IE don’t show images & shows Red X.(XP) Most of the time it is due to .PNG file cannot show properly. Following solution will fix the problem. Please copy following content in notepad & save as .reg Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 ;PNG file association fix for Windows XP [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.PNG] "PerceivedType"="image" @="pngfile" "Content Type"="image/png" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.PNG\PersistentHandler] @="{098f2470-bae0-11cd-b579-08002b30bfeb}" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\pngfile] @="PNG Image" "EditFlags"=dword:00010000 "FriendlyTypeName"=hex(2):40,00,25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,\ 00,6f,00,6f,00,74,00,25,00,5c,00,73,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,\ 32,00,5c,00,73,00,68,00,69,00,6d,00,67,00,76,00,77,00,2e,00,64,00,6c,00,6c,\ 00,2c,00,2d,00,33,00,30,00,35,00,00,00 "ImageOptionFlags"=dword:00000003 [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\pngfile\CLSID] @="{25336920-03F9-11