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Pictures & Formatting not coming up

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by orlff

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I am working in Windows XP and MSN on a Presario 2100 laptop. When I log in on line the page does not display the formatting correctly and usually shows pictures as a white box with a red x. If I right click on the x the pictures will show and if I refresh the page the formatting will come up correctly. This happens no matter where I browse. I am also getting runtime errors asking if I want to debug.

I have spent numerous hours with compaq and MSN to no avail. Does anyone have any ideas.

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by sgt_shultz

we could duplicate those numerous hours. since you don't mention what you have tried. a few suggestions:
try ie repair - Start/Control Panel/Add remove software/ms internet explorer/repair
turn off script debugging in IE. Tools/Intenet Options/Advanced.
download latest service packs for xp and ie. also critical updates . if still no joy, take a look at non-critical updates and get the ones that look related to browser. it worked for me. good luck.

by orlff

Poster rated this answer. I need more focus on the reasons pictures would only show as a red x in a white box. I also get a lot of page not available or could not find messages when surfing.

by dklippert

Here's an article from MS
Pictures Are Not Displayed on Web Sites in Internet Explorer 283807
http://tinyurl.com/clml

As far as the debug problem goes, go to Tools>Internet Options and click on the Advanced tab.
Under Browsing put a check in "Disable script debugging"

by orlff

Poster rated this answer. I am more concerned with the white boxes with red x's showing instead of the pictures.

by w2ktechman

go to windowsupdate.microsoft.com and download the service pack for IE, after that is done then go back and grab the java runtime environment patch. Other installs should include the .NET framework

by orlff

Poster rated this answer. I have already downloaded the IE service pack and java. Where can I get the NET framework?

by inletgrovehs

The .NET framework is available for download from Microsoft. Most often this can be done using http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com ...

However, it is unlikely that not having the .NET framework would be causing problems. You need to check in your Internet Settings and check both your Security Settings and you Advanced Settings for anything that might be blocking pictures and formatting.

by orlff

Spent numerous hours on the phone with Compaq to no avail. Had to reinstall everything.

by orlff

I would like to thank everyone, however, nothing has worked. Numerous hours were spent with Microsoft, Compaq and MSN to no avail. I ended up reinstalling the operating system and all of the software.

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