Red X Appearing in Place of Pictures

[Guest]

Hello:

I have a client who, upon surfing some web sites and upon trying to download
Macromedia Flash Player, is getting a red X and other placeholders instead of
pictures.

He has XP SP2 on his laptop, but his firewall is turned off. So, the
firewall setting is not the issue.

Also, he and I have followed the famous Microsoft support article #283807.
But, this did not resolve the issue.

We have looked on different forums but no help has been found.

I'd rather not uninstall SP2, if I can help it.

Anyone have any ideas?

Thanks!

childofthe1980s

 

[Emrys Davies]

Hello:

I have a client who, upon surfing some web sites and upon trying to download
Macromedia Flash Player, is getting a red X and other placeholders instead of
pictures.

He has XP SP2 on his laptop, but his firewall is turned off. So, the
firewall setting is not the issue.

Also, he and I have followed the famous Microsoft support article #283807.
But, this did not resolve the issue.

We have looked on different forums but no help has been found.

I'd rather not uninstall SP2, if I can help it.

Anyone have any ideas?

Thanks!

childofthe1980s

This site may help you:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=283807

Regards,
Emrys Davies.

 

[Jan Il]

Hi childofthe1980s

Try the following and see if it helps:

First - Do you have an accelerator supplied by your ISP? If so, try turning
it off.
It works by reducing image size (and therefor quality) for downloads.

If you have Zone Alarm, Uncheck Remove private headers" for all
sites.

Try clearing the IE cache. I.E./Tools/Options/General/Delete files (and
delete offline content.)
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/delcache.htm

If still no joy, try the following:

Red X Instead of Images –
Can not see or save Images/Pictures
Fuzzy Text and fuzzy web graphics
http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/answers.htm#jpg_gif

Why are there Red x's instead of images
http://channel9.msdn.com/wiki/default.aspx/Channel9.InternetExplorerBugs

and……

Try changing the DPI setting from Large to Normal and see if that helps.

or...…..

I can't see JPG's or GIFS any more - red x - images missing - fuzzy
images/distorted images
http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/answers.htm#jpg_gif
or .
http://www.fjsmjs.com/IE/redx.htm

or.....................

To restore the default file association, go to
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/file_assoc.htm
Download, unzip and merge the REG file, "JPE/JPG/JPEG Association Fix"
Some image/graphics programs will change file associations.

also ...................

820286 - PRB Windows XP Does Not Natively Support High-DPI Screens
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=820286
http://forums.us.dell.com/supportforums/board/message?board.id=insp_video&message.id=79881

Less common:
828682 - JPEG images appear distorted in Internet Explorer 6
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=828682

also.......

Pictures Do Not Show
http://www.fjsmjs.com/IE/redx.htm

Pictures are not displayed in Internet Explorer
http://www.upgradenrepair.com/graphicsnotshowing.htm

or.......................

Right click on the graphic you see and a pop up menu should appear. Select
"Show Picture" option.

Then, go to Internet Options>Advanced Tab
Show Pictures - check option if
unchecked to display pictures all the time.

or.........

Web Page Displays an Image As a Red X or Not at All (Q283807)
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=283807
http://www.generation.net/~hleboeuf/ieimage.htm

Hope this helps

Jan
MS MVP - IE/OE
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[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

Make sure that the Kill-bit is _NOT_ set to Flash Control.
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/noflash.htm