Cannot Select .jpg When Saving Graphic from a Web Page with a Username and Password in the URL (266952)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 for Windows 98
  • Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition
This article was previously published under Q266952

SYMPTOMS

In Internet Explorer, when you try to save a picture from a Web page you accessed through a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) that contains a username and password, you may find you can save the graphics only as a .bmp file, not as the original .jpg file format.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this issue, upgrade to Internet Explorer 5.5 SP1.

WORKAROUND

To work around this issue, remove the username:password@ from the URL. The authentication may not be required in the URL when it is cached by the browser or if it is not required on the current page.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.
Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:9/28/2004
Keywords:kbnofix kbprb KB266952
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