Can anyone get the pictures on www.excite.com?
I got a call from a friend that uses this web site as a custom home page and
he cannot get it to accept his logon for the customization and cannot see
any of the pictures (box with X).
I get the same picture problem when I go to the site. (I don't have a
customized account with them)
I could not find anyplace to write to them and ask if they have problems.

"Richard in AZ" <me@mailinator.com> wrote in message
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> Can anyone get the pictures on www.excite.com?
> I got a call from a friend that uses this web site as a custom home page
> and he cannot get it to accept his logon for the customization and cannot
> see any of the pictures (box with X).
> I get the same picture problem when I go to the site. (I don't have a
> customized account with them)
> I could not find anyplace to write to them and ask if they have problems.
>

Yes, but he is missing nothing. Ask him to post rather than pass messages
on, it'll be quicker and things won't get miscommunicated.
Check security settings, lower them.

Hi,
There's a fair amount of Javascript on that page (and not very many
pictures.)

I would:
1. Clear the IE cache. IE> Tools> Internet Options> General> Delete
files (and delete offline content when that dialog pops up) It's often
recommended that the TIF folder be kept at about 50 MB (Settings.)
2. Go to Internet Options> Security> Internet Zone and reset it to default.
3. Check any third-party security programs to see if one of them is blocking
scripts, scripting, active content. Norton Internet Security and a number of
other programs can be configured to block scripts.
4. Try these two commands from Start> Run> cmd [enter]
regsvr32 vbscript.dll [enter]
regsvr32 jscript.dll [enter]
5. Reinstall the scripting engine. Go to
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...ist/webdev.asp
for the appropriate download of Windows Script 5.6
6. Re-registering the DLLs listed in this article may help:
281679 - You Cannot Open New Internet Explorer Window or Nothing Happens
After You Click a Link: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=281679
- -
Hope this helps,
Don
[MS MVP- IE]


"Richard in AZ" <me[at]mailinator.com> wrote in message
news:ep$HYXr$FHA.2812@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> Can anyone get the pictures on www.excite.com?
> I got a call from a friend that uses this web site as a custom home page
and
> he cannot get it to accept his logon for the customization and cannot see
> any of the pictures (box with X).
> I get the same picture problem when I go to the site. (I don't have a
> customized account with them)
> I could not find anyplace to write to them and ask if they have problems.
>

"Richard in AZ" <me@mailinator.com> wrote in message
news:ep$HYXr$FHA.2812@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> Can anyone get the pictures on www.excite.com?


Yes. But Privacy Report (e.g. Alt-V,v) shows that most of them
are coming from a different domain. E.g. ak.imgfarm.net
And nslookup shows that that is an alias for an akamai server.

<example>
Non-authoritative answer:
Name: a1255.g.akamai.net
Addresses: 206.167.78.24, 206.167.78.14
Aliases: ak.imgfarm.com, ak.imgfarm.com.edgesuite.net
</example>


> I got a call from a friend that uses this web site as a custom home page and
> he cannot get it to accept his logon for the customization and cannot see
> any of the pictures (box with X).
> I get the same picture problem when I go to the site.


Perhaps you are blocking stuff from akamai or your DNS
doesn't handle aliases from there? Etc.

Extract one of the URLs which is giving you a Red-X from the source
of the page (e.g. press Alt-V,c then F3 to search for src=,
examine each URL's context and then copy one to your ClipBoard).
Paste that into the Address bar and open it. What do you see then?
(E.g. if you get a DNS error message you will have your answer
for the cause of the Red-X.)

For a specific example to try, I just did a successful open of
http://ak.imgfarm.com/images/my_newsnavS6.gif


HTH

Robert Aldwinckle
---

The red X boxes appear to be graphics used for a link or section header.
None of these show on the site.

"Don Varnau" <don_04[at]varnau[dot]org> wrote in message
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> Hi,
> There's a fair amount of Javascript on that page (and not very many
> pictures.)
>
> I would:
> 1. Clear the IE cache. IE> Tools> Internet Options> General> Delete
> files (and delete offline content when that dialog pops up) It's often
> recommended that the TIF folder be kept at about 50 MB (Settings.)
> 2. Go to Internet Options> Security> Internet Zone and reset it to
> default.
> 3. Check any third-party security programs to see if one of them is
> blocking
> scripts, scripting, active content. Norton Internet Security and a number
> of
> other programs can be configured to block scripts.
> 4. Try these two commands from Start> Run> cmd [enter]
> regsvr32 vbscript.dll [enter]
> regsvr32 jscript.dll [enter]
> 5. Reinstall the scripting engine. Go to
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...ist/webdev.asp
> for the appropriate download of Windows Script 5.6
> 6. Re-registering the DLLs listed in this article may help:
> 281679 - You Cannot Open New Internet Explorer Window or Nothing Happens
> After You Click a Link: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=281679
> - -
> Hope this helps,
> Don
> [MS MVP- IE]
>
>
> "Richard in AZ" <me[at]mailinator.com> wrote in message
> news:ep$HYXr$FHA.2812@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
>> Can anyone get the pictures on www.excite.com?
>> I got a call from a friend that uses this web site as a custom home page
> and
>> he cannot get it to accept his logon for the customization and cannot see
>> any of the pictures (box with X).
>> I get the same picture problem when I go to the site. (I don't have a
>> customized account with them)
>> I could not find anyplace to write to them and ask if they have problems.
>>
>

Addition: I did try the resvr32 commands without any change.
It is not a big deal more me, I don't use the excite web, but my friend had
his home page customized and he is a bit mad that he can't log on any more
or get the pictures.

"Don Varnau" <don_04[at]varnau[dot]org> wrote in message
news:%23PQsn0w$FHA.2784@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> Hi,
> There's a fair amount of Javascript on that page (and not very many
> pictures.)
>
> I would:
> 1. Clear the IE cache. IE> Tools> Internet Options> General> Delete
> files (and delete offline content when that dialog pops up) It's often
> recommended that the TIF folder be kept at about 50 MB (Settings.)
> 2. Go to Internet Options> Security> Internet Zone and reset it to
> default.
> 3. Check any third-party security programs to see if one of them is
> blocking
> scripts, scripting, active content. Norton Internet Security and a number
> of
> other programs can be configured to block scripts.
> 4. Try these two commands from Start> Run> cmd [enter]
> regsvr32 vbscript.dll [enter]
> regsvr32 jscript.dll [enter]
> 5. Reinstall the scripting engine. Go to
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...ist/webdev.asp
> for the appropriate download of Windows Script 5.6
> 6. Re-registering the DLLs listed in this article may help:
> 281679 - You Cannot Open New Internet Explorer Window or Nothing Happens
> After You Click a Link: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=281679
> - -
> Hope this helps,
> Don
> [MS MVP- IE]
>
>
> "Richard in AZ" <me[at]mailinator.com> wrote in message
> news:ep$HYXr$FHA.2812@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
>> Can anyone get the pictures on www.excite.com?
>> I got a call from a friend that uses this web site as a custom home page
> and
>> he cannot get it to accept his logon for the customization and cannot see
>> any of the pictures (box with X).
>> I get the same picture problem when I go to the site. (I don't have a
>> customized account with them)
>> I could not find anyplace to write to them and ask if they have problems.
>>
>