Hmmm. I had SP1 and even V2.2 but still had the similar issue after a hard
install. shrug

Bruce

"Steve Cochran" wrote in message
...
If one goes to Windows Update and gets SP1 for the .NET framework 1.1 then
that fixes those issues.

steve

"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
...
This is really a question for your OS newsgroup, but I just had a similar
experience.

I had to reload XP/SP2. Prior to that, when I booted up I was taken
directly to the Desktop. After the install, I had to click on the Icon at
the Welcome Screen to continue to my Desktop and I never set a logon
password.

I inquired and was first told to remove NET.Framwork, which didn't help.
This was the solution that worked for me. It includes instructions
whether you had a password, or not.

If you go to the Control Panel | User Accounts, you should see an ASP.NET
account that was created. Leave the ASP.NET account and go to Start | Run
and type:

Control userpasswords2

Uncheck "users must enter a user name and password to use this computer"
Click apply
On the popup window type in your user name,password,and confirm the
password
Click OK
Click OK

If you never entered a logon password when setting up the machine, go to
Control Panel | User Accounts and create a password for your account. Now
go back and do the above again.

I know it doesn't make sense that you have to have a password in order to
ignore it, but you are dealing with Microsoft.

Hope this helps.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"Cuyler" wrote in message
...
Looking thru my PC log, I see I downloaded and installed .NET Framework
which
was a required component of one of those MS Power Toys. Was about that
time
my OE went wonky with the missing graphics. Also, my PC now INSISTS I
login
at each bootup where before, everything loaded without my intervention.
I'm
on a standalone desktop and have no need for any network settings and
now
wonder if there's some underlying security settings in that .NET
Framework
file?


"Cuyler" wrote:

Steve,
Yes, I've tried all those settings in the Security TAB numerous times,
but
thanks anyway.


"Steve Cochran" wrote:

Tools | Options | Security and uncheck the option to block images and
external content.

steve

"Cuyler" wrote in message
...
Oh, I see. Was buried under those carats and thought part of a
previous
post.
The only thing without a carat was the 'news' item under my
signature.

So you suggested the Tool Options & uncheck the HTML content box?
Yes,
I've been thru those menus over and over again. Every button and
every
TAB.

There's some other underlying cause of this I'm pretty sure and
Bruce sent
me numerous links to articles that may be the root cause of all
this but
it'll take me some time to work thru it all.

------------------------------------------------------------------

"Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM" wrote:

"Cuyler" wrote in message
news Frank, can't see to find that article via MS or Google. Any
add'l info
avbl
on that thread ?

What article?
I gave you something to try.
Did you try it?

"Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM" wrote:

"Cuyler" wrote in message
...
I installed cable broadband last week and ever since, all my
email
messages
have been stripped of the html graphics. I subscribe to
numerous
trusted
sites i.e. Amazon.com, Buy.com, Cnet.com etc. and now only
get
text
messages accompanied by those little boxes with the red 'x'
in them.

Have confirmed all the Security settings as described here
and
elsewhere.
Plus, the option View Message in HTML is now grayed out.

My ISP, Comcast cable, insists they installed no software
that would
disable
this feature yet I had no problems for years on my clunky old
dial-up.

I'm sure there's another setting I have to locate, possibly
in the
registry,
or Internet Explorer, or some other?

WinXP Home SP2

Tools | Options | Security
Uncheck the option to block external content in HTML messages.

..NET framework 1.1 SP1? That fixes the problem with the ASP.NET user
showing up at logon.

steve

"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
...
Hmmm. I had SP1 and even V2.2 but still had the similar issue after a hard
install. shrug

Bruce

"Steve Cochran" wrote in message
...
If one goes to Windows Update and gets SP1 for the .NET framework 1.1
then that fixes those issues.

steve

"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
...
This is really a question for your OS newsgroup, but I just had a
similar experience.

I had to reload XP/SP2. Prior to that, when I booted up I was taken
directly to the Desktop. After the install, I had to click on the Icon
at the Welcome Screen to continue to my Desktop and I never set a logon
password.

I inquired and was first told to remove NET.Framwork, which didn't help.
This was the solution that worked for me. It includes instructions
whether you had a password, or not.

If you go to the Control Panel | User Accounts, you should see an
ASP.NET account that was created. Leave the ASP.NET account and go to
Start | Run and type:

Control userpasswords2

Uncheck "users must enter a user name and password to use this computer"
Click apply
On the popup window type in your user name,password,and confirm the
password
Click OK
Click OK

If you never entered a logon password when setting up the machine, go to
Control Panel | User Accounts and create a password for your account.
Now go back and do the above again.

