resize avatars

[frodo]

hello cazomb tried to delete..

[cauzomb]

Did you get this figured out? incase you didn't, see if you have the default "paint" program installed, open up paint from the start menu, accessories, paint.exe from the paint tool menu, go to file, then select open, navigate to the folder where your file is saved in, select file types, .* or "all", find your image, usually a .jpg, then click open.

Once your image is loaded in the paint program editor, select Image, from the toolbar at the top of the paint application, then "stretch/skew" from the Image menu, in the stretch field, select the amount of "reduction" in percent values, if your image is 800x600, a value of 10 percent, for height and width, would give you 80x60, but the canvas area stays the same as the original at 800x600, or whatever size your original image was.. Use the corner crop marker at the edge of the canvas area, click the corner at the bottom right edge of the canvas, then drag the canvas area to the edge, or slightly over the edge of the resized image, let go of the mouse button after dragging, then go to the file menu and select save as, rename the file so you don't overwrite the original..

Paint only allows you to save as a bitmap, choose 24bit color bitmap to have the best image quality, this may cause the file size to excede some site's avatar file size limit.. If you want to avoid that issue, I'd recommend downloading a free or trial image editing tool that is compatible with windows 98, or buy a decent image editing app also compatible with 98, use one of the free online image resizing tools to get a smaller .jpg or ask one of your buddies to use their image editing software to resize it for you

[frodo]

i got that figured out, took 3 days! but i learned.
my next thing is this. i run windows, i have microsoft outlook,on my desktop.
i want to download a couple of files, from a site. to a disk. they are microsoft files
what do i have to do to upload them to my windows?
and how do i down load them, to disk. i have tried na aint happening
there site is ready for me to click

[cauzomb]

If it's just a single file, usually packed as a .zip, or .exe or .xls you'd right click on the file, then select "save target" then you choose where you want to download the file on your local machine?

Be certain that you scan the files for viruses with an up-to-date anti-virus application before attempting to open them..

[cauzomb]

If you are having trouble using the file, in windows "how to upload to my windows"
let me know what the file extension is, and I can tell you what application is needed to work with that file type.

[frodo]

it s files when i click on the link, files pop up.. lets say 8 files for [a]
9 files for [b] ,
how do i up load them all
i havent counted but i would say 300-400 files or more

[frodo]

the page cannot be displayed.
i checked the security section
that the error message directed me to do.
the settings it required are ssl2.0 ssl3.0 tls1.0 pct1.0
i have ssl 2.0 and ssl3.0 checked but not tls1.0
should i check that setting to make it go away?

[cauzomb]

I don't have any helpful suggestions regarding site certificates/ssl etc..

are you still having trouble opening/viewing a certain type of file? I need to know what the file extention is for the file/s that you are having trouble download/uploading. The extension is the three or four charactors at the end of the file name following the "."
Some examples of common file extensions are:
".zip"
".exe"
".rar"
".xls"
".html"
".xml" etc..

If your version of windows has "hide file extensions of known types" checked, you won't see the letters for most files on the computer's drive. You'll have to uncheck hide extensions of known file types, "from the windows control panel open up "folder options" click on the "view" tabe then scroll through the menu and find the option for "hide extensions of known file types" uncheck etc... either that or or right click on the file name and select "properties" in order to see the file's extension and other information; post the information about the files so we know what to help you with..

If the file is on a remote system, you need a direct link to the file that they have uploaded, or ftp access; to browse the remote systems shared directory.

[cauzomb]

This info should help you get copies of a bunch of files from one folder, into another folder, on the local machine. Assuming you have the following folder view options checked "show all files" "show system/hiddenfiles" and "hide extensions of known file types" unchecked,

Regardless of the file type; to get all the files from one directory/folder and any sub folders/files in that directory, open the directory where your files are, then go to the edit menu, choose "select all"
default windows hotkey (CTRL+A)

Then "copy"
default windows hotkey (CTRL+C)

So now where do you want to put them all?

Open up whatever you want to put them in, then go to the edit menu, or right click on an empty section inside the OPEN window of the folder/directory where you plan to download files to, then select "paste"
Default windows hotkey (CTRL+V)

[frodo]

i got those man...i wanted to download all at one time.
but i wound up down loading 1 at a time, it took a few hours but i got it.
they were [are] zips......did ya'll find anything interesting?
at the site, they are voting on going world wide..or netwide.
i left a good word for ya'lls site , on theres