pc freezes on certain pages

[philk1]

hi can anyone shed any light here? whenever i open up a certain folder..one containing photos not all the pictures are previewd at the bottom of the screen, then when i try and double click on one to see in full screen..i get the old 'not responding' bit! this happens even after ive restarted my pc! help. i may sound a bit dumb here..but ive no idea wheather this is connected...but this started happening at exactly the same time that my epson printer suddenly began to play up! by not feeding paper through!

[Machecoul]

Are all the pictures saved in the same format? i.e as jpegs

[philk1]

hello there....yes they are all j pegs!

[vehelpfulguy]

How many pictures are in the folder ?

If it is hundreds or even thousands then maybe Windows is checking through them all and it is taking a long time.

Try perhaps putting the pictures in different folders, one folder for each event or occasion.

So you could have one folder for 2006 holiday, another for 30th birthday, another for 2005 Xmas and so on.

That way there will only be a few pictures in each folder.

Then Windows will not have to look through them all when you want to look at just one set of pictures.

[Machecoul]

Okay - continuing to try and help. If VHG's suggestion doesn't help or apply.
When you are looking at the filmstrip option (I assume you are using XP) and you click the direction arrows - what do you see instead of the picture preview?

I've just had a look at My Pictures on my PC - and for some of my pictures I get an Icon and a message saying "No preview available) - the icon is a Paint Shop Pro icon instead of the actual picture. If I double click the icon, the picture loads in PPS with no problem. Have your problem pictures been saved with a program other than your usual one? (He said, beginning to clutch at straws!)
I can't imagine that it is related to the epson problem which sounds like a roller problem.
Have you tried googling for info? Quite often if this is a common problem it will appear somewhere. I'll have a look tonight.

[philk1]

cheers for that...yes some of them are different files..ie photoshop so of course there is no preview! and i expect that, but this is all pictures. the more i look into this the more im convinced its something to do with the printer. If the printer is turned off..guess what...? the pictures are there! AAAAGGGGggghh!

[Machecoul]

Sounds like I was wrong - has to be something to do with printer.

Have you tried re-installing the printer driver? And checking for updates on Epson website?

Do let us know how you get on - even if it is only chucking printer out of nearest open window!

[Machecoul]

Have you looked here?

http://esupport.epson-europe.com/SupportHome.a spx?lng=en-GB