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11-18-2007
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| Guest | "Property Loss" Message copying images I have just got a Dell Inspiron running Vista Home Premium. Most things work fine, but I have come across an irritation when trying to use removable media - usb keys, CF cards, etc. Most files copy across as they should, but image files give rise to a warning message box entitled Property Loss, which then asks me "Are you sure you want to copy this file without its properties? If I click yes, it copies OK as far as I can see, but I have to do this for each image. Since these are mostly jpegs (some bmps) that I have moved about on usb keys regularly on XP computers, I find this baffling and I haven't been able find any information about it. Help - does anyone know what this is about please? What properties are missing and what can I do about it? |
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11-18-2007
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| Guest | Re: "Property Loss" Message copying images pete_s_b wrote: Quote: > I have just got a Dell Inspiron running Vista Home Premium. Most > things work fine, but I have come across an irritation when trying to > use removable media - usb keys, CF cards, etc. Most files copy > across as they should, but image files give rise to a warning message > box entitled Property Loss, which then asks me "Are you sure you want > to copy this file without its properties? If I click yes, it copies > OK as far as I can see, but I have to do this for each image. Since > these are mostly jpegs (some bmps) that I have moved about on usb > keys regularly on XP computers, I find this baffling and I haven't > been able find any information about it. > > Help - does anyone know what this is about please? What properties > are missing and what can I do about it? Maybe it's referring to metadata like... the date taken, camera info...etc. Right click one of the .jpg files and go to... Properties / Summary tab / Advanced button... to see the info. The following articles discuss metadata. EXIF http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exif IPTC http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interna...ations_Council -- John Inzer MS Picture It! - Digital Image MVP Digital Image Highlights and FAQs http://tinyurl.com/aczzp Notice This is not tech support I am a volunteer Solutions that work for me may not work for you Proceed at your own risk |
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11-18-2007
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| Guest | Re:*More* "Property Loss" Message copying images Here's another article on metadata: Metadata and the Windows Vista Photo Gallery http://tinyurl.com/3994ha -- John Inzer MS Picture It! - Digital Image MVP Digital Image Highlights and FAQs http://tinyurl.com/aczzp Notice This is not tech support I am a volunteer Solutions that work for me may not work for you Proceed at your own risk ============================= Quote: > pete_s_b wrote: Quote: >> I have just got a Dell Inspiron running Vista Home Premium. Most >> things work fine, but I have come across an irritation when trying to >> use removable media - usb keys, CF cards, etc. Most files copy >> across as they should, but image files give rise to a warning message >> box entitled Property Loss, which then asks me "Are you sure you want >> to copy this file without its properties? If I click yes, it copies >> OK as far as I can see, but I have to do this for each image. Since >> these are mostly jpegs (some bmps) that I have moved about on usb >> keys regularly on XP computers, I find this baffling and I haven't >> been able find any information about it. >> >> Help - does anyone know what this is about please? What properties >> are missing and what can I do about it? > Maybe it's referring to metadata like... > the date taken, camera info...etc. > > Right click one of the .jpg files and go to... > Properties / Summary tab / Advanced button... > to see the info. > > The following articles discuss metadata. > > EXIF > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exif > > IPTC > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interna...ations_Council |
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11-19-2007
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| Guest | Re: "Property Loss" Message copying images Many thanks John. I have looked at the properties, but cannot find any pattern there. Since posting my original message, Dell support phoned me back and spent quite a time looking at what was happening on my machine. After going away to think about it, their final conclusion was that this is a glitch in Vista, which they will be raising with Microsoft. In the meantime, I guess I'll have to work around it. Thanks again. "John Inzer" wrote: Quote: > pete_s_b wrote: Quote: > > I have just got a Dell Inspiron running Vista Home Premium. Most > > things work fine, but I have come across an irritation when trying to > > use removable media - usb keys, CF cards, etc. Most files copy > > across as they should, but image files give rise to a warning message > > box entitled Property Loss, which then asks me "Are you sure you want > > to copy this file without its properties? If I click yes, it copies > > OK as far as I can see, but I have to do this for each image. Since > > these are mostly jpegs (some bmps) that I have moved about on usb > > keys regularly on XP computers, I find this baffling and I haven't > > been able find any information about it. > > > > Help - does anyone know what this is about please? What properties > > are missing and what can I do about it? > Maybe it's referring to metadata like... > the date taken, camera info...etc. > > Right click one of the .jpg files and go to... > Properties / Summary tab / Advanced button... > to see the info. > > The following articles discuss metadata. > > EXIF > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exif > > IPTC > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interna...ations_Council > > -- > > John Inzer > MS Picture It! - > Digital Image MVP > > Digital Image > Highlights and FAQs > http://tinyurl.com/aczzp > > Notice > This is not tech support > I am a volunteer > > Solutions that work for > me may not work for you > > Proceed at your own risk > > > |
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11-19-2007
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| Guest | Re:*More* "Property Loss" Message copying images That was an interesting article - I now know much more about metadata. I'm obviously missing something, but I thought that USB keys and CF cards acted like any other memory, so that whatever was in a file would be reproduced exactly when it was copied. Many thanks again John "John Inzer" wrote: Quote: > Here's another article on metadata: > > Metadata and the Windows > Vista Photo Gallery > http://tinyurl.com/3994ha > > -- > > John Inzer > MS Picture It! - > Digital Image MVP > > Digital Image > Highlights and FAQs > http://tinyurl.com/aczzp > > Notice > This is not tech support > I am a volunteer > > Solutions that work for > me may not work for you > > Proceed at your own risk > ============================= > Quote: > > pete_s_b wrote: Quote: > >> I have just got a Dell Inspiron running Vista Home Premium. Most > >> things work fine, but I have come across an irritation when trying to > >> use removable media - usb keys, CF cards, etc. Most files copy > >> across as they should, but image files give rise to a warning message > >> box entitled Property Loss, which then asks me "Are you sure you want > >> to copy this file without its properties? If I click yes, it copies > >> OK as far as I can see, but I have to do this for each image. Since > >> these are mostly jpegs (some bmps) that I have moved about on usb > >> keys regularly on XP computers, I find this baffling and I haven't > >> been able find any information about it. > >> > >> Help - does anyone know what this is about please? What properties > >> are missing and what can I do about it? > > Maybe it's referring to metadata like... > > the date taken, camera info...etc. > > > > Right click one of the .jpg files and go to... > > Properties / Summary tab / Advanced button... > > to see the info. > > > > The following articles discuss metadata. > > > > EXIF > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exif > > > > IPTC > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interna...ations_Council > > |
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