Hotmail not displaying images

[stevenrw]

Hello everybody - its me again (groans heard in the background)

Is there anybody out there using Hotmail? I've had no trouble for ages but now its not displaying jpg's. In IE8 I just get the red X in the corner and the "show image" via RM does nothing.
In Firefox I get a cid: number.
XP Home or W7 - no difference, so I'm thinking its a Hotmail flaw...
Can anybody assist?
Thanks in advance

[Gary]

Hello everybody - its me again (groans heard in the background)

Is there anybody out there using Hotmail? I've had no trouble for ages but now its not displaying jpg's. In IE8 I just get the red X in the corner and the "show image" via RM does nothing.
In Firefox I get a cid: number.
XP Home or W7 - no difference, so I'm thinking its a Hotmail flaw...
Can anybody assist?
Thanks in advance

Are you using Silverlight?

[stevenrw]

Hi Gary - I assume so - the Silverlight page tells me its ready to use. Do you think that is causing the problem or should it be helping?
Either way, its not doing much that I can see...

[Glenn]

Are there any settings in Hotmail for displaying images, this link is from 7 years ago, but may help http://www.worldstart.com/how-to-get-your-pictures-back-in-msnhotmail/

[stevenrw]

Hi Glenn,
no I tried that. There is no banner at the top to check "Show blocked images" and the RM pulldown "Show picture" does nothing either.

[Technical Ben]

Hmmm. I'd guess at Firefox set to "don't show images" or Adblocker. But that probably is not to problem. Difficult one. 

[Gary]

Hi Gary - I assume so - the Silverlight page tells me its ready to use. Do you think that is causing the problem or should it be helping?
Either way, its not doing much that I can see...

I just wondered if you have silverlight, have you the latest version? Does this happen on other sites? http://support.microsoft.com/kb/283807 I don't use silverlight on my Mac and I can see jpegs in emails ok but the rest of the windows live suite does not always behave.