Clear white boxes with a Red "X"

[Debbie]

Question:

just wondering, do you know why on my screen some of the things are just boxes with an "x" in the middle?

Like modify, post, delete,

and in the add tags I get a box with an x in it and the words, bold or Italicize, etcetera.


Answer:


I have checked the icons used for the Modify, post, delete, and the add tags and none of them seem to be out of order.

This being the case plus the fact that no one else has come to me with this problem, it could simply be the server not picking up the images. If you refresh your browser while you have the boxes with red "x's" showing, it should fix this. It resends the info to your browser and hopefully will complete the connection.

If not, you may right click on each red "x" and select "show picture" and the icon should load. This will take more effort so try the refresh button first.

If you continue to have a problem, please let me know and I will ask some more "techie" people than myself.

[VoyageurNorth]

refreshing and right click, display pictures didn't work either?

[Debbie]

I am working on an answer to this..."must ask the techie gods at work"

how many people are experiencing this problem?

Mrs. QP

[Debbie]

I talked to Mike (our computer guru at work). He said that sometimes when you visit sites online they will install spyware on your system without you knowing it. It can reset your browser to not read certain things that you used to be able to read.

He said to select Tools at the top of your internet explorer screen, select Internet Options, select Delete Cookies, then Delete Files.

This will clear your Temporary Internet Files that all of the places you have visited. It will not affect your favorites that you have marked and you will not lose any sites that you visit frequently. It will simply clear up the space on your computer and hopefully clear your problem.

He said also that if this is not the case that you should check your internet settings, soemthing there may be telling your computer not to view certain pictures, but that since this has not always been the case, the above should fix the problem.

Let me know...
Debbie

[GeoFisher]

Actually, this is probably caused by your browser not allowing certain things to execute on your computer.

If you are using IE 5.x or Above........Select Tools, Options, Security.

Set the security option to Medium or Custom, and make sure ActiveX and Java are enabled.

Be aware.......you are allowing programs to "execute" on your computer. By using these settings, any client side stuff that needs to execute will ask first, and then execute.

Later,


Geo