Still getting red x's

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Rubyjack

Until recently, I would only get the occasional red x. But in the last week
or so I have been getting a lot of them! This occurs on sites where I
previously had no problems. When I check the properties, they are primarily
..gif images with an occasional .cgi image.

After doing a Google search on "Red X's," I found two common fixes. One is
to go to the Tools>Options>Advanced>Multi-media settings and check "show
pictures." Mine was not checked, so I checked it. It didn't help. BTW, I
was not getting red x's with it unchecked.

Second fix, go into the registry and change (If I get correctly)
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT, check the .gif and .jpg settings and make sure they are
set to "images/.gif(or .jpeg). They were correctly set.

Thanks,
Dan Hacker
 
Hi Rubyjack,
Do you have any Firewall software installed? Some have productivity and
privacy settings that can block 'images' that come from known tracking and
advertising sources.

Images can be created on web servers and pushed to your computer and used to
track your surfing habits (no such thing as a cgi image.... this is a
tracking trick)

Lastly try clearing your Temporary Internet Files folder (General tab of
Internet Options) and check how much disk space you have allocated (follow
the recommendations, more is not necessarialy better)

Regards.
 
Thanks for the reply.

Checked my firewall settings, and they don't seem to be a problem. Then I
checked my cache setting-100MB. Neither of these have been changed
recently.


Puzzled,
Dan Hacker


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Rob ^_^ said:
Hi Rubyjack,
Do you have any Firewall software installed? Some have productivity and
privacy settings that can block 'images' that come from known tracking and
advertising sources.

Images can be created on web servers and pushed to your computer and used to
track your surfing habits (no such thing as a cgi image.... this is a
tracking trick)

Lastly try clearing your Temporary Internet Files folder (General tab of
Internet Options) and check how much disk space you have allocated (follow
the recommendations, more is not necessarialy better)

Regards.
Rubyjack said:
Until recently, I would only get the occasional red x. But in the last
week
or so I have been getting a lot of them! This occurs on sites where I
previously had no problems. When I check the properties, they are
primarily
.gif images with an occasional .cgi image.

After doing a Google search on "Red X's," I found two common fixes. One
is
to go to the Tools>Options>Advanced>Multi-media settings and check "show
pictures." Mine was not checked, so I checked it. It didn't help. BTW,
I
was not getting red x's with it unchecked.

Second fix, go into the registry and change (If I get correctly)
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT, check the .gif and .jpg settings and make sure they are
set to "images/.gif(or .jpeg). They were correctly set.

Thanks,
Dan Hacker
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Hi Jack,

Can you give a sample web address. The only reason some sites do not show
images is that they are being blocked by some third-party software.
As I said there is no such thing as cgi images, these are what are called
tracking images... the server records when they are loaded by your browser
and they are used to collect usage statistics for web sites.

R U using spybot S&D?

Regards.
Rubyjack said:
Thanks for the reply.

Checked my firewall settings, and they don't seem to be a problem. Then I
checked my cache setting-100MB. Neither of these have been changed
recently.


Puzzled,
Dan Hacker
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Rubyjack said:
Until recently, I would only get the occasional red x. But in the last week
or so I have been getting a lot of them! This occurs on sites where I
previously had no problems. When I check the properties, they are primarily
.gif images with an occasional .cgi image.

After doing a Google search on "Red X's," I found two common fixes. One is
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to go to the Tools>Options>Advanced>Multi-media settings
and check "show pictures." Mine was not checked, so I checked it.
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That's a good clue. If the Red-X were really image files and you didn't
have Show Pictures checked the icon would have been different.
E.g. instead of a Red-X in the small box you would have seen what is
known as an image placeholder. It has the same size and shape of a Red-X
but contains 3 geometric shapes with different colors. When you right-click
on an image placeholder you can request Show Picture then in order to
download and display just that one image. If that download then fails,
you may see a real Red-X.
It didn't help. BTW, I was not getting red x's with it unchecked.
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So that explains why it didn't help. They must not represent image files,
unless you are not distinguishing between image placeholders and Red-X.


I agree with Rob. If you give us a URL and tell us where you are seeing
Red-X someone may be able to give you more ideas. Alternatively if you
have access to a web server you could upload a PrintScrn of the problem
symptom. Use Paint to convert it to something other than .bmp though.
E.g. provided the resolution of the PrintScrn is good enough we could read
the URL in your Address bar.

Alternatively, you could try diagnosing the Red-X further yourself.
For example, use View Source (Alt-V,c) to show you the HTML which
is responsible for generating the images, etc. Usually you can use the
text that you see surrounding an image and especially any text you may
see when you hold your mouse pointer over one (called Alt Image text)
as useful context to be sure that the code you think is responsible for
causing the Red-X is really just that.

OTOH if it really is a Red-X for a simple image you may be able to use
right-click, Properties and extract the full URL for it from there.
E.g. doubleclick on the Address (URL) text, press Ctrl-a, Ctrl-c
and then paste it into the Address bar. If you then press Enter you would
be requesting just that image to be rendered and if it couldn't be rendered
as an image IE would then give you a better clue than a Red-X as to why not.


Good luck

Robert Aldwinckle
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EUREKA!!!!! I just love this NG.

Thanks to Rob^_^ and Robert Aldwinckle for their help, but it was PA Bear
that led me down the primrose path--er, correct path.

Although Rob did mention my firewall, it was PA that gave me the website
that pointed to the exact spot I needed to go. It seems that while
tinkering with my firewall, I set it to "block private headers." Normally I
annotate changes like this, but this one got past me. In any event, I
unclicked this setting and voila-the red x's had disappeared.


Thanks guys,
Dan
 
YW, Dan, and thanks for posting back.
EUREKA!!!!! I just love this NG.

Thanks to Rob^_^ and Robert Aldwinckle for their help, but it was PA Bear
that led me down the primrose path--er, correct path.

Although Rob did mention my firewall, it was PA that gave me the website
that pointed to the exact spot I needed to go. It seems that while
tinkering with my firewall, I set it to "block private headers." Normally
I
annotate changes like this, but this one got past me. In any event, I
unclicked this setting and voila-the red x's had disappeared.


Thanks guys,
Dan
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