A red X is displayed instead of a picture on some Web pages in Internet Explorer in Windows XP

When you browse the Internet from a computer that is running Microsoft Windows XP, some Web pages display a red X in Microsoft Internet Explorer instead of a picture.

This behavior may occur if the subkeys under the following registry keys are corrupted:

Important This section, method, or task contains steps that tell you how to modify the registry. However, serious problems might occur if you modify the registry incorrectly. Therefore, make sure that you follow these steps carefully. For added protection, back up the registry before you modify it. Then, you can restore the registry if a problem occurs. For more information about how to back up and restore the registry, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

To resolve this issue, remove the corrupted registry subkeys. The registry subkeys will be recreated. To remove the registry subkeys, follow these steps:

1. Click Start, click Run, type regedit, and then click OK.
2. Locate the following registry subkey:
   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Plugins\Extension
3. Expand Extension.
4. Right-click each subkey under the Extension subkey, and then click Delete.
5. Locate the following registry subkey:
   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Plugins\MIME
6. Expand MIME.
7. Right-click each subkey under the MIME subkey, and then click Delete.
8. Exit Registry Editor.
9. Restart the computer.

For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: