Idiocentric Software-update Issues

[amartina75]

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[amartina75]

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[amartina75]

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[amartina75]

Bob,
I just hooked up my old XP computer for testing. I was able to upload the above images. The forum page looks completely different than it does on my windows 7 computer. some boxes and links are blank, and things are in different places or look different all together. clearly the new software doesn't like XP, not really surprising I guess because that's true now with pretty much all web pages. I stopped using my XP computer all together because of that.

I was able to upload the images but it didn't all work the way it was supposed to. the "place inline" function doesn't work at all, the drag and drop function doesn't work at all, and does something very strange for me. when I dragged the file to the message box, the picture opens but directs me away from the Motoscrubs website and opens in a pseudo web page, very strange. I then have to hit the back button to go back to the forum. and the picture was not uploaded.

when I upload the picture under the attachments tab it does work but looks different then on my windows 7 computer. I will post a few pictures of that following this. when I add the file it does show up in the attachments box. the place inline function does not work. It does not work if I try to post a picture only with no text in the message. when my picture file is visible in the attachments box, if I hit the preview button it shows up, or I submit the posting it works.

looks like I am getting different results than you are and I couldn't possibly tell you why, perhaps my computer is configured slightly different than yours, I have no clue.

Aaron

[amartina75]

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[DewCatTea-Bob]

[quote= amartina75 ...
" I just hooked up my old XP computer for testing. "

____ Firstly, Aaron,, I certainly by now must finally get-around to mentioning that I've now become quite justifiably impressed with your outstanding (and apparently self-motivated) drive/initiative to bother with becoming involved with the-issue to such a great degree as (only) you have ! _ I'm quite certain that no-one would disagree that your participation and extensive contribution has really been quite gracious and very admirable (to say the least) !



" clearly the new software doesn't like XP,
I was able to upload the images but it didn't all work the way it was supposed to.
the drag and drop function doesn't work at all, and does something very strange for me. when I dragged the file to the message box, the picture opens but directs me away from the Motoscrubs website and opens in a pseudo web page,
I then have to hit the back button to go back to the forum. and the picture was not uploaded. "

____ Well at-least you were able to upload pix with your version XP-OS !
__ When I've tried to drag a pic.file to the post-wording creation page-box, the dropped file simply disappears as if had had never been dragged & dropped ! _ However your description of what happens seems to be pretty-much the same experience I encounter whenever I've rather tried dropping the file into the "revealed box" that the file-name is supposed to end-up appearing within.
__ I'm now suspecting that if you had ever before been inspired to try drag & dropping a pic.file directly from your PC.folder over-to any of your old/past post message-box/windows,, that it might've also worked back then, merely because you had Win.7 (and not because of any possible contribution from the recent w.site-update).



" It does not work if I try to post a picture only with no text in the message. "

____ I guess that may be the reason for why your comparison-pair of pictures (seen in your above post) don't include any such contained-text to identify which screen-shot is from which Win.OS.



" looks like I am getting different results than you are and I couldn't possibly tell you why, perhaps my computer is configured slightly different than yours, "

____ Perhaps your freshly booted OS still has it's full operational advantage, (while mine has been left booted-up for 10-days straight now).
But much more likely, since you've now provided apparent credence to my previous mere suspicion that my edition of the XP-OS may possibly be to blame,, in like-kind, it now seems more sensibly reasonable that your XP-OS has probably been fully updated with the XP-SP3 service-program/update-software, while my XP-version is still only loaded with the SP1-update.
(Ive acquired a copy of the SP3-update through eBay, [which I assume also includes SP2],, however after it was shipped-out to me, the seller then informed me that the SP3-software also included programing which allows Microsoft to keep track as to whether your single XP-issue has been loaded onto more than one PC at a time (without wiping it off it's original PC before loading it into another). _ And since I've never bothered to remove an installation of my OS off from my previously used PCs before installing the same OS-issue on another PC, [which is a violation],, I rather elected to not go-ahead & install that SP-update.)


Enlightened-Cheers,
-Bob

[bodge]

ive pm'd you a link that may help,but wondering ave you tried an alternative browser may save you messing with your o.s ? firefox chrome or opera?

[DewCatTea-Bob]

[quote= bodge ...
" ive pm'd you a link that may help, "

____ My PM.inbox has been overfilled since 2012 and I'm not interested in spending all the time it'd take to get it all cleaned-out just to have it happen allover again, again.
Most every PM I've received has to do with Ducati and-thus ought rather be discussed through the forum anyway.
Anyhow,, your link may be of use to others as well, and-so ought-to be posted here !



" wondering ave you tried an alternative browser may save you messing with your o.s ? "

____ That's possibly quite a relevant concern, as perhaps Aaron's particular browser may have something to do with his superior XP operation-results.



" firefox chrome or opera? "

____ I've long been exclusively using only the newest version of Firefox that's supposed to still be fully compatible with XP, (as the newest XP-compatible version of Int.Explorer has failed to properly open my email-inbox since 2013).
I'll soon try rather using my I.E.browser to see if anything different occurs whilst trying to upload a picture.
Thanks for the idea.


Hopeful-Cheers,
-Bob

[bodge]

not sure about posting link on forum try googling xp sp3 for system administrator,no guarantees used to work for some apparently tho.

[DewCatTea-Bob]

wondering ave you tried an alternative browser

I'll soon try rather using my I.E.browser to see if anything different occurs whilst trying to upload a picture.

____ Well quite fortunately,, it definitely seems that your thought about my employed browser possibly having something to do with my pic.uploading-issue, has turned-out to've been a genuine concern ! ...
While my dated XP-compatible E.I.browser now makes a big-mess of most everything, (especially the forum-page !), on Jim's updated w.site,, at-least with it's use, I could finally get a picture to upload & display on an established post !
__ I now realize I should've first suspected my web-browser before my PC's OS -(XP-Pro Operating System) for being the most likely cause of my pic.uploading-issue, cuz I already knew damn-well that my older-version of Internet-Explorer had long-ago begun to open-up web-pages with all sorts of screwed-up display-arrangements of otherwise orderly web-page presentations ! _ And-so I really should've thought to rather suspect that my Firefox-browser could finally be starting to also perform the same kind of misbehavior (with new/updated web-pages) !
So it seems (so-far now) that the actual cause of the pic.uploading-issue is actually due-to browser/web-site incompatibility.
__ So it seems probable that Aaron's XP-loaded PC was possibly causing whatever his internet web-browsing issues were, only due-to just an obsolete/un-updated web-browser.
__ Does anyone know what browser works best with XP running PCs ?


Enlightened-Cheers,
-Bob