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XP SP2 Missing Images on Drudge Home Page

Posted on 09/28/2004 3:37:44 PM PDT by Keen-Minded

After downloading the XP SP2 update I have experienced the following problem:

When accessing the Drudgereport home page I do not see any images/graphics. I haven't experienced this problem on any other web pages. Everything else seems to work okay

I checked the security settings and they appear correct.


TOPICS: Computers/Internet
KEYWORDS: ie; internetexplorer; missingimages; sp2
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Fellow Freepers: I would appreciate any suggestions or help that you could give to me. I want to thank you in advance for your help.
1 posted on 09/28/2004 3:37:44 PM PDT by Keen-Minded
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To: Keen-Minded
I would appreciate any suggestions or help that you could give to me.

Dump Windows. Use Linux or get a Macintosh. Problem solved.

2 posted on 09/28/2004 3:38:53 PM PDT by Prime Choice (It is dangerous to be right when wicked is called 'good.')
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To: Prime Choice

Stick with windows, sell Apple, and remeber Linux is free and it is worth every penny.

Mine works fine, try rebooting.


3 posted on 09/28/2004 3:40:44 PM PDT by stockpirate (Kerry; supported by, financed by, trained by, guided by, revered by, in favor of, Communists.)
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To: Keen-Minded
Was listening over the weekend to Leo LaPorte on computers, and he got a few calls about the problems people have been having with SP2. (Some are a lot worse than yours.) His advice and apparently the advice of MS is to uninstall it and take your puter back to the day before you did install it.

I installed it as well, and haven't had problems with it... Yet?

4 posted on 09/28/2004 3:40:57 PM PDT by Yaelle
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To: Keen-Minded

Try Mozilla. Or Larryzilla. Or Curlyzilla.


5 posted on 09/28/2004 3:41:24 PM PDT by Poohbah (If you're not living on the edge, you're taking up too much room.)
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To: Keen-Minded
Uninstall SP2 or use go back to revert your drive to before you installed SP2. Also if you selected a valid restore point before installing SP2 you can use SP1.
6 posted on 09/28/2004 3:41:32 PM PDT by rocksblues (Sorry John, we remember and will never forget your treason!)
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To: Keen-Minded

I just did my SP2 today as well. XPhmed. All good here. No problems at all on download or programs working. Office2000 etc.


7 posted on 09/28/2004 3:41:38 PM PDT by mlbford2 ("What self respecting man wears Spandex?" -- Zell Miller)
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To: Keen-Minded

The images you are not seeing are probably the advertisements. I have had popup and ad blocking so long that when I viewed Drudge on a friends PC I though for a second I had the wrong page with all that crap at the top.


8 posted on 09/28/2004 3:42:16 PM PDT by azcap
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To: Keen-Minded
I just put on SP2 also. Now on my desktop the icons have lines under them and won't go away. Also the manual buttons for my wireless and sound dont work either.

Any help anyone?

9 posted on 09/28/2004 3:43:32 PM PDT by maui_hawaii
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To: Yaelle

I'm having a few probs...nothing too bad yet. But I will uninstall if they get worse.


10 posted on 09/28/2004 3:43:36 PM PDT by shield (The Greatest Scientific Discoveries of the Century Reveal God!!!! by Dr. H. Ross, Astrophysicist)
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To: Keen-Minded

SP2 by default blocks pop up, look under tools. Either that or maybe the Java Virtual Machine has been disabled or removed. Don't need to uninstall SP2, just reinstall Java or check for popup blocker.


11 posted on 09/28/2004 3:44:19 PM PDT by BeerSwillr (Profanity free since 2003-12-17 20:41:45)
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To: Keen-Minded

After installing SP2, I notice on my FR Homepage, there are two of my images that are 'blurry'...strange, don't notice it else where. I have a lot of photos on my computer and they are all fine.


12 posted on 09/28/2004 3:45:13 PM PDT by deadhead (God Bless Our Troops and Veterans Bush/Cheney '04)
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To: Keen-Minded

Dump windows and get a good flavor of Linux. Redhat, SuSe, Mandrake.... Much Bedda.


13 posted on 09/28/2004 3:45:36 PM PDT by Havoc (Reagan was right and so was McKinley. Down with free trade.)
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To: stockpirate
Stick with windows, sell Apple, and remeber Linux is free and it is worth every penny.

That and more. Ever had a Windows box run for 722 days without crashing?

gwb04$ w
  3:36pm  up 722 day(s),  5:53,  1 user,  load average: 0.04, 0.02, 0.02
User     tty           login@  idle   JCPU   PCPU  what
prime    pts/1         3:36pm                      w

Top that, BlueScreen boy.

14 posted on 09/28/2004 3:51:18 PM PDT by Prime Choice (It is dangerous to be right when wicked is called 'good.')
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To: maui_hawaii

One thing I had to do today before my download of sp2 was to got to my puter maker (www.hp.com) and download new drivers for my computer that are compatable with sp2. Then I downloaded sp2. No problems.


15 posted on 09/28/2004 3:52:43 PM PDT by mlbford2 ("What self respecting man wears Spandex?" -- Zell Miller)
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To: Keen-Minded

We need a messageboard for computer problems...I lost my toolbar icons when I installed XP Pro,no IE icon desktop icon or mail icon.


16 posted on 09/28/2004 3:53:24 PM PDT by GregB (Four More Years!!!!!)
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To: Keen-Minded
Have you also kept your browser updated? If so, and the problem persists, try a reinstall of Internet Explorer. You might also try Mozilla Firefox, which sidesteps some common browser problems and has some useful features.

http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/
17 posted on 09/28/2004 3:54:17 PM PDT by Rockingham
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To: mlbford2

Where did you find those?

I use Compaq... which is HP


18 posted on 09/28/2004 3:58:17 PM PDT by maui_hawaii
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To: maui_hawaii

www.compaq.com

support and drivers

XP support (box on left side of page)

Then pick the drivers you need. You might have to go to 'MyComputer' > 'Properties' > 'hardware' and then check to see if the hardware you have is what compaq says you might need to download.


19 posted on 09/28/2004 4:01:54 PM PDT by mlbford2 ("What self respecting man wears Spandex?" -- Zell Miller)
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To: stockpirate; Keen-Minded
"Mine works fine, try rebooting."

Dittos.

Keen, got to tools and click internet options. Then click on Advanced and review/toggle your browser enablers.

20 posted on 09/28/2004 4:03:12 PM PDT by Eastbound ("Neither a Scrooge nor a Patsy be.")
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