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hi, i asked a similar question to this last month, unfortunately a solution
wasn't found. all web pictures appear fuzzy, blurred or 'pixelated', the pictures appear to be made up of small squares and are unclear. i have tried the suggestions offered earlier but unfortunately these have not been unsuccessful. i would be grateful of any further suggestions. any pictures that i upload to my computer are fine, it only appears to be pictures on the web that give me this problem. i am using XP sp2. kind regards. |
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further to my initial question; i am also unable to view some pictures, for
example, even the Google logo on the Google home page does not show, all i see is the place frame and a red 'X' in the top left corner. i hope this will help someone to help me. kind regards "michigan" wrote: hi, i asked a similar question to this last month, unfortunately a solution wasn't found. all web pictures appear fuzzy, blurred or 'pixelated', the pictures appear to be made up of small squares and are unclear. i have tried the suggestions offered earlier but unfortunately these have not been unsuccessful. i would be grateful of any further suggestions. any pictures that i upload to my computer are fine, it only appears to be pictures on the web that give me this problem. i am using XP sp2. kind regards. |
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michigan wrote:
hi, i asked a similar question to this last month, unfortunately a solution wasn't found. all web pictures appear fuzzy, blurred or 'pixelated', the pictures appear to be made up of small squares and are unclear. i have tried the suggestions offered earlier but unfortunately these have not been unsuccessful. i would be grateful of any further suggestions. any pictures that i upload to my computer are fine, it only appears to be pictures on the web that give me this problem. i am using XP sp2. kind regards. Since you didn't post to your original thread or at least tell us what you've already tried, all you can get are guesses now. So here's my guess: If you have a dialup Internet connection, then you are probably using some sort of "web accelerator" program provided by your ISP. Earthlink uses one, AOL uses one. Etc. These "web accelerators" give the *illusion* that your dialup connection is faster than it really is by compressing images. You are downloading less data, therefore you think the connection is faster. It isn't; you're just downloading less data. Of course if an image that is really 1.5MB is compressed down to 150kb the results will be pixelated and blurry. You can't see data that isn't there. If this is your issue, turn off the "web accelerator" function. If you are unsure of what it is, contact your ISP's tech support or look on their website for Help. If the above is not your issue and my Crystal Ball(tm) was faulty, then post back - to *this* thread and not a different one, please - with missing details. See this link if you need help on what to include: http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm Malke -- Elephant Boy Computers www.elephantboycomputers.com "Don't Panic!" MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User |
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hiya Malke, thanks for your response, sorry i didn't post back to the
original thread, i have been away and lost all links to it. i have a broadband connection and no apparent web accelerator. kind regards. "Malke" wrote: michigan wrote: hi, i asked a similar question to this last month, unfortunately a solution wasn't found. all web pictures appear fuzzy, blurred or 'pixelated', the pictures appear to be made up of small squares and are unclear. i have tried the suggestions offered earlier but unfortunately these have not been unsuccessful. i would be grateful of any further suggestions. any pictures that i upload to my computer are fine, it only appears to be pictures on the web that give me this problem. i am using XP sp2. kind regards. Since you didn't post to your original thread or at least tell us what you've already tried, all you can get are guesses now. So here's my guess: If you have a dialup Internet connection, then you are probably using some sort of "web accelerator" program provided by your ISP. Earthlink uses one, AOL uses one. Etc. These "web accelerators" give the *illusion* that your dialup connection is faster than it really is by compressing images. You are downloading less data, therefore you think the connection is faster. It isn't; you're just downloading less data. Of course if an image that is really 1.5MB is compressed down to 150kb the results will be pixelated and blurry. You can't see data that isn't there. If this is your issue, turn off the "web accelerator" function. If you are unsure of what it is, contact your ISP's tech support or look on their website for Help. If the above is not your issue and my Crystal Ball(tm) was faulty, then post back - to *this* thread and not a different one, please - with missing details. See this link if you need help on what to include: http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm Malke -- Elephant Boy Computers www.elephantboycomputers.com "Don't Panic!" MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User |
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michigan wrote:
hiya Malke, thanks for your response, sorry i didn't post back to the original thread, i have been away and lost all links to it. i have a broadband connection and no apparent web accelerator. kind regards. I assume you are using some version of Internet Explorer (which one?). Try installing Firefox and see if the issue occurs with it. If it doesn't, then probably some add-on you have installed in IE is causing the issue. Run IE with no add-ons. I believe the option is under ToolsManage Add-ons. The First Question Of Troubleshooting: what changed between the time things worked and the time they didn't? Malke -- Elephant Boy Computers www.elephantboycomputers.com "Don't Panic!" MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User |
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hiya Malke, i have tried disabling the add-ons, no joy. i have installed
