For somereason my IE does not show all the the pictures of a web site, even EE site as well. How can I start to troubleshoot it? The strange thing is when I right click on the "x" where the picture is supposed to be displayed it give a option of show picture and I click it and then it shows all the pictures from that page but I have to do that every page I go.
Thanks
jdff
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Recommend checking with WindowsUpdate for a Critical Security Patch announced today. Details here:
http://www.microsoft.com/t
Asta
Try these
a) Disable firewall and pop-up blocker
b) Open IE --> tools --> internet options --> advanced and restore defaults
c) Clear all temp internet files and cookies
d) Make IE as your default browser
e) go to tools --> Internet options --> privacy and allow third party cookies .Donot block the cookies
f) Update IE with all the latest SPs and fixes
If those suggestions donot work , try repairing or reinstalling IE
****************
Repair IE :
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Start > Run rundll32 setupwbv.dll,IE6Maintenanc
or
Start > Run rundll32.exe setupapi,InstallHinfSectio
Reinstall IE:
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Description of the Internet Explorer Repair Tool
http://support.microsoft.c
How to Reinstall or Repair Internet Explorer and Outlook Express in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.c
or
Repair Internet Explorer 6
http://www.theeldergeek.co
How to Uninstall Internet Explorer 6
http://support.microsoft.c
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"Always Ask Before Opening This Type of File" Setting Is Lost for .tif Files
http://support.microsoft.c
Cannot Open a Tagged Information File Format (TIFF) File in Internet Explorer
http://support.microsoft.c
Be sure to read the details in the links provided and the warnings, such as:
WARNING: If you use Registry Editor incorrectly, you may cause serious problems that may require you to reinstall your operating system. Microsoft cannot guarantee that you can solve problems that result from using Registry Editor incorrectly. Use Registry Editor at your own risk.
Ok Let's try to make it simple. I have all the updates, SPs, resolution 1280x1024, resources are ok.
The thing is when I got o the page www.t-mobile.com the little arrow on the left side of the screen where it says phones that little image does not display none of the arrows, it shows a red X inside a white square however when I right click on it and select show picture It shows correctel including all others pictures that were with the x thing.
Regards
jdff
This is the fault thing
http://www.tmobile.com/ima
Reagrds
jdff
I'm stuck, no idea why. I have no problems seeing/accessing and have changed all my settings accordingly. I have Internet Explorer as the default program to open .gif files; verified mime settings.
When I pasted the main link into an html validator service (free), below, it had problems. Most curious, indeed.
http://validator.w3.org/ch
I was able to see all of the arrows the first access, but were all red "X" on second access attempt. Chose View Picture on the first red arrow (right click), and all appeared without problems. My available resources high, plenty of RAM.
Will think more about this and return if additional insights come. Off to work.
Looks like we're getting close. It olny happens with gif files and I don't know how to explain but looks like is a kind of gif that is transparent like a map picture just to give the look on the background. Here's a couple sites and the respective images that did not show up.
http://www.download.com/
http://www.download.com/b.
http://www.bankofamerica.c
http://www.bankofamerica.c
http://www.experts-exchang
http://www.experts-exchang
http://www.experts-exchang
http://www.experts-exchang
jdff
Here's what I did, and it fixed the "intermittent" problem after all the tests run.
Searched my system for *.gif. Chose one, highlighted it and then SHIFT+menu to choose "open with", scrolled down to Internet Explorer, chose that and also chose "always use this program to open this file type". The default with all these iterations had reverted to XP's Picture and Fax Viewer, which may well have been the roadblock.
Closed all sessions, rebooted, tested all again and fine.
Asta
Try it the drastic way:
Make sure you have downloaded the IE6 setup files first, but not loaded. Backup your Favorites folder.
Get it here:
http://www.microsoft.com/w
Use IE Eradicator to completely delete Internet Explorer.
Get it here:
http://www.litepc.com/iera
Run IE6 setup to reinstall a fresh IE.
