Cannot save pictures from desktop wallpaper website

Published by: webmaster 2010-03-14

I used to be able to go to this site http://www.oru.ru/foto/oboi/_razdel/reiting/2/spisok/ and download wallpapers for my desktop for free by right clicking the picture after selecting the 1024x768 link. Its stopped working lately. Every time the window opens up for the 1024x768 picture (and the 800x600), I get a little icon where the picture should be that looks like a red x. If I right click anyway to Save Picture As..., that option is not available. There is a Show Picture option when right clicking, but it does not do anything. The site is in a foreign language (what language is that?), so I cant tell if there is something posted there about what is going on. The 300x400 res picture you can save, but that is not good enough for desktop wallpaper. I would really like to start getting these wallpapers again. I know there are lots of other sites, but I want this one because it is so comprehensive. It used to work just fine. Can anyone help? I would like to know how to get the Save Picture As working for 1024x768 for pics from this site.

Weird behavior can occur when you need to empty your temporary internet files. If using Internet Explorer, go to Tools-Internet Options, hit the Delete Files under the Temporary Internet Files Section.

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I had no difficulty in viewing these images in all resolutions. But, as mentioned in the question, when I tried "save target as," I obtained a file that was just a red X. I was able to copy & paste the image using the clipboard, so the images can easily be obtained through this method.

Hmm...I had no difficulty with the "Save As" function. Kriswrite

Problem solved. I (temporarily!) turned off my Norton Internet Security Firewall, and now I can download the pics no problem.

lucky2beon... I'll post this as a comment, due to all the controversy, and the possibility you may not be able to use the information. If you're getting a red x, this indicates the image isn't loading, which may have to do with your connection, as noted. Both size images load for me, but when I right-click to download, the file being saved has an .htm extension, so I checked the source code, and the image is embedded in a webpage inset with a 1-pixel border, so it looks like a picture, but is, in fact, a webpage. This has been done to prevent downloading of the images. You can get around this by checking the source code and getting the URL for the embedded image. You can also right-click the image and select Properties to see the URL. For this page, e.g.: http://www.oru.ru/foto/oboi/download.html?file=7520.jpg&size=1024 ...the URL for the actual embedded image is: http://www.oru.ru/foto/oboi/image/1024768/7520.jpg Ideally, you could plug that into your browser, view only the image, and download it from there, however, someone knows what they're doing, and this results in a redirect to the homepage. I can get around that by using a downloading program, such as Download Mage: http://www.dlmage.com/ This allows me to paste the image URL into a box and download the image without any problems. Unfortunately, this is not a simple solution, and may not satisfy your needs. However, it will work. The language is Russian, by the way. Let me know if you find this helpful, as I believe it represents your only real option. sublime1-ga

sublime, you contend that the site does not allow me to download images freely. If that's the case, why is kriswrite-ga able to? I why was I able to in the past? dreamboat, I did try deleting all the temp internet files, but still no luck. I do that pretty regularly anyway. For some reason, my browser will not display those pics, and the same problem occurs on some other sites (rarely). If someone can tell me why...

The little red X is your browser's way of telling you "There is suppose to be a picture here, but I don't have it". That is why your browser can't view it, save it, etc. It simply isn't there. Usually this is the result of a dead link in a web page. That is, the URL in the tag is pointing to a non existant file. However, since others report that the image is loading, then that is probablly not the case here. I recommend that you hit refresh on your browser when accesing the site to make sure you have the most recent HTML.

I had no trouble at all viewing and downloading pictures here. First, I tried clicking on the image itself; then once it was fully loaded, I clicked on the 800*600 and 1024*768 links. Viola. Then I tried going directly to the 800*600 and 1024*768 from the thumbnail page. That, too, worked. HOWEVER, I have high speed Internet access, and it took some time for the 1024*768 image to fully load, and I spent several seconds looking at a blank screen with no downloading progress. So perhaps the problem is your connection. Have you changed the way you connect to the Internet? Or have you changed telephone lines? Are you having slower downloads in general, or just on this site? Kriswrite

"...you said 'Someone knows what they are doing...' Do you think this site does not intend people to download their images freely?" Bingo! "...the image is embedded in a webpage inset with a 1-pixel border, so it looks like a picture, but is, in fact, a webpage. This has been done to prevent downloading of the images."

I have a high speed connection. I do notice that this site tends to load pages a bit slowly though. When I click for the 800x600 or 1024x768 image, the new screen is blank for a couple of seconds, and then that little red X icon pops up. Why does kriswrite's browser show the 1024x768 image, and my broswer does not? I have Internet Explorer 6.0.2800.1106. Are there any security settings I should look at? I to tried to get the actually http address for the pic, and tried to go to the pic directly, but it redirected me to the home page. sublime1-ga, you said "Someone knows what they are doing..." Do you think this site does not intend people to download there images freely? But then why does kriswrite get them no problem? And maybe once every month or so, I will come across a site that also throws me the little red Xs instead of the images. ??? Explorer setting? Firewall setting? Download Mage is 25 bucks. I don't want to go down that route if other's are getting the images for free.