Re: "Save as" bmp problem that defies fixing

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From: Mary Sauer (gsauer_at_mycolumbus.rr.com)
Date: 08/02/04 

Date: Mon, 2 Aug 2004 05:41:43 -0400

I had the same experience, however if you copy the image and paste into a paint
program it is an 8-Bit paletted bitmap (.gif). Even the source code shows as a .gif.
It is odd. 

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"Gary R." <roberthouse@geocities.com> wrote in message
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> I know there are eternal questions about save as...bmp being the only
> option, but this is an odd one.
>
> I went to save a logo gif file that needed repair from a friend's site.  Got
> the .bmp as the only option, though it is indeed a gif.  All the other gifs
> and jpgs on the site also come up that way.  There is no special html code,
> it's a simple site.
>
> I deleted the int. temp files (not cookies though), went through the
> 'settings...view objects' and deleted the unidentified one, then all of
> them, rebooted and still got the same .bmp option.  It's not a secure page,
> but I went and checked the advanced option about encrypted files and it's
> not checked.  No AOL has ever been on the machine.  Nothing works to fix
> it...but....I go to other sites and get normal options for jpg, gif, etc.
>
> The site is www.gjac.org, and trying to save the logo gets me the bmp only
> option.  I have a website at this host, and indeed my site also gives only
> those options, as do others, such as http://www.bangrecording.com/ at the
> same host (Worldzone pro).
>
> BUT, to really confuse things...on my laptop, XP home with all updates (as
> did the other machines), the same pages come up with a gif or jpg option.
> Same network connection to cable.  Another XP pro machine here is bmp only
> at those sites, but fine elsewhere.  Rebooted to WinME, and same thing, .bmp
> only.
>
> So I have done everything I can find at Microsoft's KB and it didn't work on
> any of the machines.  I did see via a Google search a couple of comments
> about deleting cookies, but hate to do that if it's unlikely to work (they
> were 'unofficial' comments).  The real puzzler is why does the laptop do
> fine, and nothing else will, and also why only at those sites (as far as I
> know) with a common host?  The laptop has had AOL on it when new, but
> removed immediately, and none of the other machines ever had it, they are
> clean installs with all updates (if that matters, I noticed one of the fixes
> referred to AOL).
>
> I got the file from the laptop, so it's not urgent any more, but this whole
> thing is confusing.  Are there any registry keys, repairs, or ? that could
> be causing this?  What about cookies, should I delete them and bite the
> bullet about logging back in to everything?  I didn't get an answer on the
> IE6 group, but another user replied that they got the same behavior at those
> links.  Thanks for any ideas.
> -- 
> Gary
> Photo Albums: www.pbase.com/roberthouse
>
>

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