I'd like to know why sometimes pictures or images in websites or
e-mails are not shown in my computer screen. I only get a small square
with a tiny red X in it. Even if I right click with my mouse on the X
and then click on the command "display picture", nothing happens, I
keep getting the small red X. This happens just sometimes, not always,
but I haven't been able to find a pattern. This is so annoying, why is
this happening and what can I do to avoid it?

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Request for Question Clarification by tlspiegel-ga on 09 Jul 2004 13:56 PDT

Hi samuelb,

This is a common problem.  There's several ways to go about a 'fix'...
Try what is suggested in the Microsoft Knowledge base at:

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=283807

Let me know by clarification if this helped you.  

Best regards,
tlspiegel

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Clarification of Question by samuelb-ga on 12 Jul 2004 11:40 PDT

Hi tlspiegel,

Thanks a lot for your suggestion. I went to the MS knowledge base and
verified that the parameters of my PC matched those suggested by MS,
which was the case. As I mentioned in my original question, this
happens from time to time and I haven't been able to find a regular
pattern. I guess I'll have to wait until I get again one of those red
"X's" to try other fixes suggested in the MS support page.

To owain and dreamboat who also posted comments to my question, thank
you guys. Your suggestions are duly noted....

As well as the reasons given in the MS knowledge base, probably a very
common reason is that the picture is simply not available to your
computer. This may be because the picture is no longer at the location
(URL) addressed by the web page, or because the webserver is not
letting you have it (perhaps the website has exceeded its bandwidth
allowance and the server is refusing requests for pictures to cut down
on bandwidth use).

Does the problem happen with any particular website(s)?

Owain

This can also occur due to a lack of resources, and mean that your PC
simply needs a good hard drive cleaning, particularly if you are using
Windows 98 (but not ONLY if you are using Windows 98). Complete
instructions to clean up your hard drive:
www.theofficeexperts.com/cleanyourpc.htm