[at-l] computer help urgently needed

[weathercarrot at hotmail.com (The Weathercarrot)]

problem solved. i went to the web site below, followed the directions, and 
now it gives me the option of saving as a jpeg. i had to remove an unknown 
file. thank you.

wc

----Original Message Follows----
From: Brad Wilson <brad@b-photo.com>
To: "The Weathercarrot" <weathercarrot@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: [at-l] computer help urgently needed
Date: Thu, 22 May 2003 12:54:59 -0700

Check this article and see if it helps.

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;[LN];810978

At 01:49 PM 5/22/2003 -0400, you wrote:
>hi -
>
>this is actually very trail related even though it won't appear so at the 
>moment.....
>
>Here's the problem - I need to download several JPEG images off the web. In 
>this situation it is very important that the saved result is also in that 
>original JPEG file/format. Every time I try to save one (by clikcing on 
>"Save Picture As..."), it then only gives me the option of a BMP (bitmap) 
>file type and nothing else. This results in a saved image that is 10-60 
>times bigger than it's supposed to be. In this case it goes from about 870k 
>as a JPEG  to about 58 megs as a bitmap. what can be done to resolve this? 
>by the way, i'm  using windows xp and have very little computer experience 
>with this type of thing, so detailed instructions would be helpful.
>
>thanks!
>
>wc

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