Zee
You mentioned that you have Windows 2000 with SP4; perhaps this link will be helpful to ensure that system requirements are met, in the event that's part of the roablock:
http://www.microsoft.com/w
Release Notes for Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 - also includes bug fixes and other key hyperlinks:
http://support.microsoft.c
Local Security Policy Values May Revert to the Values That Are Stored in SecEdit.sdb After You Install Windows 2000 Service Pack 4
http://support.microsoft.c
Web Pages with ActiveX Controls Are Not Displayed Properly
This behavior can occur if you do not have permission to write to the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE registry hive or the Downloaded Program Files folder on your computer.
RESOLUTION
To resolve this issue, contact your network administrator to obtain the appropriate permissions for downloading ActiveX controls.
The information in this article applies to:
Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
241163 How To Publish ActiveX Controls in Windows 2000 Using IntelliMirror
280579 HOWTO: Install ActiveX Controls in Internet Explorer Using the Active Directory
More here: http://support.microsoft.c
That's it from me, can't imagine what else to do to help you if these aren't helpful to you. Perhaps others will.
Good luck,
Asta
Before I go, I opened a Community Support question regarding the b.gif problem at this site to see if they have any clues.
Here's that link:
http://www.experts-exchang
I found this registry edit as a possible solution to images not being displayed.
If you want to try it don't forget to backup your registry BEFORE editing. You may want (or need) to undo it.
Ensure the following registry keys all exist (tested in Windows 2000).
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM
"10000"="c_10000.nls"
"10001"="c_10001.nls"
"10002"="c_10002.nls"
"10003"="c_10003.nls"
"10004"="c_10004.nls"
"10005"="c_10005.nls"
"10006"="c_10006.nls"
"10007"="c_10007.nls"
"10008"="c_10008.nls"
"10010"="c_10010.nls"
"10017"="c_10017.nls"
"10021"="c_10021.nls"
"10029"="c_10029.nls"
"10079"="c_10079.nls"
"10081"="c_10081.nls"
"10082"="c_10082.nls"
"1026"="c_1026.nls"
"1047"="c_1047.nls"
"1140"="c_1140.nls"
"1141"="c_1141.nls"
"1142"="c_1142.nls"
"1143"="c_1143.nls"
"1144"="c_1144.nls"
"1145"="c_1145.nls"
"1146"="c_1146.nls"
"1147"="c_1147.nls"
"1148"="c_1148.nls"
"1149"="c_1149.nls"
"1250"="c_1250.nls"
"1251"="c_1251.nls"
"1252"="c_1252.nls"
"1253"="c_1253.nls"
"1254"="c_1254.nls"
"1255"="c_1255.nls"
"1256"="c_1256.nls"
"1257"="c_1257.nls"
"1258"="c_1258.nls"
"1361"="c_1361.nls"
"20000"="c_20000.nls"
"20001"="c_20001.nls"
"20002"="c_20002.nls"
"20003"="c_20003.nls"
"20004"="c_20004.nls"
"20005"="c_20005.nls"
"20105"="c_20105.nls"
"20106"="c_20106.nls"
"20107"="c_20107.nls"
"20108"="c_20108.nls"
"20127"="c_20127.nls"
"20261"="c_20261.nls"
"20269"="c_20269.nls"
"20273"="c_20273.nls"
"20277"="c_20277.nls"
"20278"="c_20278.nls"
"20280"="c_20280.nls"
"20284"="c_20284.nls"
"20285"="c_20285.nls"
"20290"="c_20290.nls"
"20297"="c_20297.nls"
"20420"="c_20420.nls"
"20423"="c_20423.nls"
"20424"="c_20424.nls"
"20833"="c_20833.nls"
"20838"="c_20838.nls"
"20866"="c_20866.nls"
"20871"="c_20871.nls"
"20880"="c_20880.nls"
"20905"="c_20905.nls"
"20924"="c_20924.nls"
"20932"="c_20932.nls"
"20936"="c_20936.nls"
"20949"=""
"21025"="c_21025.nls"
"21027"="c_21027.nls"
"21866"="c_21866.nls"
"28591"="c_28591.nls"
"28592"="c_28592.nls"
"28593"="c_28593.nls"
"28594"="c_28594.nls"
"28595"="c_28595.nls"
"28596"="c_28596.nls"
"28597"="c_28597.nls"
"28598"="c_28598.nls"
"28599"="c_28599.nls"
