On Tue, 29 Jun 2004 19:41:02 +0100, you wrote: >Sorry Garry, but there is a deeper problem. I have always had all graphics >files including TIF and TIFF associated with Irfanview in File Types. >Downloads from the existing Scan Source site have always opened opened with >no problems. It's just the new procedure which sends the downloaded file >directly to Internet Explorer >that causes problems as there is no step to save the downloading file to a >folder. I gather from correspondance here and on Soc.genealogy.britain that >I'm not the only one experiancing this diffilulty. > >I'm happy to wait until Dave and his team resolve the situation in their >own time. Maybe XP SP2 will resolve these problems when it eventually >arrives ? Possibly (I've seen a presentation on SP2 today) We will get a solution quicker. -- Dave Mayall
Hi Just tried downloading 1887b1280.tif this morning . Using XP SP1, IE 6+SP and latest mods. No problem IE downloaded to a temporary file and displayed the image on Infranview without any fiddling from me. Regards, John ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave Mayall" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2004 10:09 PM Subject: Re: How to View TIF/TIFF files in XP > On Tue, 29 Jun 2004 19:41:02 +0100, you wrote: > > >Sorry Garry, but there is a deeper problem. I have always had all graphics > >files including TIF and TIFF associated with Irfanview in File Types. > >Downloads from the existing Scan Source site have always opened opened with > >no problems. It's just the new procedure which sends the downloaded file > >directly to Internet Explorer > >that causes problems as there is no step to save the downloading file to a > >folder. I gather from correspondance here and on Soc.genealogy.britain that > >I'm not the only one experiancing this diffilulty. > > > >I'm happy to wait until Dave and his team resolve the situation in their > >own time. Maybe XP SP2 will resolve these problems when it eventually > >arrives ? > > Possibly (I've seen a presentation on SP2 today) > > We will get a solution quicker. > > -- > Dave Mayall > > ______________________________