I am trying to save images on the web that are .jpg images, but my
computer randomly will decide to save it as an 'untitled' bmp and not
give me an option to change that.  I've tried clearing my Temp files,
deleting cookies, and nothing seems to change this.  What's odd is
that it's only on certain websites, like if I go to certain websites,
it'll happen, but if I go to eBay.com or any random websites I can
save any image from there as a .jpg. I use Internet Explorer and
Windows XP.  I'm confident anyone else can save as a .jpg as it's
properties allways show as .jpg on these sites.  An example is if I go
to www.yahoo.com and search for any name (an example is Tommy The
Who), then click the IMAGES, open up one of the links and then go to
view full size, when it opens the image, i go to save the .jpg and it
saves as a Bitmap.

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Request for Question Clarification by endo-ga on 15 Nov 2004 04:05 PST

Hi,

Can you please try the solution outlined here and let me know how it goes.

Internet Explorer Saves Images As Bitmaps (.bmp Files)
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;810978

Thanks.
endo

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Clarification of Question by autographpros-ga on 15 Nov 2004 07:27 PST

It did not work.  I deleted all the programs like it said but the
problem still persists.

you could save them as .bmp, then convert them after

Endo, your solution seemed my answer but I followed it explicitly and
unfortunately it did not work.  Also, I realize I can convert them to
.jpg, but I'm working with 100s of these, and it's just so many steps,
is there a way to batch these all at once?

Hi Autographpros....

I had the same problem a few months ago.
Here is my question and the solution that worked!!!

http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=361088

Steph53

Try creating a new folder and saving the .jpg's to it.
Worked for me.

Hello 
Ok. First download all the photos. Now copy all .BMP images to a
folder. No wgo to MS DOs mode and get it into that folder, and
type: ren *.BMP *.jpg   Press Enter Key.
Now see all your .BMP files converted in to .Jpg Files..
Bye

I had this problem back when I used AOL. Never did find fix, but it
disappeared after I stopped using it.

Couple of options...
You can batch conversion process in Fireworks.

Also Snag-it by techsmith.com always captures of any size or format.

Screw Internet Explorer. That brower is a piece of crap. Use Mozilla
Firefox, and you'll be cool. Plus, it doesn't have any of IE's
security and privacy issues. Go to www.mozilla.com to download it.
It's free.