- 1). Check your Internet connection. If you have a wired Ethernet connection, confirm that your modem is on and that the cord is connected securely into your network adapter card. If you have a wireless network connection, verify that your modem and wireless router are both turned on. Right-click the wireless connection icon in your system tray and choose "View available wireless networks." Disconnect and reconnect to your network. Press "F5" to reload the page and see if the image appears.
- 2). Right-click the red X on your screen. Choose "View image info" from the menu. Press "Ctrl + C" to copy the Internet address that appears in the image info box next to "Location." Open a new Internet window, move your mouse to the address bar at the top and delete the contents there. Keeping your cursor there, press "Ctrl + P" to paste the address of the image you want to view and press "Enter." You may be able to view the image in this fashion. Sometimes an image appears as a red X because the image is not located on the Web page you are browsing. Instead, the webmaster may be directly linking to a photo on another website. This practice is called hot-linking, and the image webmaster may block hotlink attempts on his images. If he does this, the image appears with a red X.
- 3). Open the Web page in your preferred HTML editor or Notepad if you are attempting to fix a red X image on your own Web page. Check the HTML code for the image. The HTML code should display as "<img src="image url">." You may have additional tags within the image source tag, but the basic tag must have that code and the image location. Make any necessary changes, save the page and use an FTP program to update your Web page. This method only works if you are unable to see pictures on a Web page that you run personally.
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