Vista - Corrupted jpg files - Anyone else see this?

On my Vista Ultimate machine I create a number of jpg files. They are around
200k each. The thumbnails and files display fine. I copy the files to my
W2K3 server and they still display fine on my machine.

When my wife tries to look at the files, both the thumbnails and viewing the
files in Windows photo viewer shows corrupted images. The corruption ranges
from parts of the image missing showing grey, or with lines in it. This
persists even if we copy the images to her machine.

Has anyone seen anything like this?

Thanks

YES!!! Several times. See my other posts to several microsoft forums.

Vista file handling, especially over networks, is really nasty. I am now
afraid to copy stuff over the network. It appears to be a problem with
something called 'permissions' and is especially troublesome with USB
devices connected via networks.

I have a Vista laptop connected to my wife's desktop running XP. The desktop
is connected to an external HD by a USB port. When I copy photos from my
camera (Olympus) connected to the USB port of the laptop, via the network to
the USB HD connected to the desktop using Windows Gallery or even just by
folders, it strips the jpg markers from the files making them unreadable.

I also have found that when I import Olympus photos via Windows Gallery even
direct to the laptop, it doesn't corrupt the whole file like it does over
the network, but it still overwrites the Olympus markers that tell the
Olympus photo software that the picture is part of a panorama, thus
rendering it unable to be stitched by the Camedia software. When you look at
the files in a text editor, you can see that amongst all the hexadecimal
rubbish the english words such as "Olympus Camera" etc have been replaced by
things like "Windows Gallery" and the name of the folder you imported to.

Vista file handling is a bad joke. I advise no one to import photos using
Gallery. It's just not safe. And certainly don't use it from USB devices to
other USB devices via a network because it WILL CORRUPT YOUR JPG FILES!

Greg


"Michael Price" <EmJay_Price@msn.com> wrote in message
news:F10B3ADE-BAF3-449F-93FA-138C4198EBC7@microsoft.com...
> On my Vista Ultimate machine I create a number of jpg files. They are
> around 200k each. The thumbnails and files display fine. I copy the files
> to my W2K3 server and they still display fine on my machine.
>
> When my wife tries to look at the files, both the thumbnails and viewing
> the files in Windows photo viewer shows corrupted images. The corruption
> ranges from parts of the image missing showing grey, or with lines in it.
> This persists even if we copy the images to her machine.
>
> Has anyone seen anything like this?
>
> Thanks

Greg --

Please let me know what you find out on how to fix this. I'm having the
identical problem and I'm upset that I may lose 33% of the photos I've taken
the past 8-9 years if this can't be fixed. Even when I take the external
drive and put it on my XP system, all files are corrupt now from XP.

Kris

"Greg" wrote:

> YES!!! Several times. See my other posts to several microsoft forums.
>
> Vista file handling, especially over networks, is really nasty. I am now
> afraid to copy stuff over the network. It appears to be a problem with
> something called 'permissions' and is especially troublesome with USB
> devices connected via networks.
>
> I have a Vista laptop connected to my wife's desktop running XP. The desktop
> is connected to an external HD by a USB port. When I copy photos from my
> camera (Olympus) connected to the USB port of the laptop, via the network to
> the USB HD connected to the desktop using Windows Gallery or even just by
> folders, it strips the jpg markers from the files making them unreadable.
>
> I also have found that when I import Olympus photos via Windows Gallery even
> direct to the laptop, it doesn't corrupt the whole file like it does over
> the network, but it still overwrites the Olympus markers that tell the
> Olympus photo software that the picture is part of a panorama, thus
> rendering it unable to be stitched by the Camedia software. When you look at
> the files in a text editor, you can see that amongst all the hexadecimal
> rubbish the english words such as "Olympus Camera" etc have been replaced by
> things like "Windows Gallery" and the name of the folder you imported to.
>
> Vista file handling is a bad joke. I advise no one to import photos using
> Gallery. It's just not safe. And certainly don't use it from USB devices to
> other USB devices via a network because it WILL CORRUPT YOUR JPG FILES!
>
> Greg
>
>
> "Michael Price" <EmJay_Price@msn.com> wrote in message
> news:F10B3ADE-BAF3-449F-93FA-138C4198EBC7@microsoft.com...
> > On my Vista Ultimate machine I create a number of jpg files. They are
> > around 200k each. The thumbnails and files display fine. I copy the files
> > to my W2K3 server and they still display fine on my machine.
> >
> > When my wife tries to look at the files, both the thumbnails and viewing
> > the files in Windows photo viewer shows corrupted images. The corruption
> > ranges from parts of the image missing showing grey, or with lines in it.
> > This persists even if we copy the images to her machine.
> >
> > Has anyone seen anything like this?
> >
> > Thanks
>

Have found out absolutely nothing from MS help. Will let you know if I do
find a fix.

The only sure solution I have found so far is to use Adobe Album to import
and manage the pictures instead. DO YOU HEAR THAT MICROSOFT? Your product
you made to compete with Adobe is forcing people INTO their arms, not away
from them! If anyone from MS is listening, it's in your own best interests
to fix this fast.

