‘X’ vs Picture, and the ‘X’ is Winning

Sometimes, when someone emails me a picture within an email (instead of an attached file that I need to open), instead of the picture I get a little red ‘x’.  How do I get rid of the red ‘x’ and see the picture?

 

The red ‘x’ is still fairly common in web browsers and email providers, even though most email providers support ’embedded images’ (pictures within the email, instead of as an attachment that you have to open separately).

For an emailed picture:

If your email provider is having trouble displaying the photo, and all you’re seeing is a red ‘x’, try the following:

– Look towards the top of the email message itself.  There may be a window that asks you to indicate whether the email provider should download the embedded images.  Usually, this window will ask if you would like the email provider to download embedded images automatically in the future (usually with a ‘do not ask me again’ click box).

– If there is no window as above, try clicking the ‘Forward’ button on your email.  This sometimes makes the embedded images appear.  It’s not the most straight-forward way to see the picture, but it works (although just temporarily).  You can also ask your contact that initially sent you the email with the embedded picture, to resend the email.  Sometimes the red ‘x’ was just a fluky present from the world wide web, and it now miraculously works.

For a picture/graphic on a website:

– Sometimes web pages simply load with errors, so hit the ‘Refresh’ button on the address bar.

– Sometimes your web browser or security software has blocked the image.  If this is what is happening, try right-clicking the image.  This should open a window that offers you the option that will allow you to view it.  Some browsers will offer you a reason as to why it blocked the image…you might want to consider this before you view it.

– Sometimes, the website’s server is down.  To test this, try going to a different website to see if the images there are also affected.

– If your browser isn’t showing any images, from any website, go to ‘Settings’ in your web browser, and make sure the ‘Show Pictures’ option is checked, and hit ‘Apply’.  After doing this, hit “Refresh’ on the address bar.

This should solve your problems.  Well, with missing images and/or graphics anyways.  The rest of your problems may take a paid professional.  I know mine do…