No problem here, with MSIE8 (6001) on WinXP.

I normally use Firefox or Opera but MSIE8 seems to work well on my 32-bit WinXP and 32-bit Windows 7RC (& on Windows 7 Beta 7000). These also have Windows Live installed.

I'd assumed that all common web browsers were capable of opening GIFs, JPGs and PNGs directly, without needing help from external programs. So I'm puzzled that your MS IE8 is using an external program.

Have you tried using "developer tools" in MSIE8? Would they help point to the problem?

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