Tif files

I can't figure out why Preview will not open .tif files. I get a window saying that files may be damaged or Preview doesn't recognize the extension. However, these files open in my wife's pc, so there is no damage. From what I am understanding, Preview does open those files. I take it iPhoto cannot open .tif files?
Thanks for any help.
Message was edited by: Steve Hadeen

I also saw a thread where tif files wouldn't open, all of them came from FAX and had different resolutions for the dimensions, so that is still another possible problem. See here:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=10760139
If all the files are from the same source it makes it more likely that there may be something "different" about them that Preview won't handle. If the tif files are from a variety of sources then there may be some other problem.
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