"28605"="c_28605.nls"
"37"="c_037.nls"
"38598"="c_28598.nls"
"437"="c_437.nls"
"500"="c_500.nls"
"51949"=""
"50220"=""
"50221"=""
"50222"=""
"50225"=""
"50227"=""
"50229"=""
"52936"=""
"57002"=""
"57003"=""
"57004"=""
"57005"=""
"57006"=""
"57007"=""
"57008"=""
"57009"=""
"57010"=""
"57011"=""
"708"="c_708.nls"
"720"="c_720.nls"
"737"="c_737.nls"
"775"="c_775.nls"
"850"="c_850.nls"
"852"="c_852.nls"
"855"="c_855.nls"
"857"="c_857.nls"
"858"="c_858.nls"
"860"="c_860.nls"
"861"="c_861.nls"
"862"="c_862.nls"
"863"="c_863.nls"
"864"="c_864.nls"
"865"="c_865.nls"
"866"="c_866.nls"
"869"="c_869.nls"
"870"="c_870.nls"
"874"="c_874.nls"
"875"="c_875.nls"
"932"="c_932.nls"
"936"="c_936.nls"
"949"="c_949.nls"
"950"="c_950.nls"
"ACP"="1252"
"OEMCP"="437"
"MACCP"="10000"
"OEMHAL"="vgaoem.fon"
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM
"932"="F040-F9FC"
"936"="AAA1-AFFE,F8A1-FEFE
"949"="C9A1-C9FE,FEA1-FEFE
"950"="FA40-FEFE,8E40-A0FE
"Unicode"="E000-F8FF"
If you don't want to manually type all this copy it into a file with extension .reg and double click on it.
Good luck.
Zee
How to Back Up the Whole Registry
To back up the whole registry, use the Backup utility to create an Emergency Repair Disk (ERD), or back up the System State (which includes the registry, the COM+ Class Registration database, and your boot files).
Take a look here:
HOW TO: Backup, Edit, and Restore the Registry in Windows 2000
http://support.microsoft.c
and here:
How to Create an Emergency Repair Disk in Windows 2000
http://support.microsoft.c
Sorry for not posting, but long articles that deserve a print.
Zee
It's looking more and more (to me) like a site-design problem, not with your IE 6... found this in the archives:
The following two examples WILL NOT work.
EXAMPLE: Image Tag Using Absolute URL
<IMG SRC="http://www.your_domai
EXAMPLE: Image Tag Using Relative URL With "/"
<IMG SRC="/images/spacer.gif">
<IMG SRC="../images/spacer.gif"
The following example WILL work.
EXAMPLE: Image Tag Using Relative URL Without "/"
<IMG SRC="images/spacer.gif">
More here: http://www.experts-exchang
Astaec, what It's really funny is that my wife's computer runing XP Home SPk1 works juts fine on the website www.tmobile.com and my computer It's getting worse on certain pages and I still haveing to right click on It and selection show image this is the only way right now... It's really a pain.
Thanks
jdff
Well astaec It seams to me that It's not a issue of refreshing the page I can go to thse same site www.t-mobile.com refresh the page 5-10 times and still not showing the images I'll have to right click on It and show image. But thanks anyways for your effort you did a great job.
Reagrds
jdff
Good thought, Zee, but that hadn't worked, given I've said this:
Comment from astaec
Date: 02/13/2004 11:47AM PST
WOW, this worked for me on the test systems I've recreated the problems on. Within IE - View - Encoding - Choose AUTO SELECT. Advise.
I've also changed my various security and cookie-related settings to reproduce the problem; it remains "intermittent", and strange.
Keep those ideas coming. ":0)
Long shot:
Reinstall the Java plug-in from here:
http://www.java.com/en/dow
Zee
Transitioning from the Microsoft Java Virtual Machine
October 7, 2003
http://www.microsoft.com/m
MSJVM Transition FAQ
November 26, 2003
Here are some answers to some frequently asked questions about transitioning from the Microsoft® Java Virtual Machine (MSJVM).
http://www.microsoft.com/m
I've been reading this transition guide (PDF), very informative, and wanted to share it here as well.
http://download.microsoft.
