Ok, first off, so your friends won't tease you, the apps & files you listed aren't drivers, they're a various lot of things...
.jpgs, or JPEGS, are images. MPEGS, or .mpgs, can be movies, or in the case of .mp3, or MPEG3, audio tracks... etc. Drivers are usually (if not always) .dlls.
As for the downloads, if someone has a file listed on the web up for download, a lot of times you can right click on it, and choose "Save target as.." and then pick the location you'd like to save to. For organizational purposes I like to default save to my dektop & then move to the appropriate dir later.
If you're talking about email, that's a whole other can of worms... we'd have to know what program you use to check your mail, and even then, you may have to ask the support for that particular system, especially if it's a web-based mail proggie.
First, learning is never a problem, and the only stupid question is the unasked one, as long as you live...These systems today, and the software that runs them are so complicated that it boggles the mind to even contemplate what needs to be learned, so you just go step by step as things come up. This is a wonderful environment for learning, so I hope you come here and post often.
OK, your questions. Babyraven provided some very nice information, and I hope to provide you with more. Unless your Internet Service Provider (ISP) is AOL, then your system should have come to you equipped to open and read most of the file types you mentioned. The file extensions of .jpg, .gif, and .bmp indicate still images and are generally opened with either an image editor, or they can be opened in Internet Explorer. The file extension of .ipg I am unfamiliar with. .mpg and .avi files are multimedia video, and should open with MediaPlayer, which should have come preinstalled for you. MediaPlayer is an add-on from Microsoft to Windows.
The Adobe Reader will need to be downloaded from their website. It is a free download, and the link to that site is here. Choose Download Acrobat Reader, available at the bottom of this page. You will want to download this file to a specific folder--try to make a folder you keep for downloads, rather than to download only to the Windows default. I don't know what all you know, so I will tell you that to make a new folder on your hard drive, in Windows Explorer, browse to the desired drive. With the correct drive highlighted in the left frame, in the right frame you will see the existing folders. Right-click in that right frame, and choose New, from the context menu which appears. Choose Folder from the next context menu. Now, name your new folder--backspace to remove their name, enter your desired name, click enter, and you are done with that.
So, at Adobe, you choose to download the reader. You direct the download by browsing to your desired folder, then wait while it is downloading. When it finishes, close your connection and your browser, plus any other applications you have open. In Windows Explorer, browse to the downloaded file, and double click it. It will install itself for you. In your situation, I would recommend that for now you let these files decide where they want to install. After you've done it for a while, you can change the install location, based on personal desires, but you'll have a better idea later of where you would want to change that install path to. Once installed, the reader will open .pdf files for you.
OK, now the deal is that you are supposed to be able to just double-click the file and it should open for you. The presupposes that you have met two conditions:
1. The needed program to open and run the file is installed on your system and is working properly.
2. File associations have been created between the file extensions you have on these files (that's the .jpg, .avi, etc.) and the needed program to open and run them.
This is where your situation starts getting dicey. First, is AOL your ISP? If so, I would start with their tech support, because graphic images through them sometimes open differently than if you got them through a different ISP.
Now, what I need to know, if AOL is not your provider, then please tell us how you are trying to get to the files in question. Are they attachments to your e-mail messages? Usually you just double-click either the filename or the large paperclip you might have in your Outlook Express view of the e-mail message having the attachment. The paper clip way asks if you want to open the attachment, or save it--choose whatever method you would like, depending on what you want to do. I generally save it somewhere first, if I think I will want to save it, then I open it. If you save it, remember where (I create folders for this purpose, because the default save folder for attachments is My Documents, I believe, and it can get incredibly cluttered in a very short time.) Once saved, then in Windows Explorer, go the folder in which you saved the attachment and you should be able to just double-click it and it will do its thing, as long as the two conditions I mentioned are in place, and as long as you aren't with AOL.
If any of this sounds like what you are already doing and it isn't working, then please post back. Like I said, AOL is different than other providers, so you may need to check with their tech support on what is needed for them to use these file extensions. It is possible that we need to teach you how to create file type associations--that it didn't come to you already done, but it really should have. It isn't a big deal to learn this, though, so post back if it's needed, OK?
-...The file extensions of .jpg, .gif, and .bmp
-indicate still images and are generally opened with
-either an image editor, or they can be opened in
-Internet Explorer...
Hi Kay,
Strictly speaking, that statement isn't correct ;-). Animated .gif images are certainly not still, and, if opened with an image editor such as MS Paint or MS Photo Editor, the image produced will be a static image. I, in fact, have seen certain image editors which do not support animated gif displays take over .gif file associations on an install, if allowed, and create this display problem. The following image, clotile3.gif, is certainly not a static image! I hope this helps.
