opening with paint

can anyone help me out here? please!!!! I put my photo's in either documents
or pictures and try to open them with the paint program and it says this...
paint can not read this file. it is not a valid bitman file or it's format is
not currently supported. I do not know how to fix this problem, sure would
appreciate some help, Thanks

razzbery wrote:
> can anyone help me out here? please!!!! I put my photo's in either
> documents or pictures and try to open them with the paint program and
> it says this... paint can not read this file. it is not a valid
> bitman file or it's format is not currently supported. I do not know
> how to fix this problem, sure would appreciate some help, Thanks
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I'm thinking you have a problem with
your graphics filters:

The following articles are quite old but
may offer some ideas:

(193354) Cannot Save JPEG Files with
Picture It! Express or Paint
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=193354

(298580) Some Office Graphics Filters Are
Not Available in Microsoft Paint
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=298580

(272703) PIP Error Message: <Program>
Cannot Load the Preview Picture
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=272703

(281794) PIP 2001: How to Troubleshoot
Graphic Filter Issues
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=281794

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John Inzer wrote:
>> can anyone help me out here? please!!!! I put my photo's in either
>> documents or pictures and try to open them with the paint program and
>> it says this... paint can not read this file. it is not a valid
>> bitman file or it's format is not currently supported. I do not know
>> how to fix this problem, sure would appreciate some help, Thanks
>============================
>I'm thinking you have a problem with
>your graphics filters:
>
>The following articles are quite old but
>may offer some ideas:
>
>(193354) Cannot Save JPEG Files with
>Picture It! Express or Paint
>http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=193354
>
>(298580) Some Office Graphics Filters Are
>Not Available in Microsoft Paint
>http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=298580
>
>(272703) PIP Error Message: <Program>
>Cannot Load the Preview Picture
>http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=272703
>
>(281794) PIP 2001: How to Troubleshoot
>Graphic Filter Issues
>http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=281794
>
Thanks John for your fast reply. I believe you found the problem. To fix this
there is a list a mile long and they say it's rather dangerous to fool with
it. So, I feel very stuck now. Paint did not support the pics....don't want
to do any damage to my p.c. as I am not computor literate. Any suggestions?

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razzbery via WindowsKB.com wrote:
> Thanks John for your fast reply. I believe you found the problem. To
> fix this there is a list a mile long and they say it's rather
> dangerous to fool with it. So, I feel very stuck now. Paint did not
> support the pics....don't want to do any damage to my p.c. as I am
> not computor literate. Any suggestions?
================================
Are you running any MS Office programs?
Or digital image editing programs?

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John Inzer wrote:
>> Thanks John for your fast reply. I believe you found the problem. To
>> fix this there is a list a mile long and they say it's rather
>> dangerous to fool with it. So, I feel very stuck now. Paint did not
>> support the pics....don't want to do any damage to my p.c. as I am
>> not computor literate. Any suggestions?
>================================
>Are you running any MS Office programs?
>Or digital image editing programs?
>
No...to both questions

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razzbery via WindowsKB.com wrote:
> John Inzer wrote:
>>> Thanks John for your fast reply. I believe you found the problem. To
>>> fix this there is a list a mile long and they say it's rather
>>> dangerous to fool with it. So, I feel very stuck now. Paint did not
>>> support the pics....don't want to do any damage to my p.c. as I am
>>> not computor literate. Any suggestions?
>> ================================
>> Are you running any MS Office programs?
>> Or digital image editing programs?
>>
> No...to both questions
======================
Try downloading and installing the
following freebie and let us know
the result:

Irfanview
http://www.techspot.com/download299.html
(get the plug-ins too)
http://www.techspot.com/downloads/47...w-plugins.html

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John Inzer wrote:
>>>> Thanks John for your fast reply. I believe you found the problem. To
>>>> fix this there is a list a mile long and they say it's rather
>[quoted text clipped - 6 lines]
>>>
>> No...to both questions
>======================
>Try downloading and installing the
>following freebie and let us know
>the result:
>
>Irfanview
>http://www.techspot.com/download299.html
>(get the plug-ins too)
>http://www.techspot.com/downloads/47...w-plugins.html
>
Thankyou...thankyou!!!! I did download it and it's working great.

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razzbery via WindowsKB.com wrote:
> John Inzer wrote:
>>>>> Thanks John for your fast reply. I believe you found the problem.
>>>>> To fix this there is a list a mile long and they say it's rather
>> [quoted text clipped - 6 lines]
>>>>
>>> No...to both questions
>> ======================
>> Try downloading and installing the
>> following freebie and let us know
>> the result:
>>
>> Irfanview
>> http://www.techspot.com/download299.html
>> (get the plug-ins too)
>> http://www.techspot.com/downloads/47...w-plugins.html
>>
> Thankyou...thankyou!!!! I did download it and it's working great.
=====================
You're welcome.

Thanks for the update.

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