Pics problem!

[ivconic]

Recently i changed my old pc with new one. It has XP SP3 installed now. I installed Opera and Google Chrome along with existing IE.
I have huge problem; opening these pages same as any other, sometimes i can see attached pics and photos and sometimes i can not??? Same problem with all 3 browsers. IMG code is ON. Sometimes i simply open these pages and can NOT see posted photos and usually i see only "pic.jpg" ...etc...etc..
I tried almost everything. I rechecked preferences and tools sections in all 3 browsers?? No result. Everything seems to be correctly adjusted, yet i still have problem. I never had similar problem with my old pc and XP SP1.
I guess this is related to OS not to browsers? Maybe SP3 is making problems?
Also have installed Avira antivirus. Related?
Kind of "floating" and random problem?
I just opened these forums and now i can see posted photos? Minute before i could not? Next time i will also face same problem? Damn!
Anybody have a clue?
I hate this situation, and am ready to format hard disk and install SP1.
I used SP1 for many years without any problems. SP3 looks like huge BS to me!
Any ideas?

[ivconic]

Wait! Just checked; i have problem with Geotech forums for now? On my forum i can see photos without problems???
What the heck is that?

[DEMAC]

xp

hi ivconic!

i have installed xpsp3 a time before,and carry me lots of problems.

i have returned to xp w/sp2,all ok!!

best regards
demac

[ivconic]

It seems SP3 is HUGE BS!

[ivconic]

I used SP1 (with separately added various updates) for several years with NO problem at all.
Also i am long term Intel user. I never had any AMD so far among 50 and more pc's. Maybe SP3 has some issues with Intel?
Most probably i will reset to SP1 and add some of updates manually..

[WM6]

Deinstall Opera and Google Chrome and reinstall IE and enjoy.

[ivconic]

Are you joking? How can i live without Opera (it's speed dial)?
I don't care about Chrome...at all!

[WM6]

In need for speed try Ubuntu - Linux for Human Beings, release 9.04 or newest one (Mozilla Firefox inclusive) plus Virtual Box for some Win programs. You never mis win again.

[ivconic]

I tried Ubuntu recently and simply i can not switch from XP to Linux...never!
There are more than much software i am used on, on XP platform, not available on Linux. What's use from Linux if i can not install my software there?
Besides... i tried to do many ordinary things in Linux and couldn't managed at all. Simply; neither one thing is not on "it's place" in Linux. Everything is upside down and totally pervert. Linux is waste for me. Never again!
I am to old to make such huge step and leave Win. No way! I just lost nerves and much time trying Linux...complete waste! No more!

[Qiaozhi]

I tried Ubuntu recently and simply i can not switch from XP to Linux...never!
There are more than much software i am used on, on XP platform, not available on Linux. What's use from Linux if i can not install my software there?
Besides... i tried to do many ordinary things in Linux and couldn't managed at all. Simply; neither one thing is not on "it's place" in Linux. Everything is upside down and totally pervert. Linux is waste for me. Never again!
I am to old to make such huge step and leave Win. No way! I just lost nerves and much time trying Linux...complete waste! No more!

Some Windows programs will run in Linux using Wine. LTSpice is a good example. If not, you can use VirtualBox to runs Windows. In this case you can have both operating systems running at the same time! ... and swap data between them. If you use Ubuntu Linux there is a life-saving ring icon in the bar at the top of the screen. This allows you to "get help with Ubuntu" and is a newbie user guide.

Also - unlike Windoze - it doesn't need anti-virus software to slow the system down, and it remains as fast as the day you first loaded it ... not like Windoze, which gets slower and sloower and slooower as time goes on.

[ivconic]

Ahahahahah! I just knew i will provoke you with my last post! I simply knew that!

What a catch! Real "fishing" !

Dear friend, of course i don't really mean everything what i said in public. Of course i don't think Linux is waste.Not at all! I just wanted to see reactions!!
Yes i know about virtual machines and similar...
No really...Linux is ok. I would only need some time to get used on it. Besides...to many years spent with win... tough habit!
Regards!

[Max]

Are you joking? How can i live without Opera (it's speed dial)?
I don't care about Chrome...at all!

if can survive with an old PC for so many time... you can even run old good lynx there and enjoy only text (no pctures) aty all!

Remembers me... 1995 or something...

BTW opera is very nice... unfortunately some new MS c.r.a.p. around have issues with it, as well as firefox too ...and even IE!
MS sometimes made big BS!

