In Win XP in Windows Explorer, one can click on an image and enlarge it, but that can't happen for a picture on the web or in an e-mail. Can you provide a sample URL where this large "X" occurs over a picture? Are you actually talking about a picture on the web, or a picture in an e-mail? Insofar as not being able to see an image on the web, and seeing a little symbol inside a big square with blue border, that might be because "show pictures" has been unchecked in "internet options" > "advanced". See if the check mark for that was inadvertently removed. By the way, (unrelated to above) be sure to uncheck "resize pictures" in "internet options" > "advanced" under "multimedia". The default setting is "reduce pictures" to fit the screen. Why on earth Microsoft did that I don't know, but I imagine it has traumatized many who, after downloading a humongous picture, the picture is shrunk to fit the screen and the details and legibility are gone. The "resize" does NOT reduce the time for long download of large pictures. I've placed large pictures on web sites with the idea that people can see the detail by scrolling left/right/up/down, and MS's default setting is to shrink web pictures to fit the screen. I have a separate link that tells viewers to be sure and reset their "internet options" so they can view the picture properly. Woody ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ jjc@gvtc.com writes: Help Again! I am running Windows XP. For some reason, when ever I tried to enlarge an image, such as - a picture on the web, and you can press it with your mouse cursor, it was supposed to enlarge. When I would press one, I would get this tiny box with a little image, and a big red "X" over it. It would not open. If the image had written below it, press to enlarge (over the words), it would enlarge. Now .... Nothing will enlarge. I am getting the little box, with the big red X over all of it. I feel like something has changed in the "Internet Options" set up area, but I do not know where to look to see what it might be. Hope someone can help me. Thank you! Janet