Re: save as file

Tech-Archive recommends: Repair Windows Errors & Optimize Windows Performance

From: Taurarian (taurarianREMOVECAPS_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 12/14/04


Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2004 19:20:24 +1100

Thanks David, I've just reduced mine, never really bothered to look at the cache -
I've reduced it to 100 meg. I'm on dial up so see how it goes. I've got a 60 gig HD
so my cache was 570 odd meg which was rather high when you consider what you've just
said. I can always increase the cache if I run into any problems. I regularly clean
out anyway. I tend to download large pdfs and updates mainly for my programs. For
large files, I use a free download manager (spwyare free) - simple but does the job
to continue large download if necessary.

Thanks again for taking the time to post this, I'm sure others will also be
interested and perhaps evaluate their own situation and adjust accordingly.

Kaylene

"David Candy" <.> wrote in message news:%23bEqa0W4EHA.4092@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
MS has said that it will be fixed. However the code is complex and needs thought. The
programmer that looked the code up doesn't work on that part of IE and didn't
remember what the max files value was.

The implications are

With large disks the size of the cache tends to be large (10% of space - fine on a 1
gig disk, not so fine on a 160 gig disk). So this problem will occur when
(average size of files x number of file) < size of cache.

As only the size of cache is known this means trial and error. I think, as a general
principal, the advice should be reduce the size of the cache to prevent it
reoccuring. However the user may have untypically been viewing sites with large
numbers of small files.

The point here is that people use different sites so one person's average size of
files will be different to any other user. I download lots of large pdfs (others
download mp3) so my average size of files will be different and larger than someone
who plays backgammon at yahoo.

The other point to make is that one wants the cache to be bigger than the largest
file one downloads so interupped downloads can be restarted.

-- 
----------------------------------------------------------
http://www.uscricket.com
"Taurarian" <taurarianREMOVECAPS@hotmail.com> wrote in message 
news:eZ$Ie9O4EHA.2016@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> Thanks David for that bit of information - handy to know.
> Kaylene
>
>
> "David Candy" <.> wrote in message news:OterZYB4EHA.2192@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
> If it is caused by a full TIF then it indicates that the TIF setting is too large.
>
> There are two TIF limits. Disk Space which is user changable and number of files
> which is hard coded. The TIF manager only gets called when disk space is exceeded 
> not
> when the number of files are exceeded. So too many cached files the cache stops
> working. This leaves Explorer only able to save as the image that it is showing on
> screen (everything you see on a screen is a bitmap - I think cached in Msimg.dat)
> cause that is all it can find to use.
>
> It was designed for far smaller hatd disks than what is available today.
>
> -- 
> ----------------------------------------------------------
> http://www.uscricket.com
> "Taurarian" <taurarianREMOVECAPS@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:eqZ6CKB4EHA.3504@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>> Here are two procedures that may fix this problem.
>>
>> To empty your Temporary Internet Files cache
>> 1. In Internet Explorer, click Tools, and then click Internet Options.
>> 2. On the General tab, click Delete Files.
>>
>> To turn off graphic compression in the AOL client
>> 1. Go to Preferences in AOL.
>> 2. Click Internet properties (or WWW in some versions).
>> 3. Click Web Graphics.
>> 4. Clear Never compress graphics (or Use compressed graphics in some versions).
>>
>> If that doesn't help:
>> http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_jk.htm
>> JPG's - Only Saves as a Bitmap
>>
>> Additional information:
>> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;810978
>> Internet Explorer Saves Images As Bitmaps (.bmp Files)
>>
>> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;250747
>> Right-Clicking, Selecting 'Save Picture As' Does Not Save Image with Correct
>> Extension
>>
>> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;260650
>> Internet Explorer Does Not Save Graphics Files in the Proper Format
>>
>>
>> "The Quiet Storm" <The Quiet Storm@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:D4F16E36-72F6-420A-9744-0D4EA5967DCD@microsoft.com...
>>> When I go to save an image from a website and I click save as my only choices
>>> I'm offered is bmp file format to save to.  Can anyone tell me if something
>>> has happened to my system and if so if it can be corrected.
>>
> 


Relevant Pages

  • Re: save as file
    ... The other point to make is that one wants the cache to be bigger than the largest file one downloads so interupped downloads can be restarted. ... > If it is caused by a full TIF then it indicates that the TIF setting is too large. ... In Internet Explorer, click Tools, and then click Internet Options. ... Clear Never compress graphics. ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.general)
  • Re: zone.com
    ... > receiving old stored files from your ISP or network. ... Your isp -may- need to purge the outdated Zone files from their cache. ... The problem could be a corrupted download of the zone.zat file. ...
    (microsoft.public.games.zone)
  • Re: Is there any way to download a zone install separately?
    ... > I use HistoryKill to clear the cache completely each time I close the browser. ... > If my ISP has old files, what could I do about that until they get around to ... unless there's a separate Zone download. ...
    (microsoft.public.games.zone)
  • RE: WMP no longer buffers on http link to an MP3 file
    ... WMP setup, on Vista you have to do a "repair" which basically ammounts to ... Did you clear the cache with IE open or closed? ... provided did the download first then launched WMP to play on the first click. ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsmedia.player)
  • Re: How to prevent corrupted binary downloads
    ... >> a client machine. ... so my theory was that somehow a corrupt version was downloaded ... >> got in the cache and subsequent requests just reloaded the corrupt data ... We finally solved the problem by giving the download directory ...
    (microsoft.public.dotnet.distributed_apps)