1. The article [Q283807] discusses a problem concerning the display of a red "X" or a placeholder - blue triangle, and green circle if Encoding has been set to anything but Western European (Windows).
2. When viewing a Web page which attempts to load an ActiveX control, a red X may be displayed instead, the ActiveX control may not be loaded, or the Web page may display an error message, [Q262380]:
3. Remember that any application installed that provide options for "add blocking" or "popup stopping" may prevent certain graphics viewing/display and appropriate settings should be set in the application itself. Please refer to the "Symantec" site to read their discusson concerning Norton products.
4. This Microsoft TechNet "appendix" provides detailed information for troubleshooting Microsoft
Sometimes when friends send me e-mail with pictures, when I open the e-mail all I get is a stupid box with an X in it! Yet sometimes it works correctly! How can I correct this defect? I'm running Win-2000 and OUtlook Express 6. Please reply directly to ky_que@yahoo.com if you know. Thank you. Feel free to post your answer here also, but please send e-mail, in case I don't get to log on for a while.
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