Re: Image formats stuck on .bmp only - and I don't like it!

From: David Candy (david_at_mvps.org)
Date: 10/04/04 

Date: Tue, 5 Oct 2004 03:39:49 +1000

If you note the first it said

"I have researched and tried each and every reference for solutions ..."

So there is no point telling it the common causes as it has said it tried them all. 

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"moshskin@hotmail.com" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:41b001c4aa29$c2c1ac30$a601280a@phx.gbl...
>I am having EXACTLY the same problem and yet the fastest 
> way to ask a question from a Microsoft "professional" 
> online you have to PAY for and its THEM that have caused 
> the problem in the 1st place! Its just one big money 
> making machine and typical of an organisation who love 
> you and will do anything for you until just AFTER you buy 
> their (over-priced) products and then abandon you.
> 
> Once again Microsofts "fix" software doesnt do what it 
> says and just creates even MORE problems than it solves
> 
> PULL YOUR FINGER OUT MICROSOFT AND SOLVE IT! In the 
> meantime if anyone else has any other ideas, I'd love to 
> hear them
> 
>>-----Original Message-----
>>I am very, very angry about this!  This has been going 
> on for two months now. 
>> And there hasn't been so much as a spark of genuine 
> interest in fixing this 
>>problem.  It is obviously an update patch, (just before 
> SP2) that has 
>>corrupted the file associations in IE.  Since .bmp's 
> burn up a lot of disk 
>>space, and millions of people work with photos and 
> graphics, I would THINK 
>>that Microsoft would have a research team working on 
> this problem, at this 
>>very moment.  But since it's been two months (on my 
> machine), and I read more 
>>and more posts from other people with the same problem, 
> I question whether 
>>Microsoft is even aware of it?!
>>
>>I have researched and tried each and every reference for 
> solutions, posted 
>>here, and related MS articles.  And I am tired of going 
> around in circles.
>>
>>PHOOEY!
>>
>>Microsoft!  You Broke it!  Please Fix it!  I've applied 
> all of the 
>>recommended remedies without any change and it appears 
> that it is an IE 
>>problem.
>>
>>If the program doesn't work the way I need or expect it 
> to work.  I am not 
>>going to use it.
>>
>>Hear that Mr. Gates?!  
>>
>>I used to like IE.   But it serves no purpose for me 
> now.  I've been using 
>>your competitors' products, and don't have that problem 
> in other browsers.  
>>Notify me when it's fixed.  I might come back.  I might 
> not.
>>
>>Angrily submitted,
>>A dedicated Windows user since 3.1.
>>.
>>

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