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To: Doug Coughlan who wrote (26658)	4/18/2002 10:34:36 AM
From: Guy Gadois	Respond to of 110595

I get that problem several times a week. Reloading the page solves the problem most of the time. Don't know what the root cause is. Perhaps someone else has an idea. jon

To: Doug Coughlan who wrote (26658)	4/18/2002 7:32:10 PM
From: thecow	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110595

Doug Try this: To lower graphics acceleration for the video card: 1. Right-click the icon for My Computer and then choose Properties from the pop-up menu. 2. Click the Performance tab and then click Graphics. 3. Move the Hardware Acceleration slider bar one notch to the left. 4. Restart the computer. If this doesn't help lower it one notch further. Other places to look: Click Start, point to Settings, click Control Panel, and then double-click Internet Options. Click the Advanced tab, scroll to the Multimedia branch, and then click the Show Pictures check box to select it. Click OK. If it's happening everywhere right-click your my computer icon/properties/device manager and see if there is an exclamation mark or a red x on your video card. What operating system and what version browser are you using?

To: Doug Coughlan who wrote (26658)	4/19/2002 5:00:04 PM
From: Dan Duchardt	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110595

Doug, I think that most instances of what you describe are caused by the server you are accessing. I'm hardly an expert on this stuff, but images on a web page are files that should be resident on the server. Perhaps depending on your browser settings for image handling you should normally see a small icon in each image position before the images get loaded. These are place holders in the page you are downloading. Once the image is downloaded it appears in the space, but if those images cannot be located, or there is a problem transferring them (possibly a time out with no response from the server) the little icon changes to show the image did not transfer. As I recall, the "I can't get it" icon in IE is the red X you describe. In Netscape it looks the same as the place holder icon, except that it looks broken. I doubt any of this is due to problems with your system. Dan