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From: Corday on 21 Dec 2009 10:27 Glad your problem is solved. You might be glad (or sad) to learn that Charter Communications came out of Chapter 11 Bankruptcy last week. -- I mastered Wordstar graphics! "jbclem3" wrote: > Problem solved. I ran Speedtest.net and noticed the affected computer was > only running .7 MB/s download speed.(actually less than the upload speed). > My other computer, on my home LAN, was running 6 MB/s. Then I remembered > making a recent configuration change(to try to help solve a different > problem) on the old Intel nic card on the affected computer. Following a > web site's advice, I had changed the Link Speed and Duplex from autodetect > to 10Mbps Full Duplex. That must have been causing the slowdown and the > missing image problem as they resolved themselves immediately after I > changed the configuration back to autodetect. > > jc > > > "PA Bear [MS MVP]" <PABearMVP(a)gmail.com> wrote in message > news:uFfk#5ggKHA.1236(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... > > I said nothing about viruses, did I? No, I only cited the outdated & much > > less secure versions of OE, IE and Windows that you're running. Get the > > computer fully-patched & we'll talk about "not seeing images." In the > > meantime, check your settings under OE Tools | Options | Read | Reading > > messages... > > > > > > jbclem3 wrote: > > > No, let's start with something of importance to ME, not to YOU. I'm > > > perfectly comfortable with my secure Win2000 SP4 computer, but I have a > > > problem with images that don't show anymore in OE6. If you can help me, > > > fine...you've done so in the past. But as far as proselytizing about and > > > trying to scare me on the subject of viruses, screw off! > > > > > >> Well, let's start with something of considerably more importance: The > > >> unsecure state of your computer... > > <snip> > > >> jbclem3 wrote: > > >>> Images, especially for eBay notifications, are a crucial part of my > > >>> email. > > >>> For the past three days they have not been part of my emails, they > have > > >>> been > > >>> missing even though the text is being transmitted. I've had this > > >>> problem > > >>> sporadically in the past, and usually assumed it was part of my lousy > > >>> ISP > > >>> (Charter Comm.) and its very up and down speeds. The missing images > > >>> problem > > >>> usually would cure itself in an hour or so. This time the problem has > > >>> stuck > > >>> for three days, so I'd like to ask for some help in figuring it out. > How > > >>> can the text but not the image(s) get transmitted in an email? > > > > > . >
From: PA Bear [MS MVP] on 21 Dec 2009 11:39
[cf. http://www.microsoft.com/windows/downloads/windowsupdate/automaticupdate.mspx] jbclem3 wrote: > Problem solved. I ran Speedtest.net and noticed the affected computer was > only running .7 MB/s download speed.(actually less than the upload > speed). > My other computer, on my home LAN, was running 6 MB/s. Then I remembered > making a recent configuration change(to try to help solve a different > problem) on the old Intel nic card on the affected computer. Following a > web site's advice, I had changed the Link Speed and Duplex from autodetect > to 10Mbps Full Duplex. That must have been causing the slowdown and the > missing image problem as they resolved themselves immediately after I > changed the configuration back to autodetect. > > jc > > > "PA Bear [MS MVP]" <PABearMVP(a)gmail.com> wrote in message > news:uFfk#5ggKHA.1236(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... >> I said nothing about viruses, did I? No, I only cited the outdated & >> much >> less secure versions of OE, IE and Windows that you're running. Get the >> computer fully-patched & we'll talk about "not seeing images." In the >> meantime, check your settings under OE Tools | Options | Read | Reading >> messages... >> >> >> jbclem3 wrote: >>> No, let's start with something of importance to ME, not to YOU. I'm >>> perfectly comfortable with my secure Win2000 SP4 computer, but I have a >>> problem with images that don't show anymore in OE6. If you can help me, >>> fine...you've done so in the past. But as far as proselytizing about and >>> trying to scare me on the subject of viruses, screw off! >>> >>>> Well, let's start with something of considerably more importance: The >>>> unsecure state of your computer... >> <snip> >>>> jbclem3 wrote: >>>>> Images, especially for eBay notifications, are a crucial part of my >>>>> email. >>>>> For the past three days they have not been part of my emails, they >>>>> have >>>>> been >>>>> missing even though the text is being transmitted. I've had this >>>>> problem >>>>> sporadically in the past, and usually assumed it was part of my lousy >>>>> ISP >>>>> (Charter Comm.) and its very up and down speeds. The missing images >>>>> problem >>>>> usually would cure itself in an hour or so. This time the problem has >>>>> stuck >>>>> for three days, so I'd like to ask for some help in figuring it out. >>>>> How >>>>> can the text but not the image(s) get transmitted in an email? |