# Disappearing Graphics, Buttons in Explorer **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [October 16, 2002, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappearing-graphics-buttons-in-explorer/132503 "2002-10-16T13:40:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![OxyMoron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e9a140/32.png) [@OxyMoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OxyMoron)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2002, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappearing-graphics-buttons-in-explorer/132503/1 "2002-10-16T13:40:08Z")
Every once in a while - although it seems more regularly lately - Explorer stops displaying graphics. Lots of little x’s burst forth across the page, rendering some websites all-but-unusable. But it’s only _some_ websites. SDMB? Fine. National Review Online? Nope. Department of Energy? Fine. Department of Education? Nope. What gives? I’m running IE 6.0 on a Win 98 machine. And I’m running the horror known as Netscape 4.75 simultaneously, 'cos that’s how we get our e-mail here. Any thoughts? Any fixes? ---
**Author:** ![Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/50afbb/32.png) [@Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duck_Duck_Goose)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2002, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappearing-graphics-buttons-in-explorer/132503/2 "2002-10-16T13:48:43Z")
Give us some links to the websites that are giving you problems and we’ll see if they really have pictures in the first place. The little Xs are graphics “placeholders”, and maybe you’re just having the bad luck to pick websites that have their graphics down for some reason. ---
**Author:** ![Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/50afbb/32.png) [@Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duck_Duck_Goose)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2002, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappearing-graphics-buttons-in-explorer/132503/3 "2002-10-16T13:54:36Z")
Okay, the National Review has pix for me, so I’d guess that you’re looking at a browser conflict, but sorry, no clue how to fix it. [http://www.nationalreview.com/](http://www.nationalreview.com/) However, I will add that I once had problems getting pictures to show on websites, until I discovered that someone had reset my Security level to “High”, so it was filtering more than I wanted it to. When I put it back to “Medium” the problem went away. But I just have IE 5.5, no Netscape. Tools, Internet Options, Security. ---
**Author:** ![Urban\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Urban\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urban_Ranger)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2002, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappearing-graphics-buttons-in-explorer/132503/4 "2002-10-16T14:05:43Z")
I use Mozilla 1.0.1, and I have no problems with the NRO site. ---
**Author:** ![OxyMoron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e9a140/32.png) [@OxyMoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OxyMoron)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2002, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappearing-graphics-buttons-in-explorer/132503/5 "2002-10-16T16:43:10Z")
DDG, thanks for the thought - I don’t know why security didn’t come to mind. Indeed, the level had reset itself to “medium” from my normal “low” (I know, I’m such a risk-taker :D) - probably happened when I upgraded to IE 6. That and a restart seems to have done the trick. ---
**Author:** ![Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/50afbb/32.png) [@Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duck_Duck_Goose)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2002, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappearing-graphics-buttons-in-explorer/132503/6 "2002-10-16T19:03:27Z")
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