Do your ears wiggle?

[Kate]

Thanks for all the suggestions folks. I've tried everything and have made the situation worse with my fiddling around, now the computer doesn't boot properly.

I'm going to reformat the hard drive and reinstall Windows

If the bloomin' gifs don't animate after that I'll cry

... I may be gone for some time

 

[Houdini]

Thanks for all the suggestions folks. I've tried everything and have made the situation worse with my fiddling around, now the computer doesn't boot properly.

I'm going to reformat the hard drive and reinstall Windows

If the bloomin' gifs don't animate after that I'll cry

... I may be gone for some time

Wow, that's a drastic step to take. You will have to download all the upgrades and loose everything you have on there unless you back it up first. Good luck with that.

 

[tribalmasters]

A good format never did any harm and is an essential part of any Windows user's life unfortunately ! Use the manufacturer's CDs for better chance of no drivers needed.

 

[ChainSmkr]

I'm going to reformat the hard drive and reinstall Windows ... I may be gone for some time

I did that last year....c ya in about 8-10 hours.

 

[tribalmasters]

half an hour to an hour if you don't need to go driver hunting Of course theres restoring the backups, reinstalling the programs, setting up the network, setting up the HARD DIP setting up the SOFT DIP setting the time and date counting the coins, checking the ledger thing or whatever they call it these days, cleaning/replacing the JAMMA harness and polishing that CRT for a really good shine!! Cleaning the controls, emptying the ashtrays, replacing the ROM cartridge or other media and checking the fiberglass hasn't gone all funny!

 

[incineradma]

This is the wierdest thing I've seen recently.....

maybe it's your vid card?

I can wiggle my nose :]

 

[tribalmasters]

I never thought of that but I bet it could be ya know! My mother once played solitaire in safe mode when she broke it and wanted to play a game lol!!

 

[Kitabz]

Cleaning the controls, emptying the ashtrays, replacing the ROM cartridge or other media and checking the fiberglass hasn't gone all funny!

Ahem, Freudian slip?

 

[tribalmasters]

Nah just piles and piles of empty carts haha!

 

[Kate]

Well, I've got a squeeky clean computer now. Everything is reloaded and up to date but my ears still don't wiggle

The animated forum smilies don't move either.

 

[tribalmasters]

Video card drivers? Get the latest from the card manufacturers website!

 

[Nuck]

It's a simple frame based image format. It has nothing to do with flash or java or video. Other than seriously buggy video drivers I have no idea what could possibly stop them.

Very strange bug.

 

[Zep--]

Open IE, on the menu goto Tools then Internet Options, Click the Advanced tab and make sure play animations in web pages is checked. But if that's not it, i suspect video drivers also like others have suggested.

Zep--

 

[Kate]

Animations are enabled in Firefox, IE and Irfanview and none of them show movement. The video driver has been reinstalled and is the latest version.

I've managed to get animated smilies back on the forum somehow.

I've sent a message for help to Microsoft and they have given me some things to try to sort it out. So far nothing has worked.

Thanks for the help here, I appreciate your ideas. If I find out what the problem is I'll let you all know.

 

[Zep--]

If you open up My Computer, then on the menu goto Tools then Folder Options then click on the File Types tab, in the "Registered file types" box, scroll down to GIF and what does it say for "Opens with:" in the Details for "GIF" extention box when you highlight GIF?

Zep--

 

[ed_bollix]

It's good to see you back.

 

[Kate]

Thanks Ed, it's nice to be enjoying the company again

Zep, it says that gif files open with Irfanview. I've checked the settings in Irfanview and the 'play animated gifs' is on.

 

[Zep--]

And when you open an animated gif in Irfanview, does it animate?

Zep--

 

[Kate]

... nope

They don't animate in Irfanview, Firefox, IE, Paint, Media Player, Quicktime, PhotoPlus or Windows Picture and Fax Viewer.

 

[Zep--]

Do you have any Firewall software installed? (Zonealarm, Norton internet security or the like?) Some have an option under Privacy to block animations. If you do have a firewall try to look and disable that option first.

If you don't have any firewall software installed

try this

Go to start/run and type:

cmd

then click OK

then type at the prompt

regsvr32.exe /i shdocvw.dll

then wait for the succeded message and click OK

then type at the prompt

regsvr32.exe /i shdoc401.dll

then wait for the succeded message and click OK

close the command box, reboot and see if things are fixed.

Zep--