I know it doesn't make sense that you have to have a password in order
to ignore it, but you are dealing with Microsoft.

Hope this helps.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"Cuyler" wrote in message
...
Looking thru my PC log, I see I downloaded and installed .NET Framework
which
was a required component of one of those MS Power Toys. Was about that
time
my OE went wonky with the missing graphics. Also, my PC now INSISTS I
login
at each bootup where before, everything loaded without my intervention.
I'm
on a standalone desktop and have no need for any network settings and
now
wonder if there's some underlying security settings in that .NET
Framework
file?


"Cuyler" wrote:

Steve,
Yes, I've tried all those settings in the Security TAB numerous times,
but
thanks anyway.


"Steve Cochran" wrote:

Tools | Options | Security and uncheck the option to block images
and
external content.

steve

"Cuyler" wrote in message
...
Oh, I see. Was buried under those carats and thought part of a
previous
post.
The only thing without a carat was the 'news' item under my
signature.

So you suggested the Tool Options & uncheck the HTML content
box? Yes,
I've been thru those menus over and over again. Every button and
every
TAB.

There's some other underlying cause of this I'm pretty sure and
Bruce sent
me numerous links to articles that may be the root cause of all
this but
it'll take me some time to work thru it all.

------------------------------------------------------------------

"Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM" wrote:

"Cuyler" wrote in message
news Frank, can't see to find that article via MS or Google. Any
add'l info
avbl
on that thread ?

What article?
I gave you something to try.
Did you try it?

"Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM" wrote:

"Cuyler" wrote in message
...
I installed cable broadband last week and ever since, all my
email
messages
have been stripped of the html graphics. I subscribe to
numerous
trusted
sites i.e. Amazon.com, Buy.com, Cnet.com etc. and now only
get
text
messages accompanied by those little boxes with the red 'x'
in them.

Have confirmed all the Security settings as described here
and
elsewhere.
Plus, the option View Message in HTML is now grayed
out.

My ISP, Comcast cable, insists they installed no software
that would
disable
this feature yet I had no problems for years on my clunky
old
dial-up.

I'm sure there's another setting I have to locate, possibly
in the
registry,
or Internet Explorer, or some other?

WinXP Home SP2

Tools | Options | Security
Uncheck the option to block external content in HTML messages.

Steve,
You may have hit it with this Registry Settings web site. The site
referenced provides the settings that should appear but due to written vs.
spoken word, I want to be doubly sure I'm understaning the instructions given
since there's more than one way to interpret it. If you could verify for me?
In my Registry, I navigate to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT .gif and I find 3
columns labeled Name, Type, Data. My precise 'names' left to right a
(DEFAULT)
REG_SZ
giffile
The web site referenced shows under the Name column, (Default)"giffile"
where mine is simply (Default) and under the Content Type column
"image/gif". I do not have those quote marks as indicated but the name
is the same under Content Type. I'll stop at the .gif folder since the
other folders appear to follow the same logic.

Thanks !




"Steve Cochran" wrote:

Can you see any images in email? Check your registry settings:
www.oehelp.com/noimg.aspx

steve

"Cuyler" wrote in message
...
Steve,
Yes, I've tried all those settings in the Security TAB numerous times, but
thanks anyway.


"Steve Cochran" wrote:

Tools | Options | Security and uncheck the option to block images and
external content.

steve

"Cuyler" wrote in message
...
Oh, I see. Was buried under those carats and thought part of a previous
post.
The only thing without a carat was the 'news' item under my signature.

So you suggested the Tool Options & uncheck the HTML content box?
Yes,
I've been thru those menus over and over again. Every button and every
TAB.

There's some other underlying cause of this I'm pretty sure and Bruce
sent
me numerous links to articles that may be the root cause of all this
but
it'll take me some time to work thru it all.

------------------------------------------------------------------

"Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM" wrote:

"Cuyler" wrote in message
news Frank, can't see to find that article via MS or Google. Any add'l
info
avbl
on that thread ?

What article?
I gave you something to try.
Did you try it?

"Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM" wrote:

"Cuyler" wrote in message
...
I installed cable broadband last week and ever since, all my email
messages
have been stripped of the html graphics. I subscribe to
numerous
trusted
sites i.e. Amazon.com, Buy.com, Cnet.com etc. and now only get
text
messages accompanied by those little boxes with the red 'x' in
them.

Have confirmed all the Security settings as described here and
elsewhere.
Plus, the option View Message in HTML is now grayed out.

