Hi All,

On some sites, I only see a boxed red "X" where I should be seeing the graphic or pic. Doesn't seem to depend on any common factor that I can spot - even my own avatar on ThaiVisa showed only as an "X" a couple of times although other avatars on the same thread page were normal.

Prime example is

http://www.expedia.co.uk/

but I get it sometimes with thumbnails and full-sized pics on other sites. I have pop-up blocking in place, but I doubt that's relevant to embedded graphics & pics?

Any thoughts? Thanks in advance.

XP Pro SP2

Zone Alarm Pro

AVG 7.0

PestPatrol

Sounds like you have your browser set to only display cached images. Therefore, any images you've already seen and have in your harddisk cache are displayed. Anything else is not loaded and not displayed.

Sounds like you have your browser set to only display cached images.  Therefore, any images you've already seen and have in your harddisk cache are displayed.  Anything else is not loaded and not displayed.

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Thanks, FF, but I don't think so - images are displayed normally on most sites (including ones I go to for the first time) and I regularly empty the cache.

Since I first posted, I turned up a Microsoft Support article

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/283807/?sd=RMVP

and I've worked my way through the basic changes, but no success yet

If you're using Firefox browser.......

Tools........options........advanced........web features..........untick For originating websites only

Cheers

If you're using Firefox browser.......

Tools........options........advanced........web features..........untick For originating websites only

Cheers

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Sorry, should have added to the specs - I'm using IE6

Steve2UK,

FF is so much better

Steve2UK,

FF is so much better

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Appreciated. Had FF installed but had to lose it because of some other problems. I'll try it again.

Steve2UK,

FF is so much better

Funny, the image in this post shows as a 'red X' on my machine (XpPro IE6)

Yeah !!

just opened my homepage today "msn.com" and it is the same story,pics are X,ed out, checked my settings and all seems ok. must be that invisible firewall we all have ,lol also does anybody know how to open a web page big-boys.com or gprime.net when i click on a foto media player goes black and cannot stream the funny vid. thank you in advance for any replies.

PS, can pm me if theres a problem putting in the forum, dont worry about the name of the site ,open it you'll understand (small funny videos)

I read about your man putting his pc in the fridge nearly pissed myself lol

great forum!

Dublish.

Steve2UK,

FF is so much better

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Funny, the image in this post shows as a 'red X' on my machine (XpPro IE6)

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Same just happened to me - I saw it normally about 2 hours ago and haven't changed a thing since?!?!

You can right click on the X and then select "show picture". It means that your browser timed out before it managed to download the pic.

Steve2UK,

FF is so much better

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Funny, the image in this post shows as a 'red X' on my machine (XpPro IE6)

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Same just happened to me - I saw it normally about 2 hours ago and haven't changed a thing since?!?!

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Just now....

I saw it an x, clicked 'show me'

Or maybe this forum program?

It showed.

Hit refresh

x again

I've simply never had that happen before, in my memory. I've seen an x sometimes over profile graphics here, but those were always 404's because I'd pick the url from Propeties and paste it into a browser...

Weird shit on XP-Pro or IE6?

Or this forum program?

Or maybe the graphic being interlaced, or an 87a, or some combination in the original form?

I downloaded it, opened it in animation Shop, resaved it, uploaded it to my site..

No x for me here, but the one above is still x until I manually open it again... weird

After refreshing the page, the one above shows x, while the one in this post remains open and visible

How strange it all seems...

Sorry, last post..

Then.....

I put the original url http://imagehost.biz/ims/pictes/209130.gif in my browser. the pic showed the first time, then after refreshing, showed this

Something imagehost.biz has set up?

I had red Xs on some sites with IE6 too, but it was because I changed the security settings.

Try changing security back to medium, with everything else defaulted, and see what happens.

I downloaded it, opened it in animation Shop, resaved it, uploaded it to my site..

No x for me here, but the one above is still x until I manually open it again... weird

After refreshing the page, the one above shows x, while the one in this post remains open and visible

How strange it all seems...

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That particular gif was posted via (SmileyXtra3.1) http://www.smileyxtra.co.uk/

Which is a Firefox extension.