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re: Question about 'How do I turn off the Windows Picture and Fax Viewer as my default image viewer?' Wednesday, October 26, 2005 at 1:12 pm Posted by Ms. Eagle (32570 messages posted) Why not simply associate image files with the viewer of your choice? It really isn't necessary to hack the registry. If you have Irfanview installed, for example, set the association for the file extensions of your choice. Dealing with Unwanted Spyware and Parasites [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'How do I turn off the Windows Picture and Fax Viewer as my default image viewer?' Wednesday, October 26, 2005 at 1:55 pm Posted by Mark Penstone (3 messages posted) Carol, Thanks for getting back to me. I am not to sure how to do that. I just bought this computer and windows is fairly new to me. Can I down load Infraview. I have xp media edition could I use that at all to view. The problem is the Fax viewer is saving everything I have ever looked at. It's even saving Visa and Master Card images. It's not so much that I want to get rid of it it's just that I don't want it to save all these images. On Wednesday, October 26, 2005 at 1:12 pm, Carol J wrote: > >Why not simply associate image files with the viewer of your choice? It really isn't >necessary to hack the registry. If you have Irfanview installed, for example, set >the association for the file extensions of your choice. > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'How do I turn off the Windows Picture and Fax Viewer as my default image viewer?' Wednesday, October 26, 2005 at 2:12 pm Posted by Jeff (957 messages posted) It sound like you're talking about your temporary Internet files. Your image viewer is not saving these files, Internet Explorer is. To get rid of them Open IE, click Tools, then select Internet Options. In the temporary Internet Files section, click on "delete files." It's also a good idea to delete cookies and clear history once in a while too. Jeff On Wednesday, October 26, 2005 at 1:55 pm, Mark Penstone wrote: >Carol, Thanks for getting back to me. I am not to sure how to do that. I just bought >this computer and windows is fairly new to me. Can I down load Infraview. I have >xp media edition could I use that at all to view. The problem is the Fax viewer is >saving everything I have ever looked at. It's even saving Visa and Master Card images. >It's not so much that I want to get rid of it it's just that I don't want it to save >all these images. > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'How do I turn off the Windows Picture and Fax Viewer as my default image viewer?' Wednesday, October 26, 2005 at 2:20 pm Posted by Ms. Eagle (32570 messages posted) I don't know anything about XP Media edition, but check in Help and Support. There's lots of info there. I don't know why Pic and Fax Viewer would be 'permanently' saving every image you've ever looked at. Are you sure those aren't just in you temporary internet files? Each image on every web site you visit, is first downloaded to the TIF directory, so view them. Those should be cleared out regularly. Dealing with Unwanted Spyware and Parasites [Reply or follow-up to this message] Edit..re: Windows Picture and Fax Viewer Wednesday, October 26, 2005 at 2:22 pm Posted by Ms. Eagle (32570 messages posted) "Each image on every web site you visit, is first downloaded to the TIF directory, so you can view them." Btw, Windows Pic and Fax Viewer is a good viewer, until you decide on another program you want to use. Dealing with Unwanted Spyware and Parasites [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'How do I turn off the Windows Picture and Fax Viewer as my default image viewer?' Wednesday, October 26, 2005 at 2:36 pm Posted by Mark Penstone (3 messages posted) Carol, I deleted the temp files and that worked. Thank you very much for your help Mark On Wednesday, October 26, 2005 at 1:12 pm, Carol J wrote: > >Why not simply associate image files with the viewer of your choice? It really isn't >necessary to hack the registry. If you have Irfanview installed, for example, set >the association for the file extensions of your choice. > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'How do I turn off the Windows Picture and Fax Viewer as my default image viewer?' Wednesday, October 26, 2005 at 3:06 pm Posted by Ms. Eagle (32570 messages posted) You're welcome, Mark. Many of us use this program to clear out all the temporary files, History, etc. It makes the job much more convenient and quicker than using Internet Options or going to through all those directories. Download CCleaner Before running it, click Options and specify any Cookies you don't want removed. For example your Annoyances Cookie, you may want to keep, since your forum preferences are stored there. Same with any others, then you won't have to key in your user name and password each time you visit the site/s. Note: Do not use the Issues section, if you're unfamiliar with registry cleaners. Dealing with Unwanted Spyware and Parasites [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'How do I turn off the Windows Picture and Fax Viewer as my default image viewer?' Monday, October 16, 2006 at 7:11 pm Posted by Paul (1 messages posted) Means of disabling Because the viewer is part of the Windows operating system, it cannot easily be completely removed. However, Microsoft has provided instructions for disabling it, as a possible workaround for a security issue. Unregister the Windows Picture and Fax Viewer (Shimgvw.dll) on Windows XP Service Pack 1; Windows XP Service Pack 2; Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 Microsoft has tested the following workaround. While this workaround will not correct the underlying vulnerability, it helps block known attack vectors. When a workaround reduces functionality, it is identified in the following section. Note This workaround is intended to help protect against Web based exploit vectors and is not effective against exploits that have Windows Metafile images embedded in Word documents and other similar attack vectors. Note The following steps require Administrative privileges. We recommend that you restart the computer after you apply this workaround. Alternatively, you can log out and log back in after you apply the workaround. However, we do recommend that you restart the computer. To un-register Shimgvw.dll, follow these steps: 1. Click Start, click Run, type "regsvr32 -u %windir%\system32\shimgvw.dll" (without the quotation marks), and then click OK. 2. When a dialog box appears that confirms that the process has been successful, click OK. Impact of Workaround: The Windows Picture and Fax Viewer will no longer start when users click a link to an image type that is associated with the Windows Picture and Fax Viewer. To undo this workaround after the security update has been deployed, reregister Shimgvw.dll. To do this, use this same procedure, but replace the text in step 1 with “regsvr32 %windir%\system32\shimgvw.dll” (without the quotation marks). On Wednesday, October 26, 2005 at 3:06 pm, Carol J wrote: > >You're welcome, Mark. Many of us use this program to clear out all the temporary >files, History, etc. It makes the job much more convenient and quicker than using >Internet Options or going to through all those directories. > >Download CCleaner Before running it, click Options and specify any >Cookies you don't want removed. For example your Annoyances Cookie, you may want >to keep, since your forum preferences are stored there. Same with any others, then >you won't have to key in your user name and password each time you visit the site/s. > >Note: Do not use the Issues section, if you're unfamiliar with registry cleaners. > > > > >color="006699">Dealing with Unwanted Spyware and Parasites [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'How do I turn off the Windows Picture and Fax Viewer as my default image viewer?' Monday, October 16, 2006 at 7:19 pm Posted by Rich Kurtz (11648 messages posted) Paul, do you have the link to the MS site that has that information? 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