Comments on: Having problems sending photos by email

By: ChrisM

ChrisM — Mon, 25 May 2009 05:26:25 +0000

Just noticed that both Mike and Jillian have exactly the same response, word for word, more than a week apart. Might be worth removing their URLs Owen… I have no issue with leaving comments where they contribute something useful, but this seems like spam.

@Billie, random though, but could you check your security settings for ActiveX controls (I’m assuming you’re using Internet Explorer?)? It is vaguely possible that an update from Microsoft has raised/reset your security level, and this is the culprit. This is a real stab in the dark though, so apologies if no use. To get to that area, I think it goes something like Tools, Internet Options, Security Tab (did this change after IE7?), then perhaps a Custom button? Sorry I can’t be more precise, I’m on a Russian distro of XP here. I’m sure Owen will be along shortly to help out if this doesn’t assist you.

PS Hi Owen, sorry I’ve not been around for 1/2 year, was back in UK for birth of our daughter, and didn’t get a lot of time for ‘personal’ browsing. Back in Kazakhstan now, and will be on my own PC in a week or so. Hope all is well with you and yours.

By: billie

billie — Fri, 22 May 2009 09:28:52 +0000

when trying to send a picture I get socket error 12012 to hotmail,and a double image on the little book, why, this has never happened before, can you help

By: Jillian

Jillian — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 05:13:56 +0000

Hi,
I have no problems sending photos to friends using Gmail. All I need is a fast Internet connection. Google’s Gmail allows sending photos of up to 10MB size.

By: ChrisM

ChrisM — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 15:34:55 +0000

Another issue to consider is the RECEIVER’s mail rules – even if your account allows multiple large attachments to be SENT, they may not be RECEIVED.

re. Vista powertoys equivalent – not tested them as I’ve stuck to an XP/Ubuntu dual boot for now, but http://www.powerhourgame.com/windows_vista_image_resizer_powertoy_prish_image_resizer.htm and http://www.vso-software.fr/products/image_resizer/ are reported as working ok in Vista, and remain similar to microsoft’s in terms of being a shell extension.

By: Owen

Owen — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 14:53:26 +0000

@Mike: We’re talking 10 photos of an average of 4Mb each. They wouldn’t have gone up through GMail either.

That’s the problem with 10 Megapixel cameras!

By: Owen

Owen — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 14:51:14 +0000

@Chris: I must say, the Powertoys are one thing I miss on Vista. You don’t know of anything like TweakUI for Vista by any chance do you?

By: Mike

Mike — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 14:15:38 +0000

I have no problems sending photos to friends using Gmail. All I need is a fast Internet connection. Google’s Gmail allows sending photos of up to 10MB size.

By: ChrisM

ChrisM — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 14:03:37 +0000

Another option would be to use Microsoft’s Photo Resizer toy. It isn’t as good re. quality compared to Photoshop et al, but is v.quick – you just right click the picture(s) and select resize.
It is one of my must installs following an OS refresh.
See here – http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx – for the download link. I personally like the Color Control Panel Applet , RAW Image Thumbnailer and Viewer and of course the essential TweakUI . I should point out that these toys aren’t officially supported by Microsoft, but I’ve not had anything go wrong with them on a dozen or so systems.