The dreaded red "x"

[Guest]

Hello group,

I'm one of those people having trouble with the little red "x" that shows up
where images should be in e-mails. I've made sure "Read messages in plain
text" and "block images and other external content in HTML e-mail" are both
unchecked. Pop-up blockers and ad blocker are turned off. No effect.

Someone in a previous thread suggested that the problem could lie at the
sender's end; i.e., failure to actually attach the images, or some sort. I
doubt this because one of the e-mails I'm having trouble with is a flight
confirmation from Orbitz. At the top of this e-mail is a row of little boxes
with the red "x" in them. I believe these images would show links to other
pages in the Orbitz site -- offers to rent a car or take a cruise, for
instance. Point is, I doubt Orbitz would have forgotten to attach these
images.

This morning I downloaded and set up Windows Live Mail and Thunderbird Mail.
Same problem in both of them.

Therefore, I suspect the problem lies not in Windows Mail, but elsewhere in
Vista. Can any of you experts (I certainly am not one of those) offer any
further guidance?

thanx,
Ron

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

Red X image displayed where the applet should be, applets won't run
http://www.java.com/en/download/help/redximage.xml

Free Software - Java Software for the desktop
http://java.com/en/index.jsp

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User

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Hello group,

I'm one of those people having trouble with the little red "x" that shows up
where images should be in e-mails. I've made sure "Read messages in plain
text" and "block images and other external content in HTML e-mail" are both
unchecked. Pop-up blockers and ad blocker are turned off. No effect.

Someone in a previous thread suggested that the problem could lie at the
sender's end; i.e., failure to actually attach the images, or some sort. I
doubt this because one of the e-mails I'm having trouble with is a flight
confirmation from Orbitz. At the top of this e-mail is a row of little boxes
with the red "x" in them. I believe these images would show links to other
pages in the Orbitz site -- offers to rent a car or take a cruise, for
instance. Point is, I doubt Orbitz would have forgotten to attach these
images.

This morning I downloaded and set up Windows Live Mail and Thunderbird Mail.
Same problem in both of them.

Therefore, I suspect the problem lies not in Windows Mail, but elsewhere in
Vista. Can any of you experts (I certainly am not one of those) offer any
further guidance?

thanx,
Ron

 

[Guest]

Thanks for those links, Unfortunately, I'm unable to find Java Plug-in.
Control Panel shows only "Java," no Plug-in panel. Am Iooking in the wrong
place?

Ron

 

[Gary VanderMolen]

WLM automatically copies your WM settings, so don't assume
this is a Vista issue.
Go back to Tools, Options, Security, and select Internet zone
rather than Restricted sites zone.

If that doesn't fix it, consider uninstalling third party security
software, especially anything McAfee or Norton.

Gary VanderMolen