Babyraven
10 Posts
0
January 12th, 2000 14:00
.jpgs, or JPEGS, are images. MPEGS, or .mpgs, can be movies, or in the case of .mp3, or MPEG3, audio tracks... etc. Drivers are usually (if not always) .dlls.
As for the downloads, if someone has a file listed on the web up for download, a lot of times you can right click on it, and choose "Save target as.." and then pick the location you'd like to save to. For organizational purposes I like to default save to my dektop & then move to the appropriate dir later.
If you're talking about email, that's a whole other can of worms... we'd have to know what program you use to check your mail, and even then, you may have to ask the support for that particular system, especially if it's a web-based mail proggie.
Good luck...
-Babyraven
Kay H
394 Posts
0
January 12th, 2000 15:00
Hi John,
First, learning is never a problem, and the only stupid question is the unasked one, as long as you live...These systems today, and the software that runs them are so complicated that it boggles the mind to even contemplate what needs to be learned, so you just go step by step as things come up. This is a wonderful environment for learning, so I hope you come here and post often.
OK, your questions. Babyraven provided some very nice information, and I hope to provide you with more. Unless your Internet Service Provider (ISP) is AOL, then your system should have come to you equipped to open and read most of the file types you mentioned. The file extensions of .jpg, .gif, and .bmp indicate still images and are generally opened with either an image editor, or they can be opened in Internet Explorer. The file extension of .ipg I am unfamiliar with. .mpg and .avi files are multimedia video, and should open with MediaPlayer, which should have come preinstalled for you. MediaPlayer is an add-on from Microsoft to Windows.
The Adobe Reader will need to be downloaded from their website. It is a free download, and the link to that site is here. Choose Download Acrobat Reader, available at the bottom of this page. You will want to download this file to a specific folder--try to make a folder you keep for downloads, rather than to download only to the Windows default. I don't know what all you know, so I will tell you that to make a new folder on your hard drive, in Windows Explorer, browse to the desired drive. With the correct drive highlighted in the left frame, in the right frame you will see the existing folders. Right-click in that right frame, and choose New, from the context menu which appears. Choose Folder from the next context menu. Now, name your new folder--backspace to remove their name, enter your desired name, click enter, and you are done with that.
So, at Adobe, you choose to download the reader. You direct the download by browsing to your desired folder, then wait while it is downloading. When it finishes, close your connection and your browser, plus any other applications you have open. In Windows Explorer, browse to the downloaded file, and double click it. It will install itself for you. In your situation, I would recommend that for now you let these files decide where they want to install. After you've done it for a while, you can change the install location, based on personal desires, but you'll have a better idea later of where you would want to change that install path to. Once installed, the reader will open .pdf files for you.
OK, now the deal is that you are supposed to be able to just double-click the file and it should open for you. The presupposes that you have met two conditions:
1. The needed program to open and run the file is installed on your system and is working properly.
2. File associations have been created between the file extensions you have on these files (that's the .jpg, .avi, etc.) and the needed program to open and run them.
This is where your situation starts getting dicey. First, is AOL your ISP? If so, I would start with their tech support, because graphic images through them sometimes open differently than if you got them through a different ISP.
Now, what I need to know, if AOL is not your provider, then please tell us how you are trying to get to the files in question. Are they attachments to your e-mail messages? Usually you just double-click either the filename or the large paperclip you might have in your Outlook Express view of the e-mail message having the attachment. The paper clip way asks if you want to open the attachment, or save it--choose whatever method you would like, depending on what you want to do. I generally save it somewhere first, if I think I will want to save it, then I open it. If you save it, remember where (I create folders for this purpose, because the default save folder for attachments is My Documents, I believe, and it can get incredibly cluttered in a very short time.) Once saved, then in Windows Explorer, go the folder in which you saved the attachment and you should be able to just double-click it and it will do its thing, as long as the two conditions I mentioned are in place, and as long as you aren't with AOL.
If any of this sounds like what you are already doing and it isn't working, then please post back. Like I said, AOL is different than other providers, so you may need to check with their tech support on what is needed for them to use these file extensions. It is possible that we need to teach you how to create file type associations--that it didn't come to you already done, but it really should have. It isn't a big deal to learn this, though, so post back if it's needed, OK?
Good luck,
Kay
Clotile
18 Posts
0
January 13th, 2000 00:00
-...The file extensions of .jpg, .gif, and .bmp
-indicate still images and are generally opened with
-either an image editor, or they can be opened in
-Internet Explorer...
Hi Kay,
Strictly speaking, that statement isn't correct ;-). Animated .gif images are certainly not still, and, if opened with an image editor such as MS Paint or MS Photo Editor, the image produced will be a static image. I, in fact, have seen certain image editors which do not support animated gif displays take over .gif file associations on an install, if allowed, and create this display problem. The following image, clotile3.gif, is certainly not a static image! I hope this helps.