My ISP, Comcast cable, insists they installed no software that
would
disable
this feature yet I had no problems for years on my clunky old
dial-up.

I'm sure there's another setting I have to locate, possibly in
the
registry,
or Internet Explorer, or some other?

WinXP Home SP2

Tools | Options | Security
Uncheck the option to block external content in HTML messages.

Some confusion comes about because of differences between the way
REGEDIT displays data and how it exports the data. In order to transfer
data, people commonly export a registry to REG file (which is actually a
text file and can be opened in Notepad) and may copy/paste that
information for discussion purposes.

The
(DEFAULT) REG_SZ giffile
In a .REG file, what would appear as
@="giffile"
The quotes come about so that the regedit can properly parse the file on
input. You won't normally see the quotes in Regedit unless you are
looking at a path name that contains spaces.

That web site is talking about a problem where the file types have the
wrong content type, so if those file types have the right content type
(without the quotes), that's not your issue.

See the Identifying Attachment File Types and Setting File Associations
section of
Decoding Internet Attachments - A Tutorial
http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_san...e.htm#identify
At the end of a the section is a utility that you can download that will
export all the registry settings related to a file type. You can then
attach that here if you would like us to look at it.







--

Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm


"Cuyler" wrote in message
...
Steve,
You may have hit it with this Registry Settings web site. The site
referenced provides the settings that should appear but due to written
vs.
spoken word, I want to be doubly sure I'm understaning the
instructions given
since there's more than one way to interpret it. If you could verify
for me?
In my Registry, I navigate to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT .gif and I
find 3
columns labeled Name, Type, Data. My precise 'names' left to right
a
(DEFAULT)
REG_SZ
giffile
The web site referenced shows under the Name column,
(Default)"giffile"
where mine is simply (Default) and under the Content Type column
"image/gif". I do not have those quote marks as indicated but
the name
is the same under Content Type. I'll stop at the .gif folder
since the
other folders appear to follow the same logic.

Thanks !




"Steve Cochran" wrote:

Can you see any images in email? Check your registry settings:
www.oehelp.com/noimg.aspx

steve

"Cuyler" wrote in message
...
Steve,
Yes, I've tried all those settings in the Security TAB numerous
times, but
thanks anyway.


"Steve Cochran" wrote:

Tools | Options | Security and uncheck the option to block images
and
external content.

steve

"Cuyler" wrote in message
...
Oh, I see. Was buried under those carats and thought part of a
previous
post.
The only thing without a carat was the 'news' item under my
signature.

So you suggested the Tool Options & uncheck the HTML content
box?
Yes,
I've been thru those menus over and over again. Every button
and every
TAB.

There's some other underlying cause of this I'm pretty sure and
Bruce
sent
me numerous links to articles that may be the root cause of all
this
but
it'll take me some time to work thru it all.

------------------------------------------------------------------

"Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM" wrote:

"Cuyler" wrote in message
news Frank, can't see to find that article via MS or Google. Any
add'l
info
avbl
on that thread ?

What article?
I gave you something to try.
Did you try it?

"Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM" wrote:

"Cuyler" wrote in message
...
I installed cable broadband last week and ever since, all
my email
messages
have been stripped of the html graphics. I subscribe to
numerous
trusted
sites i.e. Amazon.com, Buy.com, Cnet.com etc. and now
only get
text
messages accompanied by those little boxes with the red
'x' in
them.

Have confirmed all the Security settings as described here
and
elsewhere.
Plus, the option View Message in HTML is now grayed
out.

My ISP, Comcast cable, insists they installed no software
that
would
disable
this feature yet I had no problems for years on my clunky
old
dial-up.

I'm sure there's another setting I have to locate,
possibly in
the
registry,
or Internet Explorer, or some other?

WinXP Home SP2

Tools | Options | Security
Uncheck the option to block external content in HTML
messages.

With Steve's suggestion, I was successful in disabling the mandatory longon
window at each startup. However, after going thru all the suggestions in
this post, I still do not have email images from trusted sites. Even
uninstalled/reinstalled OE and .NET Framework. Still not there. Oh well,
thanks for the tips and I see my Yahoo web mail still has html graphics.

Cuyler



"Steve Cochran" wrote:

If one goes to Windows Update and gets SP1 for the .NET framework 1.1 then
that fixes those issues.

steve

"Cuyler" wrote in message
...
Looking thru my PC log, I see I downloaded and installed .NET Framework
which
was a required component of one of those MS Power Toys. Was about that
time
my OE went wonky with the missing graphics. Also, my PC now INSISTS I
login
at each bootup where before, everything loaded without my intervention.
I'm
on a standalone desktop and have no need for any network settings and now
wonder if there's some underlying security settings in that .NET Framework
file?


