[Ham-Computers] Problem with assigned program (default) foropening files

[Dale Miller]

WA5CAB at cs.com wrote:
> I finally found time to try that.  I agree that it should work.  And it does, 
> once.  But if you close the file and double click it instead of right-click 
> and choose preferred program, it reverts back to opening with MS Picture and 
> Fax Viewer.  
>
> Since posting the original question, I have discovered that Gateway installed 
> XP Media Edition on the machine instead of the requested Professional 
> Edition.  We discovered that the thing won't work properly on a LAN.  Contrary to 
> what Gateway claimed Microsoft told them.  Having never run XP before, I don't 
> know what TIF and JPG viewer comes with it but thought that it used IE.  Perhaps 
> Picture and Fax Viewer is part of Media Edition and can't be disabled.
>
>   

I sure hope you didn't pay for XP Pro, cause if you did, then you should 
request either a refund or the copy of XP Pro.

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