Viewing Pictures

gaz wac

Defo didnt know where to post this so please move if in the wrong place

When Im on Boards i cant see many pictures, 90% have this ( in case you cant see it, its a red X in a square, within a larger square! ) in its place? I also cant see people sigs or any pix they might have beside their user name?

Dont know anything about computers so I wondering if i have a " pix filter" or somthing turned off ?!!?

Thanks a million

Gaz

IrishTonyO

What internet browser are you using and what version?

NothingMan

I can see your picture fine. And it's pretty big.

In work if a site a pic is linked from is banned then you get the red x. At home it really shouldn't happen. Is there a yellow bar across the top of your browser asking to run or install an active x or java application? This could be what you need.

gaz wac

IrishTonyO wrote: »

What internet browser are you using and what version?

how would i find out ?

gaz wac

NothingMan wrote: »

I can see your picture fine. And it's pretty big.

In work if a site a pic is linked from is banned then you get the red x. At home it really shouldn't happen. Is there a yellow bar across the top of your browser asking to run or install an active x or java application? This could be what you need.

no yellow bar. there is a icon saying "7 blocked" but when i click it, it just says "pop ups ok" but i still cant see pix!

bonzodog2

Maybe your browser is set to not display images?

gaz wac

so can i change that?

bonzodog2

You can, but you don't seem to know which browser you are using.If it has a menu bar, look for Tools/Options/Preferences or something with a similar title

gaz wac

yea, have Tools - internet options, then 7 tabs General - Advance. Its a work computer so id say its pretty recent Windows. Bloke beside me can see the pix !

bonzodog2

Sounds like IE. Try the Advanced tab, look for Multimedia section, find Show Pictures check box. Check it ! Then OK or Apply etc

gaz wac

they are all ticked except " show image download placeholder"

bonzodog2

Same as IE here then (which works). I think 'show image download placeholder' is the bit with the red X, showing there an image, when its unavailable or not downloaded yet. I can't think or anything else offhand, is it just boards.ie pages ?

NothingMan

On both PC's go to tools - options - Connections tab - Lan settings and see if his proxy is different to yours.

danjo-xx

click on Help on the top toolbar and then 'About' (internet explorer/mozilla firefox or whatever and you'll get the version details there)

gaz wac

NothingMan wrote: »

On both PC's go to tools - options - Connections tab - Lan settings and see if his proxy is different to yours.

In the Proxy box, two boxes are ticked and it also says www-proxy and port 8080

gaz wac

danjo-xx wrote: »

click on Help on the top toolbar and then 'About' (internet explorer/mozilla firefox or whatever and you'll get the version details there)

Internet Explorer 7 Version 7.0

cheers lads

NothingMan

gaz wac wrote: »

In the Proxy box, two boxes are ticked and it also says www-proxy and port 8080

If they're both the same then i'm all out of ideas.

gaz wac

ok, figured it out !! pictures are from photobucket ( rightclicked and properties) and it is barred in work

thanks for all your help

IrishTonyO

gaz wac wrote: »

ok, figured it out !! pictures are from photobucket ( rightclicked and properties) and it is barred in work

thanks for all your help

thought you said your workmate was able to view them?

gaz wac

he can! he can also see the pix and signatures do they block each computer or can they do them all from IT? we both went into same thread, im bloked, he is not, so thats when we saw photobucket. We can both get into pix.ie and some other pix sites but I cant get into photobucket.

NothingMan

gaz wac wrote: »

he can! he can also see the pix and signatures do they block each computer or can they do them all from IT? we both went into same thread, im bloked, he is not, so thats when we saw photobucket. We can both get into pix.ie and some other pix sites but I cant get into photobucket.

You siad you both have the same proxy so unless he has been given an exception on the proxy server i'm not sure why he isn't blocked.

gaz wac

sorry, i didnt check his proxy...hold on.... ok he has what i think is a IP address where i have www-proxy ?!?!? is that it?

NothingMan

gaz wac wrote: »

sorry, i didnt check his proxy...hold on.... ok he has what i think is a IP address where i have www-proxy ?!?!? is that it?

That would be it. You're IT people probably want everyone on your proxy.

If you change yours to match his. So put that IP address in instead of www-proxy and change the port if it's different and you should have the same access.

gaz wac

na, ill leave it !! its a work computer so dont want to start breaking the rules !!!

but at least i know now...cheers

NothingMan

gaz wac wrote: »

na, ill leave it !! its a work computer so dont want to start breaking the rules !!!

but at least i know now...cheers

Rules are made to be broken. Go on, stick it to the man, rage against the machine!!!!*


*NothingMan is not responsible for any disciplinary procedures taken against gaz wac as a result of following NothingMan's advice.

Seriously though, I wouldn't say it's a big deal. You could say you were having trouble with a web site and you saw your proxy server was different to others so you changed it. No harm.

gaz wac

Hi lads,

OP here again, just another question re: pix? im on the laptop at home and i cant see some pix. i cant seem to copy and paste the icon im getting instead of the pix but its a little square, with a red box, green triangle and a blue box

it happens to every pix on this page http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055259806&page=225

hope you can help

Cheers