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Are you pestered with the Red X in a little box instead of a graphic display

You are not the only one it happens to us all at sometime or other and below are a few reasons why

It could be the ʺShow Picturesʺ setting has been turned off in Internet Explorer.

Got to :‐

Internet Explorerʹs Tools menu, click Internet Options,

Then click the Advanced tab.

Make sure the Show Pictures check box is selected under Multimedia, Click OK.

Another fault may be your anti‐virus or firewall is a little too uppity.

Check to see if your anti‐virus or firewall software has a privacy setting to ʺDisable web bugsʺ.

Uncheck or turn it off.

(The term ʺweb bugʺ is a misnomer. They are really just harmless tiny images on a web page or email, sometimes used for tracking purposes.)

It is possible that your Internet Explorer security settings are set too high preventing you from accessing the web site which hosts the image.

Reset to the default security settings.:‐

In Internet Explorer,

Tools > Internet Options > Security > Default Level.

If youʹve installed the Windows XP/SP2 updates, and youʹre being bitten by the ʺBlock images and other external content in HTML e‐mailʺ securioptionty

This is automatically turned ON in Outlook Express after you install Windows XP/SP2.

Go to :‐

Tools > Options > Security.

UNCHECK the ʺBlock images and other external contentʺ check box, and click

OK. ( If this facility is displayed )

If you are the SENDER and others are complaining that they canʹt see images in emails you sent,

In Outlook Express, Click

Tools > Options > Send.

Under Mail Sending Format, select HTML,

Then press the HTML Settings button.

Make sure the ʺSend pictures with messagesʺ box is checked.

It maybe that the image is hosted on a website thatʹs busy, temporarily offline or defunct.

Or the image file on the website might have been renamed or deleted.

Try again later or ask the sender to send it as an attachment instead of an inline image.

And lastly remember the image is hosted on a website, and you may be not online. ( Broadband does drop out occasionally )

Make sure your internet connection is active and try again.

And if these fail don’t ask Lindburgh because he don’t know how to answer for the ficklty of the Net.