Re: Windows Picture and Fax Viewer "Drawing Failed" Error

This problem is much more extensive than talked about anywhere. I get it all
the time and it is not based on an error in the file at all. I will be
scanning through pictures and then it will give me the error. If I go to the
next picture and come back, the picture will be displayed. This happens all
the time with my photos and I think more frequently with higher resolution
images. It also happens every time I delete a photo from the viewer and it
tries to display the next photo. Very annoying problem and if I can't find a
resolution, I think I will try to find an alternate to Windows Viewer... in
fact I think I will go right now and see what else is available.

Try downloading a copy of IRFANVIEW. It can often not only display a picture
when the windows viewer(s) cannot, it can resave the pictures to a form that
the windows viewer(s) will accept.

"Larillion" <Larillion@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:B36A523B-3354-43BA-B170-C21E29FF9DF6@microsoft.com...
> This problem is much more extensive than talked about anywhere. I get it
> all
> the time and it is not based on an error in the file at all. I will be
> scanning through pictures and then it will give me the error. If I go to
> the
> next picture and come back, the picture will be displayed. This happens
> all
> the time with my photos and I think more frequently with higher resolution
> images. It also happens every time I delete a photo from the viewer and
> it
> tries to display the next photo. Very annoying problem and if I can't
> find a
> resolution, I think I will try to find an alternate to Windows Viewer...
> in
> fact I think I will go right now and see what else is available.
>

On May 19, 10:53*pm, "Chuck" <cdku...@msn.com> wrote:
> Try downloading a copy of IRFANVIEW. It can often not only display a picture
> when the windows viewer(s) cannot, it can resave the pictures to a form that
> the windows viewer(s) will accept.
>
> "Larillion" <Larill...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>
> news:B36A523B-3354-43BA-B170-C21E29FF9DF6@microsoft.com...
>
>
>
> > This problem is much more extensive than talked about anywhere. *I getit
> > all
> > the time and it is not based on an error in the file at all. *I will be
> > scanning through pictures and then it will give me the error. *If I goto
> > the
> > next picture and come back, the picture will be displayed. *This happens
> > all
> > the time with my photos and I think more frequently with higher resolution
> > images. *It also happens every time I delete a photo from the viewer and
> > it
> > tries to display the next photo. *Very annoying problem and if I can't
> > find a
> > resolution, I think I will try to find an alternate to Windows Viewer...
> > in
> > fact I think I will go right now and see what else is available.- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

I think the problem is that the picture file has become corrupted. The
thumbnail is stored at the start of the file and so often still works
when the rest of the file has become corrupted.

You say that other applications will open the file, but is the
complete image displayed correctly, or is there even a very small
problem with the very bottom of the picture.

The pciture size and screen resolution should not be important at all.

Michael

www.cnwrecovery.com

mscotgrove@aol.com wrote:
> On May 19, 10:53 pm, "Chuck" <cdku...@msn.com> wrote:
>
>>Try downloading a copy of IRFANVIEW. It can often not only display a picture
>>when the windows viewer(s) cannot, it can resave the pictures to a form that
>>the windows viewer(s) will accept.
>>
>>"Larillion" <Larill...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>>
>>news:B36A523B-3354-43BA-B170-C21E29FF9DF6@microsoft.com...
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>>This problem is much more extensive than talked about anywhere. I get it
>>>all
>>>the time and it is not based on an error in the file at all. I will be
>>>scanning through pictures and then it will give me the error. If I go to
>>>the
>>>next picture and come back, the picture will be displayed. This happens
>>>all
>>>the time with my photos and I think more frequently with higher resolution
>>>images. It also happens every time I delete a photo from the viewer and
>>>it
>>>tries to display the next photo. Very annoying problem and if I can't
>>>find a
>>>resolution, I think I will try to find an alternate to Windows Viewer...
>>>in
>>>fact I think I will go right now and see what else is available.- Hide quoted text -
>>
>>- Show quoted text -
>
>
> I think the problem is that the picture file has become corrupted. The
> thumbnail is stored at the start of the file and so often still works
> when the rest of the file has become corrupted.
>
> You say that other applications will open the file, but is the
> complete image displayed correctly, or is there even a very small
> problem with the very bottom of the picture.
>
> The pciture size and screen resolution should not be important at all.

If this is the case, and it "happens all the time with my photos",
then it raises the issue of what is damaging his photos...

-michael

"The wastebasket is our most important design
tool--and it's seriously underused."

> > I think the problem is that the picture file has become corrupted. The
> > thumbnail is stored at the start of the file and so often still works
> > when the rest of the file has become corrupted.
> >
> > You say that other applications will open the file, but is the
> > complete image displayed correctly, or is there even a very small
> > problem with the very bottom of the picture.
> >
> > The pciture size and screen resolution should not be important at all.
>
> If this is the case, and it "happens all the time with my photos",
> then it raises the issue of what is damaging his photos...

Thanks for the reply but I really don't think the files are corrupted. The
reason I say that is because it won't work one second and then if I go to the
next photo and come back to it, it will work all of a sudden. There is no
pattern to when it works and when it doesn't. But if I scroll through a
directory of photos, 1 of 5 will give me that error and again, if I go past
and come back, they are fine. And its definitely not a performace issue. My
machine is a Core2Duo 2.4 with 2 gigs of ram and over 30 gigs of hard drive
space so it should be able to handle this stuff with ease. To fix my problem
though I downloaded IRFANVIEW and love it. I won't go back to Windows
viewer. This one is much faster and 100x the options. Great program! I
just haven't been able to find out how to zoom with the scroll wheel. I
would still like to figure out the windows viewer problem but IRFANVIEW will
be going on all my computers and everyone elses that I know.

Larillion wrote:
>>>I think the problem is that the picture file has become corrupted. The
>>>thumbnail is stored at the start of the file and so often still works
>>>when the rest of the file has become corrupted.
>>>
>>>You say that other applications will open the file, but is the
>>>complete image displayed correctly, or is there even a very small
>>>problem with the very bottom of the picture.
>>>
>>>The pciture size and screen resolution should not be important at all.
>>
>>If this is the case, and it "happens all the time with my photos",
>>then it raises the issue of what is damaging his photos...
>
>
> Thanks for the reply but I really don't think the files are corrupted. The
> reason I say that is because it won't work one second and then if I go to the
> next photo and come back to it, it will work all of a sudden. There is no
> pattern to when it works and when it doesn't. But if I scroll through a
> directory of photos, 1 of 5 will give me that error and again, if I go past
> and come back, they are fine. And its definitely not a performace issue. My
> machine is a Core2Duo 2.4 with 2 gigs of ram and over 30 gigs of hard drive
> space so it should be able to handle this stuff with ease. To fix my problem
> though I downloaded IRFANVIEW and love it. I won't go back to Windows
> viewer. This one is much faster and 100x the options. Great program! I
> just haven't been able to find out how to zoom with the scroll wheel. I
> would still like to figure out the windows viewer problem but IRFANVIEW will
> be going on all my computers and everyone elses that I know.

I don't think your photos are damaged, either. ;-)

(I was implying that file damage was an unlikely explanation for
your problems.)

-michael

"The wastebasket is our most important design
tool--and it's seriously underused."