I have posted several hunderd photos on this forum since joining, always the same method, usually without any problems, other than chronic slowness. Then, over the last few days, I have been completely unable to load any photos at all to any thread, even if I try and start a new thread. I browse & find a photo, click insert & it never happens. Usually I get a message after a few minutes saying that Internet Explorer has stopped working or the whole laptop just freezes. I did wonder about size of image but on experimenting with images but large & small the same thing happened. No-one else seems to have any problems posting photos at the moment so what is going on ? Any help would be welcome.
Hi Bella
Which version of Internet Explorer are you using? I have a vague recollection of someone on this forum saying that there were problems with IEv9. Have you upgraded from an older version recently?
I gave up using IE years ago and now use Mozilla Firefox.
TJ
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That's a hellava good question. It's a possibility. However, being a technical dunce I don't actually know. How would I go about finding out ? I can't recall updating recently but that doesn't mean I haven't (memory not so hot either !).
Go to "Help" on the main menu and then click on "About Internet Explorer". This will tell you the version you are using. It won't tell you if you have upgraded from a previous version but at least you will know which one it is.
I too have stopped using ie and now use firefox.
Its very quick and easy to use.
Just download it form www.firefox.com and make it your default internet browser
Have fun :-)
Mitch
Unknown said: Go to "Help" on the main menu and then click on "About Internet Explorer". This will tell you the version you are using. It won't tell you if you have upgraded from a previous version but at least you will know which one it is. TJ
Oh help ! You're using technical terms like "main menu"....I think you redically over-estimate my intelligence ! Will go & have a go but I think this is beyond my capabilities !
What does this mean & is it in any way relevant to the problem ? :
"Please Note: The Browser Choice update unpinned your browser, Microsoft Windows Internet Explorer, from your taskbar, but you can pin it back if you want. Click here to learn more.
Internet Explorer is still available from the Start/All Programs menu."
You must be using Windows 7 which I'm not all that familiar with. I think all it means is that the short cut to launch IE has been removed from the task bar at the bottom of the desktop screen. The link you gave tells you how to "pin" it back again.I don't think this has anything to do with being unable to post photos.
Bella There is always an alternative of loading your pictures into your own webspace (like say Photobucket) and copying them across.
I think that one of the reasons for the slowness of this forum is the way pictures are loaded directly into posts.
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I downloaded several pix last night on my 2 posts with no trouble and I use IE9
Guess thats of little help and will only frustrate even more.
I try not to use all the latest gizzmoes as Im not one for change.
Hope you find a solution to your problem Bella :-)
Chris S.
A very old Shropshire Lad.
I don't use IE9 but it sounds like that isn't the problem. I don't know what it could be unless the images either aren't Jpegs or they are too large as those are the only problems I have had uploading images in the past.
Have you tried uploading an image that you have successfully uploaded before to see if that works?
Best wishes Chris
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