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[diberry]

I love looking at photos of WDW and sometimes save some (usually from the Themepark Attractions & Strategies board) to my computer purely for my own enjoyment. However recently I've noticed that, although some pics look fine as a thumbnail, when I try to look at them full screen, they just show up as a thin line across the middle of the screen. I don't think it's to stop people downloading them as they're from people like me generally - amateur photographers who took pics on vacation. Does anyone know please why this happens and how I can get around it? Sometimes I can open them with Paint and save them in a different format but sometimes that's not possible either. Thank you.

 

[ukcatfan]

It sounds like something is not working correctly in Windows. Try installing Irfanview and using it to view them. It is free and a really nice basic program for basic editing and viewing.

 

[diberry]

Thank you very much. I've downloaded Irfanview and and it's working perfectly now!

 

[photo_chick]

It sounds suspiciously like a virus I've come across before. I'd run some anti-virus and anti-malware scans just to be safe.

Just for the record... saving images to your hard drive, even for you own personal enjoyment, without permission is a violation of copyright laws. Many people who post are fine with you doing this, but there are some out there who get touchy.

 

[diberry]

It sounds suspiciously like a virus I've come across before. I'd run some anti-virus and anti-malware scans just to be safe.

OK, thank you, will do, though I've got an antivirus running all the time. But it's worth an extra scan!