hi wonder if anyone can help somewhere along the line some settings have been changed on my pc for viewing pictures that i have sent to pc off my mobile phone it used to automaticley open all pics with windows pic and fax viewer now it will give me a list which includes that but wont highlight the option for me to use this program everytime what am i doing wrong ????

try going to properties of the pics you are trying to use then check the box to always use lets say fax veiwer to open this file.I think I am correct on that one.It will say what the programm is set to to open the file there is a button on the right that says change,click it and set to fax veiwer.

no thats not on there went to properties but no option for any of that these pics i was on about are just showing up like files if that helps ?

MM.I am a little confused?Show up as files?
Maybe a problem with fax veiwer a reinstall of it may help.
Or a system restore to just before problems occured if its a fax veiwer problem.However a system restore,lets say to 1 week ago you may loose any files or pics installed after that restore date?Or maybe a reinstall of the software that came with your mobile phone may help.

How to restore the operating system to a previous state in Windows XP
How to turn off and turn on System Restore in Windows XP

Are the pics set as say gift,jpeg or some other?

Warning Serious problems might occur if you modify the registry incorrectly by using Registry Editor or by using another method. These problems might require that you reinstall your operating system. Microsoft cannot guarantee that these problems can be solved. Modify the registry at your own risk.To resolve this problem, register the Shimgvw.dll file. To do this, follow these steps: 1.Log on to the computer as an administrator.2.Click Start, click Run, type regsvr32 %systemroot%\system32\shimgvw.dll, and then click OK. 3.When you receive a message that resembles the following, click OK: DllRegisterServer in C:\Windows\System32\shimgvw.dll succeeded.
4.Close Windows Explorer, and then try to view the picture again.

If you use Windows Picture and Fax Viewer in Windows XP, you may experience the following problems: •When you open a multiple-page Tagged Image File Format (TIFF) file, only the first page is displayed correctly. The rest of the pages display as black squares. •When you open a TIFF image, the image appears faded and it is unreadable. If you use Windows 2000 Kodak Image Viewer, you can view these files as expected. Additionally, if you convert these TIFF files to a different compression format by using Windows 2000 Kodak Image Viewer, and then view these files using Windows Picture and Fax Viewer, you can view the files as expected.

Windows Picture and Fax Viewer in Windows XP uses Windows Graphics Device Interface (GDI+). GDI+ supports many standard compression algorithms for faxes. However, it may be incompatible with some of the encoding schemes that are not used frequently.

To resolve this problem, disable the PackBit encoding in the software that created the fax. Alternatively, convert these documents to a different format.

thanks for reply ive sussed it out its my mobile not pc as sent same pic to my girls phone and sent it to pc and came out right so need mobile help now i think lol thanks for yr help anyway