Getting "X"d Out

Chip Fossa · Post by **Chip Fossa** » 11 Mar 2003 6:25 pm

Lately I've been recieving emails with web
links/attachments and when I go to open them up, I get one of those annoying borderlined
squares filled with nothing but "white" and a small red "x" in the upper left hand corner.
And sometimes the red x is a tricolor icon,
but still within a big-white-nothing-to-view
square.

I've lowered every possible security option I can find, especially DirectX, but all to no avail.

This is on the WindowsME PC. On the other hand, and on the other PC [WIN98], the same websites all are accessed.

Does anyone have a clue here to what is going on. This started about 2-3 weeks ago
and now seems to be happening more and more.
Very annoying.

Thanks all, ahead of schedule.

Chipper

David Reeves · Post by **David Reeves** » 11 Mar 2003 7:01 pm

Chipper,
That is what happens when you have an embedded image link that is directing to the wrong url, it ain't your computer, it is the fact that either the page author has improperly linked to the image, or the image is no longer where the link is directed to:

example -->

OR if you use outlook, check the preferences, you may have the options (under tools/options/security) set to "not allow attachments to be opened....."

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Chip Fossa · Post by **Chip Fossa** » 12 Mar 2003 4:10 am

Thanks David,
But why is it that one PC [win98] works,
and the other PC [winME] doesn't?
Both are using identical versions of
Outlook Express 6.0.

Chipper

David Reeves · Post by **David Reeves** » 12 Mar 2003 4:19 am

Not sure chip,
but did you check the options?
If you look at the top of window, click on Tools, then Options, and when the window opens you will a tab for security. Make sure you dont have it set to not open attachments..

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Chip Fossa · Post by **Chip Fossa** » 12 Mar 2003 4:24 am

I don't know David. I checked the 'options'
options, and all are set so they will not block anything.

Maybe OE on the ME pc is installed OK, but not completely - maybe installed with errors.
Maybe I should uninstall/reinstall OE6.

Chipper