Inserted links on a webpage appear as a red x

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Dave

When I and three colleagues visit the
http://wwp.greenwichmeantime.com/gmt-timestamp.htm website the GMT Time
Stamp GMT/UTC shows as a red cross in an image download place holder. I
followed through to the origin of this insert http://tycho.usno.navy.mil/
and found that the clock had been designed around Netscape. It is an
animated GIF clock program ("Content-type: multipart/x-mixed-replace"), it
will operate with Netscape and Mozilla browsers but not with the Microsoft
Browser (IE). Apparently, "Microsoft chose not to support server-push
technology in its Internet Explorer (as of May 2003)."
Can/will this technology be added to future upgrades of IE?
Dave
 
Hi Dave :-)

You might try the following and see if it helps:

Animated GIFs don't work:
http://www.mvps.org/inetexplorer/answers.htm#ani_gif

Because of a court decision Microsoft will stop all Java support after 30
SEP 04 and is recommending that you use the Sun JRE:
http://www.java.com/en/download/help/win_manual.jsp

or..........

You can get the new Sun Java J2SE RunTimes or SDK here:
http://java.sun.com/downloads/index.html (all versions - select using the
dropdown)

or here: http://www.java.com/en/download/windows_automatic.jsp

Sun also offers an automatic download and install of the 1.4 Java plug-in
here: http://java.sun.com/getjava/download.html

or.........

Download the Microsoft Java VM for Windows XP here
http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com

Or you can download it from one of these locations:

http://www.download.windowsupdate.c..._CD24D109B33421DB6728FBDC80C9F572EB7A3865.exe
or
http://ftp.uni-stuttgart.de/pub/systems/win95/fixes/VM/msjavx86.exe
or
ftp://ftp.uq.edu.au/mirror/microsoft/patches/winxp/javavm_3319_MIL_4275/MSJavx86.exe

and..........

You can test whether Java is working on your machine at the following sites:

http://www.pocoso.de/pocoso052.html
http://www.clan.lib.ri.us/clan/javatest.html (This one may be down)
http://www.fitwise.com/testjava.asp (both 1.0 and 1.1 and what's installed)
http://coglab.wadsworth.com/support/browsercheck.html
http://www.ces.clemson.edu/webct/browser_detect.html

and you can test Javascript here:
http://www.dancespots.net/browsertest.htm


Click Start, Run and type this command
REGSVR32 JSCRIPT

You can try updating your scripting engine. The latest scripting engine can
be found at:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/downloads/list/webdev.asp

For 2000 and XP go to
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...43-7e4b-4622-86eb-95a22b832caa&DisplayLang=en

Do you have the JavaScript plug-in installed?
http://java.sun.com/webapps/download/AutoDL?BundleId=9567

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

You might also try installing the Windows Script 5.6 for Windows 2000 and XP
if you have not already done so. The install includes a new jscript.dl
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...43-7E4B-4622-86EB-95A22B832CAA&displaylang=en

It may, however, be Shockwave Flash related, try the following:
There is a FAQ about the SWF plugin there.
http://candystand.com/contactus/contact.aspx?m=/contactus/contact_us&cat1=254&cat2=256

Remove Flash, including all registry entries for it. Reboot then go to
Macromedia's site. Since it is Flash based you should get the dialog to
install Flash. Use the removal information at their site here:
http://www.macromedia.com/support/flash/ts/documents/playerfaq.htm#remove

also...

Macromedia Flash Player Download Center Windows
http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash
and
Macromedia's Support & Training
http://www.macromedia.com/support/

or.........

Enable Flash in SP2

Internet Options> Advanced> Security> Check "Allow active content to run in
files on My Computer"

You will, of course, be giving up some of the security provided by SP2.

If these steps do not resolve your problem, please post back to this thread
with the details and any error messages.

Hope this helps

Jan :)
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Hi Dave :-)
Hi Jan Il,
I tried installing the Java software but it didn't improve things. Have you
tried to go to http://wwp.greenwichmeantime.com/gmt-timestamp.htm, if so
could you see the Universal Time Clock (UTC) on that Time Stamp site? I
know of four computers with XP and IE6 which are unable to see this clock.
Click to expand...

I have gone to the site a couple of times, just to be sure things are
working. I do not see a clock face, but, I have no problem seeing the time
stamp numbers, such as 16:15:32. However, I have WinME, IE6 SP1. I do
notice that the time does not progress by seconds or minutes as they perhaps
are meant to do, but, otherwise, there does not appear to be any problem
viewing all the images on the page.

You have not stated which version of Windows and IE you are using.

Jan :)
Smiles are meant to be shared,
that's why they're so contagious.
 
Hi Dave :-)

Yes, see the red X. You might try the following and see if it helps:

Clear your IE cache.

Safely Delete the Temporary Internet Files
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/delcache.htm

also try...................

Change 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

Within Internet Explorer, click on Tools -> Internet Options ->Advanced Tab.

Within the Security category, check the box next to "Allow active content to run in
files on My Computer". Click Apply or OK.

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.

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

Pictures Are Not Displayed on Web Sites in Internet Explorer
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=283807

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

Be sure to check your AV and firewall for any ad or popup blockers

If these steps do not resolve your problem, please post back to this thread
with the details and any error messages.

Hope this helps

Jan :)
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that's why they're so contagious.

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Hi Jan, I have XP SP.2 with IE.6.
Jan there should be two digital clocks, the top one is linked to an atomic clock somewhere and should be continuously updating, the lower one reads your computer time at the time of access (can be Refreshed). You can see from the attached screen shot that the upper digital clock is showing as a 'missing picture frame' on my display.
Dave
 
Everyone keeps claiming this is a Zone Alarm issue. But I contend it is an
IE, WinXP SP2 issue. Before I installed SP2, everything worked fine. I've
checked everything and none of the Zone Alarm items makes this problem go
away. I've even turned off ZA and the problem persisted.

Oddly, Mozilla Firefox didn't have this problem initially until I upgraded
it to 1.0PR. So this is really a WinXP SP2 problem!!! Can anyone figure
this out?

Art
 
Sorry Dave, just wanted to rant on this cause everyone else keeps saying that
it is to me.

Yes, this is purely a WinXP SP2 issue!

Art
 
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