"tewkes" <tewkes@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:5CF7D161-9038-4857-BE67-81D4F14BF6CA@microsoft.com...
> Greg --
>
> Please let me know what you find out on how to fix this. I'm having the
> identical problem and I'm upset that I may lose 33% of the photos I've
> taken
> the past 8-9 years if this can't be fixed. Even when I take the external
> drive and put it on my XP system, all files are corrupt now from XP.
>
> Kris
>
> "Greg" wrote:
>
>> YES!!! Several times. See my other posts to several microsoft forums.
>>
>> Vista file handling, especially over networks, is really nasty. I am now
>> afraid to copy stuff over the network. It appears to be a problem with
>> something called 'permissions' and is especially troublesome with USB
>> devices connected via networks.
>>
>> I have a Vista laptop connected to my wife's desktop running XP. The
>> desktop
>> is connected to an external HD by a USB port. When I copy photos from my
>> camera (Olympus) connected to the USB port of the laptop, via the network
>> to
>> the USB HD connected to the desktop using Windows Gallery or even just by
>> folders, it strips the jpg markers from the files making them unreadable.
>>
>> I also have found that when I import Olympus photos via Windows Gallery
>> even
>> direct to the laptop, it doesn't corrupt the whole file like it does over
>> the network, but it still overwrites the Olympus markers that tell the
>> Olympus photo software that the picture is part of a panorama, thus
>> rendering it unable to be stitched by the Camedia software. When you look
>> at
>> the files in a text editor, you can see that amongst all the hexadecimal
>> rubbish the english words such as "Olympus Camera" etc have been replaced
>> by
>> things like "Windows Gallery" and the name of the folder you imported to.
>>
>> Vista file handling is a bad joke. I advise no one to import photos using
>> Gallery. It's just not safe. And certainly don't use it from USB devices
>> to
>> other USB devices via a network because it WILL CORRUPT YOUR JPG FILES!
>>
>> Greg
>>
>>
>> "Michael Price" <EmJay_Price@msn.com> wrote in message
>> news:F10B3ADE-BAF3-449F-93FA-138C4198EBC7@microsoft.com...
>> > On my Vista Ultimate machine I create a number of jpg files. They are
>> > around 200k each. The thumbnails and files display fine. I copy the
>> > files
>> > to my W2K3 server and they still display fine on my machine.
>> >
>> > When my wife tries to look at the files, both the thumbnails and
>> > viewing
>> > the files in Windows photo viewer shows corrupted images. The
>> > corruption
>> > ranges from parts of the image missing showing grey, or with lines in
>> > it.
>> > This persists even if we copy the images to her machine.
>> >
>> > Has anyone seen anything like this?
>> >
>> > Thanks
>>

Thanks for the response, but importing to another program is not an option
for me. The files are all corrupt and my HD that had the originals is dead
and I cannot recover anything from it.

Please keep me posted and I will do the same.

"Greg" wrote:

> Have found out absolutely nothing from MS help. Will let you know if I do
> find a fix.
>
> The only sure solution I have found so far is to use Adobe Album to import
> and manage the pictures instead. DO YOU HEAR THAT MICROSOFT? Your product
> you made to compete with Adobe is forcing people INTO their arms, not away
> from them! If anyone from MS is listening, it's in your own best interests
> to fix this fast.
>
> "tewkes" <tewkes@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:5CF7D161-9038-4857-BE67-81D4F14BF6CA@microsoft.com...
> > Greg --
> >
> > Please let me know what you find out on how to fix this. I'm having the
> > identical problem and I'm upset that I may lose 33% of the photos I've
> > taken
> > the past 8-9 years if this can't be fixed. Even when I take the external
> > drive and put it on my XP system, all files are corrupt now from XP.
> >
> > Kris
> >
> > "Greg" wrote:
> >
> >> YES!!! Several times. See my other posts to several microsoft forums.
> >>
> >> Vista file handling, especially over networks, is really nasty. I am now
> >> afraid to copy stuff over the network. It appears to be a problem with
> >> something called 'permissions' and is especially troublesome with USB
> >> devices connected via networks.
> >>
> >> I have a Vista laptop connected to my wife's desktop running XP. The
> >> desktop
> >> is connected to an external HD by a USB port. When I copy photos from my
> >> camera (Olympus) connected to the USB port of the laptop, via the network
> >> to
> >> the USB HD connected to the desktop using Windows Gallery or even just by
> >> folders, it strips the jpg markers from the files making them unreadable.
> >>
> >> I also have found that when I import Olympus photos via Windows Gallery
> >> even
> >> direct to the laptop, it doesn't corrupt the whole file like it does over
> >> the network, but it still overwrites the Olympus markers that tell the
> >> Olympus photo software that the picture is part of a panorama, thus
> >> rendering it unable to be stitched by the Camedia software. When you look
> >> at
> >> the files in a text editor, you can see that amongst all the hexadecimal
> >> rubbish the english words such as "Olympus Camera" etc have been replaced
> >> by
> >> things like "Windows Gallery" and the name of the folder you imported to.
> >>
> >> Vista file handling is a bad joke. I advise no one to import photos using
> >> Gallery. It's just not safe. And certainly don't use it from USB devices
> >> to
> >> other USB devices via a network because it WILL CORRUPT YOUR JPG FILES!
> >>
> >> Greg
> >>
> >>
> >> "Michael Price" <EmJay_Price@msn.com> wrote in message
> >> news:F10B3ADE-BAF3-449F-93FA-138C4198EBC7@microsoft.com...
> >> > On my Vista Ultimate machine I create a number of jpg files. They are
> >> > around 200k each. The thumbnails and files display fine. I copy the
> >> > files
> >> > to my W2K3 server and they still display fine on my machine.
> >> >
> >> > When my wife tries to look at the files, both the thumbnails and
> >> > viewing
> >> > the files in Windows photo viewer shows corrupted images. The
> >> > corruption
> >> > ranges from parts of the image missing showing grey, or with lines in
> >> > it.
> >> > This persists even if we copy the images to her machine.
> >> >
> >> > Has anyone seen anything like this?
> >> >
> >> > Thanks
> >>
>