Firefox and no joy. i know of nothing that has changed on my system, i have been in hospital for 3 weeks so my computer was left in the hands of the family, they say they have made no changes. "Malke" wrote: michigan wrote: hiya Malke, thanks for your response, sorry i didn't post back to the original thread, i have been away and lost all links to it. i have a broadband connection and no apparent web accelerator. kind regards. I assume you are using some version of Internet Explorer (which one?). Try installing Firefox and see if the issue occurs with it. If it doesn't, then probably some add-on you have installed in IE is causing the issue. Run IE with no add-ons. I believe the option is under ToolsManage Add-ons. The First Question Of Troubleshooting: what changed between the time things worked and the time they didn't? Malke -- Elephant Boy Computers www.elephantboycomputers.com "Don't Panic!" MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User |
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michigan wrote:
hiya Malke, i have tried disabling the add-ons, no joy. i have installed Firefox and no joy. i know of nothing that has changed on my system, i have been in hospital for 3 weeks so my computer was left in the hands of the family, they say they have made no changes. Then I'm sorry but without being able to see the computer, I don't know what is causing your issue. It might be best for you to have a local computer professional take a look at it. This will not be someone from BigComputerStore/GeekSquad. Get recommendations from friends, colleagues, etc. If you don't want to do that, then first determine that the computer is completely virus/malware-free. Do this no matter what your family says they didn't do. ;-) http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/...moving_Malware If the machine is clean, do clean-boot troubleshooting to see if something running in the background is causing the issue. Clean boot in Windows XP - http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310353 Clean-boot advanced troubleshooting in Windows XP - http://support.microsoft.com/kb/316434 How to Troubleshoot By Using the Msconfig Utility in Windows XP - http://support.microsoft.com/?id=310560 I'm sorry that I was unable to help you. Malke -- Elephant Boy Computers www.elephantboycomputers.com "Don't Panic!" MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User |
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Hi Malke,
many thanks for your efforts, if i do find a solution i will post it here. kind regards. "Malke" wrote: michigan wrote: hiya Malke, i have tried disabling the add-ons, no joy. i have installed Firefox and no joy. i know of nothing that has changed on my system, i have been in hospital for 3 weeks so my computer was left in the hands of the family, they say they have made no changes. Then I'm sorry but without being able to see the computer, I don't know what is causing your issue. It might be best for you to have a local computer professional take a look at it. This will not be someone from BigComputerStore/GeekSquad. Get recommendations from friends, colleagues, etc. If you don't want to do that, then first determine that the computer is completely virus/malware-free. Do this no matter what your family says they didn't do. ;-) http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/...moving_Malware If the machine is clean, do clean-boot troubleshooting to see if something running in the background is causing the issue. Clean boot in Windows XP - http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310353 Clean-boot advanced troubleshooting in Windows XP - http://support.microsoft.com/kb/316434 How to Troubleshoot By Using the Msconfig Utility in Windows XP - http://support.microsoft.com/?id=310560 I'm sorry that I was unable to help you. Malke -- Elephant Boy Computers www.elephantboycomputers.com "Don't Panic!" MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User |
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Hi,
When you right-click an image is there an option like "Show full quality?" That would indicate the presence of an accelerator program. Plan B... Display properties Settings Advanced set the DPI setting at Normal (96 DPI) Missing images is another issue. Let me know if the blurry issue is resolved. Hope this helps, Don [MS MVP- IE] "michigan" wrote in message ... hiya Malke, thanks for your response, sorry i didn't post back to the original thread, i have been away and lost all links to it. i have a broadband connection and no apparent web accelerator. kind regards. "Malke" wrote: michigan wrote: hi, i asked a similar question to this last month, unfortunately a solution wasn't found. all web pictures appear fuzzy, blurred or 'pixelated', the pictures appear to be made up of small squares and are unclear. i have tried the suggestions offered earlier but unfortunately these have not been unsuccessful. i would be grateful of any further suggestions. any pictures that i upload to my computer are fine, it only appears to be pictures on the web that give me this problem. i am using XP sp2. kind regards. Since you didn't post to your original thread or at least tell us what you've already tried, all you can get are guesses now. So here's my guess: If you have a dialup Internet connection, then you are probably using some sort of "web accelerator" program provided by your ISP. Earthlink uses one, AOL uses one. Etc. These "web accelerators" give the *illusion* that your dialup connection is faster than it really is by compressing images. You are downloading less data, therefore you think the connection is faster. It isn't; you're just downloading less data. Of course if an image that is really 1.5MB is compressed down to 150kb the results will be pixelated and blurry. You can't see data that isn't there. If this is your issue, turn off the "web accelerator" function. If you are unsure of what it is, contact your ISP's tech support or look on their website for Help. If the above is not your issue and my Crystal Ball(tm) was faulty, then post back - to *this* thread and not a different one, please - with missing details. See this link if you need help on what to include: http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm Malke |
