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Windows Forum / Windows XP / Photos / May 2008Windows Picture and Fax Viewer "Drawing Failed" Error
I am getting this message when i open some pictures, but not all pictures. Does anyone have any idea how to stop this from happening? I did a little more investigation into this: Doesn't matter the extention type Seems to be only on files bigger than 1024 x 768 I can open them in other programs, just not in windows picture and fax viewer Screen resiloution is set to 1280 x 1024 Fitzy > I am getting this message when i open some pictures, but not all pictures. > Does anyone have any idea how to stop this from happening? > I did a little more investigation into this: > [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > I am getting this message when i open some pictures, but not all pictures. > > Does anyone have any idea how to stop this from happening? I got the exact same error message here. The preview thumbnail works, but not the real image. The images used to work AND work in other imaging software. (Even from microsoft) >> I did a little more investigation into this: >> [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > but not the real image. The images used to work AND work in other > imaging software. (Even from microsoft) ================================ I don't know if the following info applies to your issue but it may be worth a look: (318966) Problems Viewing, Editing, or Printing Some Images in Windows XP http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=318966 Windows XP Patch: GDI+ Graphics Rendering Issues http://tinyurl.com/mwwb  SignatureJohn Inzer MS Picture It! - Digital Image MVP Digital Image Highlights and FAQs http://tinyurl.com/aczzp Notice This is not tech support I am a volunteer Solutions that work for me may not work for you Proceed at your own risk 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. > This problem is much more extensive than talked about anywhere. I get it > all [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > 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 [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > > - 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 >>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 [quoted text clipped - 27 lines] > > 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 [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > 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 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 [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > 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." |
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