When laptop inherent engineering faults meet the law

Didn't get very far with that. Copied the source but not sure that works.

Tried this and it doesn't work - just stands still.

Is you system settings such that active content is permitted to run? (Do other moving things move?)

Yes they do move and I think I have sorted it now by copying it to my URL to try it out. Thanks for your interest.

Joe

Are you saving it into the My Pictures folder? If yes, when you open the folder and look at your picture files, which show images of the actual pictures, animated gifs are displayed as stills.

However, if you double-click an animated gif file, it will open within a preview window and you will see the animation.

For example, here I have saved it to My Pictures, and it doesn't move...

But if I double-click on it in the My Pictures window, it gets opened in a preview window, where it moves...

While YOU can't see it moving in my screen capture, rest assured it is moving. Try it.

Hello Vermin

It seems to depend on which program is used to open the file (which is your default?)

The following are what happens with each program selected to Open files:

1. Microsoft Office Picture Manager = a still picture.

2. Windows Paint = a still picture.

3. Quicktime Player = a video screen that I have to click first for it to work, then it runs very quickly and stops.

4. Windows Movie Maker = still picture on video player that will not play.

5. Internet Explorer = IE background with the animated picture running properly.

6. GOM Player = opens in a video window already playing properly.

Interested if there is a program I should be using.

Joe

If you look at the top of the screen, you can see it says "Window Picture and Fax Viewer." That just comes up automatically when I double-click the file.

If you try opening the file in Adobe Photoshop, you get a warning that basically says, If I open it, I'm going to convert it to a single image and kill the animation. So not all programs know what to do with an animated gif file.

Try writing an email, and then include the gif such that it appears in the body of the email -- don't just try dragging and dropping it, use the email's attachment thing to put it in. It should be animated.

One more thing, There's a small, free program out there called Microsoft Gif Animator. No only will it open the gif into it's various cells, but you can change the file and make animated files of your own

Vermin: You are a hero! Thanks so much for that.

I created a little video on Youtube yesterday using some animated graphics that I copied from the internet and pasted to a project on Windows Movie Maker (search for "All Religion is Extreme" from Victimlesscriminal, if you are at all interested). I will also use it on the website I have created for my wife who is a writer (again, see wunjopress if you have nothing better to do).

I will now have a go with making/adapting my own gifs, thanks to you.

Best wishes and let me know if ever I can do anything to help you.

Joe

You're very welcome!