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j.m.reid

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windows paint
« on: June 30, 2009, 05:57:26 PM »
Running Windows Vista Home Premium and every time try to run Windows paint it wont download .Have checked on web and it seems to be a known fault .Wondering if any of the Sages on forum have come across a solution for problem .  Grateful for any help given .

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Re: windows paint
« Reply #1 on: July 01, 2009, 06:58:01 AM »
Hi there, I am also using Vista Home Premium and using Microsoft Paint to do some minor jpg editing. But I have no problem here. Wonder what is the "won't download" problem you are facing. Mind to elaborate more ?  :)

j.m.reid

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Re: windows paint
« Reply #2 on: July 01, 2009, 01:54:35 PM »
Thanks for reply . When I click on Paint it wont  launch programme .Sometimes ,after many attemps , for some reason it appears and works . Dont know why and it appears to be a common fault .

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Re: windows paint
« Reply #3 on: July 01, 2009, 02:02:44 PM »
Hi j.m.reid,

I have both Vista Home Premium and Vista Home Basic and I have had no issues with paint.

Dont know why and it appears to be a common fault .
Where did you find this?
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Intel Pentium 4 641 / 2GB RAM / Vista Home Basic SP2 / avast! 5.0 Home / SAS Free / MBAM Free / Windows Defender / Windows Firewall / Spyware Blaster/ Secunia PSI / Firefox 3.6 / Opera 10.5

Core2Duo T8300 / 4GB RAM / Vista Home Premium SP2 (32 bit version) / Same Software.

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Re: windows paint
« Reply #4 on: July 01, 2009, 02:38:57 PM »
Same here i got Vista Home Premium SP2 and no problem at all. If you guy want another paint i can say Adobe Photoshop or Gimp is not bad too.

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Re: windows paint
« Reply #5 on: July 01, 2009, 02:44:21 PM »

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Re: windows paint
« Reply #6 on: July 01, 2009, 03:20:37 PM »
-= If you want, I'll send you my mspaint.exe.. but the interface is for xpSP3..
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Re: windows paint
« Reply #7 on: July 01, 2009, 06:03:37 PM »
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/185501

This link might help.  ;)

Still, at the bottom you see:

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APPLIES TO

    * Microsoft Windows 98 Standard Edition
    * Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Standard Edition
    * Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 Developer Edition

Vista is not listed unless I'm missing something.
Computer Systems:

Intel Pentium 4 641 / 2GB RAM / Vista Home Basic SP2 / avast! 5.0 Home / SAS Free / MBAM Free / Windows Defender / Windows Firewall / Spyware Blaster/ Secunia PSI / Firefox 3.6 / Opera 10.5

Core2Duo T8300 / 4GB RAM / Vista Home Premium SP2 (32 bit version) / Same Software.

j.m.reid

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Re: windows paint
« Reply #8 on: July 01, 2009, 06:44:54 PM »
  Thank you all for help / advice , appreciated . This is one of the pages I came across looking for solution to problem . http://www.donationcoder.com/Forums/bb/index.php?action=printpage;topic=16292.0 .I have now installed Paint .net as it looks unlikely to be a simple fix . Again , many thanks , you always get good replies from Avast forum .

j.m.reid

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Re: windows paint
« Reply #9 on: July 02, 2009, 12:22:00 PM »
Just an update , Paint working perfectly now , do not know why !!!!!!!!!!!  Computers !!!!!

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Re: windows paint
« Reply #10 on: July 02, 2009, 01:27:46 PM »
Gratz j.m.  ;D