Posted by member 12025 on 2004-08-22 21:03:16 link
OK, just in case you're in ignorant user bliss, open explorer, go to tools->folder options, then the view tab.
Uncheck "Hide file extensions for known file types", and click OK.
Anyway, a BMP (*.bmp) is a Windows or OS/2 bitmap image file. Uncompressed and big. JPEGs (*.jpg) are compressed, smaller, and used for most web stuff where lossy compression works well (like wallpapers). Using an image converter/viewer/editor/whatever, you can make a BMP from a JPG. It will be big, but will work without active desktop enabled. Now I don't know about XP, but Win98SE and Win2k both have exhibited the behavior of ignoring JPG files as wallpaper images when using LS.
Uncheck "Hide file extensions for known file types", and click OK.
Anyway, a BMP (*.bmp) is a Windows or OS/2 bitmap image file. Uncompressed and big. JPEGs (*.jpg) are compressed, smaller, and used for most web stuff where lossy compression works well (like wallpapers). Using an image converter/viewer/editor/whatever, you can make a BMP from a JPG. It will be big, but will work without active desktop enabled. Now I don't know about XP, but Win98SE and Win2k both have exhibited the behavior of ignoring JPG files as wallpaper images when using LS.