Problems saving images in IE

This is the weirdest thing...

I host a site for a friend of mine, she's into some...blinky stuff. Hum. I dunno. Anyways...she got a hold of me earlier and said that her "blinkies" cannot be downloaded from the server as GIFs, which they are, but the browser always forces them as bitmaps.

I don't know what this could be about, so I am asking the wiser ones. Oddly enough, I cannot save the images as GIFs either, while I can do so on other sites.

Example: http://spellbound.modcenter.net/blinkies/Animation6.gif

Apparently, NO ONE so far has been able to save these GIFs as the animations they are. I mean, wtf?

This is on MSIE, that is. Using Netscape, though, I can do it just fine. What could this be about?

I read this article by Microsoft but it does not seem to apply to this case.

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I have this issue with IE also, but I use Mozilla and it works fine for me. MS' suggestions didn't help. They seem to be ignoring this issue. One thing that I haven't tried yet is to remove everything in the temp internet folder under my profile, including the index.dat file. You have to do this under another admin profile.

The only thing that will work, which is a pain, is to go to the temp folder and find the image and copy it to your desktop or wherever.

I am still searching for a fix for this.

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Also, install something like Paint Shop Pro or Photo Shop...

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Yes, if you install something like that, it SHOULD work.

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hmm... this is a problem i am not familiar with, for one i already have psp 8 so that might be why..but i would say it should just let you save as a gif instead of forcing you to save it as a bitmap....that really confuses me a little because i have had a lot of things go wrong on my computer, so i don't know. i wish i could help...But i would say get psp 8 and that would more than likely fix the problem....HERE is the site HTTP://www.jasc.com. you should find it there.

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there is two types of people. Those who understand Binary and those who don't.

well i also tried to save the pic and it worked just fine so i would go with the psp 8 to fix the prob.

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there is two types of people. Those who understand Binary and those who don't.

If my other suggestion doesn't work, try this:

You can also check to verify that .jpg and .gif are registered file types (they should be with either IE or Office installed). To check, do the following before clicking OK in the above steps.[list=1][*]Click on the "File Types Tab".[*]Scroll down the list and look for .gif and .jpg (aka .jpeg).
The list is in alphabetical order.[*]Single click on the extension.[*]In the space below the list it will list what program is associated with that extension.[/list=1]If the .gif and .jpg formats are not there, Reinstall IE.

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