See lynx appearance of www.google.com here http://www.yellowpipe.com/yis/tools/...ynx_viewer.php , put the url in textfield and enjoy!

Kind regards,
Max

[Qiaozhi]

Ahahahahah! I just knew i will provoke you with my last post! I simply knew that!

What a catch! Real "fishing" !

Dear friend, of course i don't really mean everything what i said in public. Of course i don't think Linux is waste.Not at all! I just wanted to see reactions!!
Yes i know about virtual machines and similar...
No really...Linux is ok. I would only need some time to get used on it. Besides...to many years spent with win... tough habit!
Regards!

Although I use Linux 90% of the time I do have a Windoze box. Unfortunately I just installed some software from a DVD that has badly infected my machine. In fact it's so bad that AVG cannot remove them fast enough, as they seems to be breeding quicker than they're removed. So ..... I've been forced to reset the system back to factory settings and reload any Windows-only applications. The only good thing is that I haven't lost any data, and it gives me a chance to clean up the Windoze environment.

At least my Ubuntu machine is still working quite happily in its secure Linux world. You've got to love it!

[Max]

Although I use Linux 90% of the time I do have a Windoze box. Unfortunately I just installed some software from a DVD that has badly infected my machine. In fact it's so bad that AVG cannot remove them fast enough, as they seems to be breeding quicker than they're removed. So ..... I've been forced to reset the system back to factory settings and reload any Windows-only applications. The only good thing is that I haven't lost any data, and it gives me a chance to clean up the Windoze environment.

At least my Ubuntu machine is still working quite happily in its secure Linux world. You've got to love it!

there is a very easy solution to that...

make an image of your windows partition (or entire disk if you want and have separate disk where to put the image).

When you got infected by virus and other silly things simply reboot machine and put a bootable dvd or something you made with the imaging program (remember Norton Ghost ?), then locate the image file(s) and make the program rebuild all partition or disk.

It's like when you restore machine at factory settings (e.g. just windows and some utility but not all your programs and data), but you can create an image whenever you want... after you create a "clean" environment and installed anything you like.

I used for many years Acronis imaging programs with excelent results always... can do network images/backups and load directly from another machine... or from even a corporate internet server... over a vpn tunneling... whatever!
Also you can store images in a separate e.g. usb drive... e.g. 500 gigabytes space... you connect it, run acronis and on the fly restore the image you want...

Today you need several tens gigabytes for a simple image of a windows machine... but it's not big issue, cause you have 1terabyte hard disks for cheap, usually people have more than one machine and effectively using network images you can put an image on another computer of your network etc...

all very easy.

So, my advice is: get Acronis 2010 right now... and stop this annoying waste of time with windows restore and reinstall each time!

http://www.acronis.com/enterprise/

look for true image software , 2010 version is the last one

Kind regards,
Max

[Qiaozhi]

there is a very easy solution to that...

make an image of your windows partition (or entire disk if you want and have separate disk where to put the image).

When you got infected by virus and other silly things simply reboot machine and put a bootable dvd or something you made with the imaging program (remember Norton Ghost ?), then locate the image file(s) and make the program rebuild all partition or disk.

It's like when you restore machine at factory settings (e.g. just windows and some utility but not all your programs and data), but you can create an image whenever you want... after you create a "clean" environment and installed anything you like.

I used for many years Acronis imaging programs with excelent results always... can do network images/backups and load directly from another machine... or from even a corporate internet server... over a vpn tunneling... whatever!
Also you can store images in a separate e.g. usb drive... e.g. 500 gigabytes space... you connect it, run acronis and on the fly restore the image you want...

Today you need several tens gigabytes for a simple image of a windows machine... but it's not big issue, cause you have 1terabyte hard disks for cheap, usually people have more than one machine and effectively using network images you can put an image on another computer of your network etc...

all very easy.

So, my advice is: get Acronis 2010 right now... and stop this annoying waste of time with windows restore and reinstall each time!

http://www.acronis.com/enterprise/

look for true image software , 2010 version is the last one

Kind regards,
Max

That's one solution, but it means that you lose all your data since the last backup. Personally I prefer to reset to factory settings and get rid of all the cr*p. Then Windoze is much faster ... for a while anyway.

At least everything is now up and running again.

Also, I connected my HP printer to the Linux machine and it worked immediately without needing to load any drivers. You can print over the network from Windoze to Linux with minimal setting up (share the printer). On the Windoze box I have to load >50MB of software to get it working as just as a local printer !!