"Cuyler" wrote:

Steve,
Yes, I've tried all those settings in the Security TAB numerous times,
but
thanks anyway.


"Steve Cochran" wrote:

Tools | Options | Security and uncheck the option to block images and
external content.

steve

"Cuyler" wrote in message
...
Oh, I see. Was buried under those carats and thought part of a
previous
post.
The only thing without a carat was the 'news' item under my
signature.

So you suggested the Tool Options & uncheck the HTML content box?
Yes,
I've been thru those menus over and over again. Every button and
every
TAB.

There's some other underlying cause of this I'm pretty sure and Bruce
sent
me numerous links to articles that may be the root cause of all this
but
it'll take me some time to work thru it all.

------------------------------------------------------------------

"Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM" wrote:

"Cuyler" wrote in message
news Frank, can't see to find that article via MS or Google. Any add'l
info
avbl
on that thread ?

What article?
I gave you something to try.
Did you try it?

"Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM" wrote:

"Cuyler" wrote in message
...
I installed cable broadband last week and ever since, all my
email
messages
have been stripped of the html graphics. I subscribe to
numerous
trusted
sites i.e. Amazon.com, Buy.com, Cnet.com etc. and now only
get
text
messages accompanied by those little boxes with the red 'x' in
them.

Have confirmed all the Security settings as described here and
elsewhere.
Plus, the option View Message in HTML is now grayed out.

My ISP, Comcast cable, insists they installed no software that
would
disable
this feature yet I had no problems for years on my clunky old
dial-up.

I'm sure there's another setting I have to locate, possibly in
the
registry,
or Internet Explorer, or some other?

WinXP Home SP2

Tools | Options | Security
Uncheck the option to block external content in HTML messages.

"Cuyler" ha scritto nel messaggio
...
With Steve's suggestion, I was successful in disabling the mandatory
longon
window at each startup. However, after going thru all the suggestions in
this post, I still do not have email images from trusted sites. Even
uninstalled/reinstalled OE and .NET Framework. Still not there. Oh
well,
thanks for the tips and I see my Yahoo web mail still has html graphics.

Cuyler



"Steve Cochran" wrote:

If one goes to Windows Update and gets SP1 for the .NET framework 1.1
then
that fixes those issues.

steve

"Cuyler" wrote in message
...
Looking thru my PC log, I see I downloaded and installed .NET Framework
which
was a required component of one of those MS Power Toys. Was about that
time
my OE went wonky with the missing graphics. Also, my PC now INSISTS I
login
at each bootup where before, everything loaded without my intervention.
I'm
on a standalone desktop and have no need for any network settings and
now
wonder if there's some underlying security settings in that .NET
Framework
file?


"Cuyler" wrote:

Steve,
Yes, I've tried all those settings in the Security TAB numerous times,
but
thanks anyway.


"Steve Cochran" wrote:

Tools | Options | Security and uncheck the option to block images
and
external content.

steve

"Cuyler" wrote in message
...
Oh, I see. Was buried under those carats and thought part of a
previous
post.
The only thing without a carat was the 'news' item under my
signature.

So you suggested the Tool Options & uncheck the HTML content
box?
Yes,
I've been thru those menus over and over again. Every button and
every
TAB.

There's some other underlying cause of this I'm pretty sure and
Bruce
sent
me numerous links to articles that may be the root cause of all
this
but
it'll take me some time to work thru it all.

------------------------------------------------------------------

"Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM" wrote:

"Cuyler" wrote in message
news Frank, can't see to find that article via MS or Google. Any
add'l
info
avbl
on that thread ?

What article?
I gave you something to try.
Did you try it?

"Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM" wrote:

"Cuyler" wrote in message
...
I installed cable broadband last week and ever since, all my
email
messages
have been stripped of the html graphics. I subscribe to
numerous
trusted
sites i.e. Amazon.com, Buy.com, Cnet.com etc. and now only
get
text
messages accompanied by those little boxes with the red 'x'
in
them.

Have confirmed all the Security settings as described here
and
elsewhere.
Plus, the option View Message in HTML is now grayed
out.

My ISP, Comcast cable, insists they installed no software
that
would
disable
this feature yet I had no problems for years on my clunky
old
dial-up.

I'm sure there's another setting I have to locate, possibly
in
the
registry,
or Internet Explorer, or some other?

WinXP Home SP2

Tools | Options | Security
Uncheck the option to block external content in HTML messages.