Thank you as well, and I agree with Zee. If we did not help you resolve this, please feel free to request a refund and PAQ here:
http://www.experts-exchang
and include this question's QID. I'll keep this "active" in my mind in the hopes a solution will be found and will add it if that's the case. It may help others.
Best wishes,
Asta
Thank you.
Do you happen to have NetZip installed? Found that "could" be a problem on older versions of IE (just in case).
We are still awaiting some insight form this site's Engineering team on the question I posted here (EE Bugs); about the b.gif which I was able to get the red "X" result on, though intermittently.
You did go through these troubleshooting steps?
http://support.microsoft.c
This is the item in EE Bugs
http://www.experts-exchang
This may be interesting:
Are you using a Firewall or "filtering software"?
Several of these are known to cause problems:
1) Zone Alarm Pro [Private Header Info - enabled?]
Reset "Ad Blocking" and "Cookie Control" to "medium"
"Mobile Code Control" = Off
2) Symantec (ISS\NIS)[Enable Browser Privacy - enabled]
Active Content - "Allow All Script To Execute"
Problem: some sites cannot detect the 128 bit encryption
Solution: Completely remove and reinstall NIS.
[more info]
Web Pages Display a Red "X" Instead of a Graphic
http://support.microsoft.c
3) Any "ad blocking" software that blocks "http_referer" or contains entries that are blocking access to the desired site.
4) HOSTS file that contains entries that are blocking access to the desired site.
Symptom: Page cannot be displayed / Cannot find server or DNS Error
In the event you can not access a site or missing graphics and you believe it may be due to an entry in the HOSTS file.
You can use a simple batch file to rename the HOSTS file "on-the-fly".
Download: RenHosts.bat
http://www.mvps.org/winhel
[more info]
Problems Using Internet Explorer with Incorrect Hosts File
http://support.microsoft.c
5) Cookie blocking software that are blocking "required" Cookies.
6) Pop-up blockers that are stripping header\url info.
7) WebWasher Standard Filter/URL Filter
[more info]
http://www.generation.net/
I'm quoting Mike Burgess [MVP Windows Shell\User].
I hope, in some way, this helps you.
Zee
One FINAL test I did, worked to resolve the problem I could recreate as noted earlier using Windows XP Pro, IE 6 with SP1.
IN IE - tools - internet options - advanced - Microsoft VM, had Java Console unchecked during testing, reproduced the red X fiasco. Went to the Sun Java link below to TEST Java VM:
http://www.java.com/en/dow
Reproduced red X for my OS
Re-enabled (checked Java Console enabled) .... closed IE retested and all passed.
":0) Asta
Thanks for the update, jdff. What is interesting to me is that on the one system where I reproduced this anomoly (red "X") on this site, in particular; it continues to be an intermittent problem. I'm still working to understand and resolve it and have two open items at this site in that regard. One in Windows XP and one in EE Bugs. The only time I've seen the red "X" problem is on this site and specifically to two images; upper right-hand screen, for a b.gif image, and anywhere else that the little certification.gif image appears. Both return a red "X" until I choose "show picture" and they're properly drawn/reflected. I've updated this test system with the most current Sun Java VM and that is my default.
My next step will be to run the directX troubleshooter and see what I can find in that regard.
You may choose to monitor my progress in these other two questions (or subscribe to):
http://www.experts-exchang
http://www.experts-exchang
Asta
This issue has bothered me quite a lot as a web developer, and today I decided to fix it... My current solution is to check the image's complete state, like this:
...
function init() {
for (var i=0; i<document.images.length; i++) {
if (!document.images[i].compl
document.images[i].src = document.images[i].src;
}
}
...
<body onLoad="init()">
...
Which should work pretty well. Now all you have to do is - talk to T-Mobile and ask them to insert the script ;)
Unlike you, I only see this problem I managed to reproduce at this site, and it is only intermittent and specific to the b.gif and the certification.gif items. I've also still got the question open in EE Bugs, and have also sent this link and my others to another Expert who "may" be able to shed some light on this problem. I'm really befuddled (baffled), to say the least.
I keep going back to this resource, convinced the answer lies there; excerpt:
When you open a Web page, one or more pictures (graphics or images) may not be displayed. Instead, a red X, or a placeholder, may appear in place of the images.