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hiya Don, many thanks for your response, i do indeed have an option 'show all
original images' and 'show original image'. my ISP state that they are not using a web accelerator, but by clicking on this option i do get a clear picture, thank you. i wonder if there is a way to permanently keep this option of seeing the original image. or if there is some other factor that is causing this problem? also i still have 'some' images that i can't view at all. i would be most grateful for any further help you can offer me. kindest regards. "Don Varnau" wrote: Hi, When you right-click an image is there an option like "Show full quality?" That would indicate the presence of an accelerator program. Plan B... Display properties Settings Advanced set the DPI setting at Normal (96 DPI) Missing images is another issue. Let me know if the blurry issue is resolved. Hope this helps, Don [MS MVP- IE] "michigan" wrote in message ... hiya Malke, thanks for your response, sorry i didn't post back to the original thread, i have been away and lost all links to it. i have a broadband connection and no apparent web accelerator. kind regards. "Malke" wrote: michigan wrote: hi, i asked a similar question to this last month, unfortunately a solution wasn't found. all web pictures appear fuzzy, blurred or 'pixelated', the pictures appear to be made up of small squares and are unclear. i have tried the suggestions offered earlier but unfortunately these have not been unsuccessful. i would be grateful of any further suggestions. any pictures that i upload to my computer are fine, it only appears to be pictures on the web that give me this problem. i am using XP sp2. kind regards. Since you didn't post to your original thread or at least tell us what you've already tried, all you can get are guesses now. So here's my guess: If you have a dialup Internet connection, then you are probably using some sort of "web accelerator" program provided by your ISP. Earthlink uses one, AOL uses one. Etc. These "web accelerators" give the *illusion* that your dialup connection is faster than it really is by compressing images. You are downloading less data, therefore you think the connection is faster. It isn't; you're just downloading less data. Of course if an image that is really 1.5MB is compressed down to 150kb the results will be pixelated and blurry. You can't see data that isn't there. If this is your issue, turn off the "web accelerator" function. If you are unsure of what it is, contact your ISP's tech support or look on their website for Help. If the above is not your issue and my Crystal Ball(tm) was faulty, then post back - to *this* thread and not a different one, please - with missing details. See this link if you need help on what to include: http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm Malke |
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Hi,
Is the Google Accelerator installed? Other ways to find the accelerator: 1. Look carefully through Add or remove programs. 2. See what's running in the Notification Area (formerly the systray) 3. Ctrl-Alt-Delete, look at applications and processes. 4. Start Run msinfo32 Software Environment Running tasks. Research unjknown programs/processes with your favorite search engine. Don [MS MVP- IE] "michigan" wrote in message ... hiya Don, many thanks for your response, i do indeed have an option 'show all original images' and 'show original image'. my ISP state that they are not using a web accelerator, but by clicking on this option i do get a clear picture, thank you. i wonder if there is a way to permanently keep this option of seeing the original image. or if there is some other factor that is causing this problem? also i still have 'some' images that i can't view at all. i would be most grateful for any further help you can offer me. kindest regards. "Don Varnau" wrote: Hi, When you right-click an image is there an option like "Show full quality?" That would indicate the presence of an accelerator program. Plan B... Display properties Settings Advanced set the DPI setting at Normal (96 DPI) Missing images is another issue. Let me know if the blurry issue is resolved. "michigan" wrote in message ... hiya Malke, thanks for your response, sorry i didn't post back to the original thread, i have been away and lost all links to it. i have a broadband connection and no apparent web accelerator. kind regards. "Malke" wrote: michigan wrote: hi, i asked a similar question to this last month, unfortunately a solution wasn't found. all web pictures appear fuzzy, blurred or 'pixelated', the pictures appear to be made up of small squares and are unclear. i have tried the suggestions offered earlier but unfortunately these have not been unsuccessful. i would be grateful of any further suggestions. any pictures that i upload to my computer are fine, it only appears to be pictures on the web that give me this problem. i am using XP sp2. kind regards. Since you didn't post to your original thread or at least tell us what you've already tried, all you can get are guesses now. So here's my guess: If you have a dialup Internet connection, then you are probably using some sort of "web accelerator" program provided by your ISP. Earthlink uses one, AOL uses one. Etc. These "web accelerators" give the *illusion* that your dialup connection is faster than it really is by compressing images. You are downloading less data, therefore you think the connection is faster. It isn't; you're just downloading less data. Of course if an image that is really 1.5MB is compressed down to 150kb the results will be pixelated and blurry. You can't see data that isn't there. If this is your issue, turn off the "web accelerator" function. If you are unsure of what it is, contact your ISP's tech support or look on their website for Help. If the above is not your issue and my Crystal Ball(tm) was faulty, then post back - to *this* thread and not a different one, please - with missing details. See this link if you need help on what to include: http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm Malke |
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