please take a look at ZoneLabs. Nothing is
guaranteed but, at least, with a firewall you have a fighting chance.
However, the above still does not address the root problem of
opening a simple *.jpg. Can you provide any more information about
symptoms...?
Jack Beale
I don't need to upgrade for security reasons as I don't connect my Windows
computers to the Internet and I don't load disk in from sources I no nothing
about. I am also unwilling to help Microsoft debug their operating systems for free.
I am not interested in pursuing it as Red Hat Fedora is constantly upgrading and
it may be a Fedora 5 problem writing to a USB flash memory device.
Most of the transfer is for Rhino jpg from the Windows OS to Fedora 5 OS.
In those rare cases where the transfer is the other way around the CD can be used.
In almost ten years of using Linux I have never had a virus. It is just
not an issue with Linux and Linux is much much faster because there is no virus program
scanning each file as it comes and goes. Never the less you can see virus
attempts targeting Windows coming in frequently as I get up to 100 emails a day including
spam.
Paul Lamar ...No rotor no motor.
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