jpegs not showing up in internet explorer 6

[kevb99]

One of the laptops in my office is having trouble viewing jpegs in internet explorer 6 sp1. The jpeg's show up as red x's on the web sites. Not all websites are affected. I have tried deleting all temp internet files and cookies with out any success in fixing the problem. Under Add Remove Programs, when I choose to remove the program, I use the option to repair the installation, and this fixes the problem for a day or two. No other computer in the office has this problem. Any idea's?

 

[tomgg]

Hello KevB99: Maybe look into this>> If the URL for the JPEG image contains a usernameassword string, you may be limited to saving the graphic as a bitmap. To save the image as a JPEG, Microsoft suggests copying the image from Temporary Internet Files or copying the URL and editing it to remove the username: password.


This problem can also occur when your Temporary Internet Files folder has reached the size limit specified in Tools | Options. In that case, simply clear the Temporary Internet Files. Another possibility is that you have checked Do not save encrypted pages to disk on the Advanced tab of Tools | Options, and the picture is on a page reached by a secure https:// connection.

 

[gargouille]

Hi tomgg:
I wouldn't cache encrypted pages (where I'd just filled out my credit card # in a form) on my hard drive...
probably totally paranoid, but I still wouldn't do it to enable seeing other than little red xes when a website doesn't fill in. Just my opinion.

kevb99:
I'd try uninstalling IE6 completely then reinstalling it.
If your OS is Win98, I'd try overwriting the install of the OS...in lieu of previous suggestion. Browser/OS intricately woven...I've fixed things in either by reinstalling the mate of the pair.