Graphics forum: unreadable jpg file

Bob, thanks for the tip.

I am using windows NT. The error only appears when opening certain jpg attachments in Outlook. I have also tried saving those pictures and opening them from desktop, or even opening them w/ Irfanview, none of them worked.
What caused the problem and how to fix it?

thx

Chuck, Just a thought, what if the Jpg file was sent through Outlook as a MIM file. In order to send correct files you should select UU Files in Outlook through preferences.
Do you think that is the problem? Very easy to just send out a download file as a MIM file. You have to have Microsoft software or 2nd parties such as TNEF1,ObCARB that will be able to read a MIM file. Really hard to do. Wish everyone knew how to send out downloads from LOOKOUT! Outlook has many problems. Another Microsoft Goof-Up!

Kevin

No files for us to look at, unsure if you tried IRFANVIEW so it's a mystery until then.

Windows NT you say? I have to share that ALL NT 4.0 boxes and servers were removed from service at home, office and lab due to Microsoft leaving a security issue unpatched. Its only a matter of time till some worm writer drives the final virtual into its coffin.

You are aware of this issue and have put in a firewall?

Bob

If you open the file with an editor (I used a hex editor) the "JFIF" sequence isn't in the first line.

It's just some file for who knows where without much to write about.

Delete it and move on.

Bob

Bob, We see these messages all the time because of LOOKOUT! MS Outlook has a number of ways to send out attachments. Onfortunately, many users do not know how to attach anything. There is a choice of attaching, and the choice should be UU CODE. Universal Code.
If anyone cannot open a JPEG file, Photoshop V4 and beyond will normaly open it. Next step is to open it up with a web browser and to take a screen shot of it. May be low res at 70dpi, but better than nothing, How about educating people on how to send a file in the first place? I really hate to download a MIME File. Not many really know how to do do that either.

Kevin

My wife and I both have accounts on the same XP machine. We take a lot of digital pics (so there's no email problem here), and save them to the hard drive. I do virtually all of the image uploads and editing if needed. We use Fotoalbum (from www.fototime.com) to catalog the images. Some time ago, my wife noticed that she could not open certain images using her account - Fotoalbum would yield an error when she clicked on the thumbnail. Drilling into explorer, Windows Explorer would not show a thumbnail,and gave an unrecognized header error. But here's the odd thing -- the pic opens fine in my account, both thru Fotoalbum, Windows Explorer, and Irfanview. We have been told that we should delete her user account because something in hers probably got corrupted.

That would be fine, and I was planning to do that, but here's the strange thing. We just got a new laptop, which we've networked to the desktop wirelessly. Logged into my account, I have the same problem with some images pulled from the desktop -- unrecognized header. But if I get on the desktop, I can open those files just fine.

Any clue what could possibly be going on here?

Direct replies to mmatorin@hotmail.com are appreciated, in addition to posting here.

Thanks!

Lol, thank you for the warning, but that account has long been totally overwhelmed by spam and I've dedicated it to that purpose. I have other accounts that I use for other purposes.

How do I have the failing account take ownership? And does that affect other accounts' ability to see the file?

Thank you, I'll take a look at this!

A .JPG file is a picture, and you said that your scanned pictures will not open with your Office programs. Office is (in the basic form) Word, Excel, and perhaps Powerpoint; those are .DOC, .XLS, and .PPT, respectively, and none of those are picture files.

The few Windows default programs that are going to open .JPG files are MS Paint, Internet Explorer, and the Windows Picture Viewer (or a name similar to that).

If you want more versatility and capability in opening picture files then search for one of many different, and usually free picture viewers (like IrfanView, XnView, Picasa, to name a few).