posted on October 21, 2006 05:42:41 PM new
My computer crashed this week so I'm trying to make the of it. Cranked up my old old 98 PC and installed SMPro. But this thing is so old that I ask my husband to bring home his IBM laptop so I could edit some photos and not risk them being eaten by this dinosaur.
I wasn't sure what editing program I was using so I names them and edited a few.
Went to SMPro to do my listing and when I got to the part where you add images there was only one photo showing. Now it ask what program I want to use to open these.
If I open the floppy drive the photos show a little icon but I have to open them in Kodak Imaging - and they look horrible. Plus I can't drag and drop them in SMPro.
Did I lose these images or what. Does anyone know a fast way to retrieve these photos?
Will this week never end????????
Thanks for any help.
[ edited by ladyjewels2000 on Oct 22, 2006 11:30 AM ]
posted on October 21, 2006 06:30:53 PM new
Hi,
I am kinda confused on what you are having the problem with. Are you saying you took NEW photos and EDITED them on the laptop or on your OLD PC?
posted on October 21, 2006 11:46:51 PM new
I edited them on my husband's laptop but then went to my old computer to put them in an auction. But I can't open them on this computer.
His computer has company security on it so I can't use it to go to on line - just for editing.
posted on October 22, 2006 01:35:38 AM new
Sounds like the photo extension isn't recognized by Windoze 98... Did your images end in .jpg or .gif? (they should work)
posted on October 22, 2006 07:31:39 AM new
ladyjewels,
A couple of thoughts...
1) Even if your old Win98 computer doesn't have image editing software... you should be able to open up image files. Try opening them through Internet Explorer. Open IE, then from the menu bar, choose File->Open and browse your hard drive for the picture. If the file shows up fine, then your problems are probably fixed
2) You may be having graphics card problems. In the control panel, check the display settings and make sure that you are displaying millions of colors, not thousands.
3) Older windows computers are not as forgiving with filenames. For best results, make sure your filenames are 8 characters or less with no special characters, and include the extension.
4) Make sure the files are actually JPG's or GIF's.
posted on October 22, 2006 11:33:46 AM new
Thanks everyone but I think it would just be easier to retake them at this point.
I won't edit anymore on hubby's laptop. It's his work computer and it maybe protected somehow that is causing this.