CAUSE
This behavior can occur if one of the following conditions is true:
The Web page includes an image type that is not supported by Internet Explorer.
The Show Pictures check box is not selected on the Advanced tab of the Internet Options dialog box, or the Toggle Images.exe Web accessory was used to disable images in Internet Explorer.
The image is displayed based on a script, ActiveX control, cookie, Java applet, or HTTP referral information, and your computer or network is configured to block one or more of these features. For example, you may have Internet Explorer or Symantec Corporation's Norton Internet Security (NIS) or Norton Personal Firewall (NPF) 2002 configured to block one or more of these features.
Internet Explorer cannot determine the character set (also called code page or encoding) that is used by the Web page, or a file or registry key required to display the Web page with the appropriate character set may be missing or damaged. By default, Internet Explorer uses the character set that is specified in the HTTP content type that is returned by the server, the character set specified by the meta element in the Web page document, or your Encoding preference if no HTTP content type is returned by the server and no meta element is specified in the Web page document
More -> http://support.microsoft.c
Found a solution that worked for me at http://www.dslreports.com/
[In summary this is what it says:
The manual way:
- Open the registry
- Browse to: \HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWA
- Delete the 'http', 'https' and 'ftp' (leave the 'mk' key)
May have to restart PC or IE for changes to take effect (I had to). ]
Joe
Did it fix the problems for you, Joe? I'm at work, but will check my test system about this as well, where the problem was reproduced when I was in troubleshooting mode with you. Thanks for posting this, there are a lot of others in this boat and if it helps you, jdff and yours truly, we can share it with them as well.
Yes the registry edit worked for me - however the problem on my PC not quite the same as jdff's (see below). Also I have NO IDEA what the implications of this registry changes are!!!
I'm developing an ASP.NET application; it searches Index Server & displays a list of results. Against each result it displays an icon (*.ICO file). When I was testing, some of the icons where displayed as a square containing a red "x" - I could display the true icon by right clicking and selecting "Show Picture". So it's similar to (but not quite the same as ) the problem experienced by jdff.
I'm using XP Professional with IE6 sp2.
Joe
So far no red "X" on the test system where I replicated the environment that plaged jdff. I'm THRILLED. I backed up the registry and promptly rebooted after deleting the keys. Looking good. I think I'm missing my red "X" issues (NOT).
Thank you. I'll share this with others who have hit this roadblock, as well as in the EE Bugs question I had posted.
Please comment in the question below I created for you to collect well-deserved points.
http://www.experts-exchang
":0) Asta
Thank you very much, COBOLdinosaur. Yes, indeed, I've posted a Points for question to joed912, awaiting Joe's comments here:
http://www.experts-exchang
This has been a problem for some time and the solution from Joe has resolved it for us and is just fantastic!
":0) Asta
Re. the Red X problem; perhaps insightful for you as it was for me:
http://java.com/en/downloa
Asta
I had the same problem and I had an interesting hour trying to apply the tips given here, but the thing that worked for me was:
Changing the registry key:
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.jpg]
Value: "Content Type"
from ="image/jpeg"
to "image/jpg"
You may also want to check the content type values in :
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.jpeg] and [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.gif]
CAUTION: Changing the registry may cause your computer to crash completely. Proceed with extreme care.
Interesting, CarlBormans, thanks for adding your fix here.
When I go through all my file type associations and use the right-click on any of the files, choose the Open With and navigate to my application of choice for all jpeg, jpg, gif and others, and select the Always Choose This Program to Open this file type, close reboot and test ... has always worked. Current environment is XP Pro SP2 IE as the default of choice.
Thanks again.
Asta
I think you need to re-install Microsoft Virtual Machine. I had the same problem where it would work on some machines but not others and I re-installed MVM and all pages are working properly now. MVM is getting hard to find as a result of SUN's lawsuit against Microsoft but if you do a search you should be able to find it.
ACE
Business Accounts
Answer for Membership
by: blue_zeePosted on 2004-02-02 at 00:15:07ID: 10250961
It's a long one, you should take a look here:
Pictures Are Not Displayed on Web Sites in Internet Explorer
http://support.microsoft.c
Good luck,
Zee