# Windows Picture and Fax viewer in XP question

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-picture-and-fax-viewer-in-xp-question/197020>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 22, 2003, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-picture-and-fax-viewer-in-xp-question/197020 "2003-08-22T21:10:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![kanicbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5f8ce5/32.png) [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2003, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-picture-and-fax-viewer-in-xp-question/197020/1 "2003-08-22T21:10:52Z")

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When I view a \*.TIF picture by double clicking, I get something that opens the file and I can view the picture. This is some default viewer with XP. The Title bar says Windows Picture and Fax viewer.

When I go to print it (printer icon at the bottom, no menu options here) and the TIFF is a multipage TIFF, there is no proble, I am shown the thumbnail images of the multipage TIFF where I can check the ones I want to print (all are checked by default).

BUT here in the problem:

When the TIFF is a single page, this viewer then looks for more pictures to display in those thumbnails, this takes a considerable amount of time. This is very upsetting. The only image that is checked in this instance is the 1 page, but other images are displayed that I couldn’t care less about.

I need to know:

Mainly how I can speed it up. Perferably by just displaying the thumbnail image of the single page TIFF by itself, other then that a way to have the computer chose some fast tiffs to display so it doesn’t take as much time, or a way to manually clear it out from time to time (to limit the list and speed things up.)

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**Author:** ![kanicbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5f8ce5/32.png) [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2003, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-picture-and-fax-viewer-in-xp-question/197020/2 "2003-08-22T21:21:01Z")

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This may be an issue with photo printing wizard, another XP default