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display pictures not loading by miles on 06-21-2006 at 05:49 PM
this sounds quite sad but this is driving me absolutely crazy!
i cannot see peoples display pictures, and they cannot see mine. all i can see as their dp is the default msn man and vice versa.
ive tried using 7.0, 7.5 and am currently on windows live.
ive also deleted everthing in
"C:\Documents and Settings\Miles\Application Data\Microsoft\MSN Messenger" to try and reset all the settings
im using zone alarms firewall and have allowed the program full internet access.
ive also used a registry cleaner which removed 'problems' but did not solve the msn display pic problems
recently i deleted "C:\WINDOWS\Internet Logs" as i read they were safe to delete (there was about 5gb of msn messenger logs?)
ive gone into msn options>general and ticked "show display pictures from others"
ive run out of things to try 
any ideas?
help!
*edit i forgot to mention - i cant see peoples personal messages either anymore. (the bit in italic after their actual name) 
RE: display pictures not loading by qgroessl on 06-21-2006 at 05:57 PM
Try reinstalling MSN/WLM... see if that helps.
RE: display pictures not loading by miles on 06-21-2006 at 06:02 PM
i tried reinstalling at least 5 times!
i just found this thread (http://shoutbox.menthix.net/showthread.php?tid=60711&page=3)
which came to the conclusion its zone alarm!
looks like ill just have to wait for the next zone alarm update or downgrade to a previous version!
thanks anyway 
RE: display pictures not loading by RaceProUK on 06-21-2006 at 07:40 PM
Or go into ZoneAlarm and adjust the permissions for Messenger?
RE: display pictures not loading by ueffect on 06-24-2006 at 12:17 AM
It really seems to be caused by zonealarm suite. I am currently having the same problem. Reinstalling both MSN and ZA didn't help, changing settings/allowing everything for MSN/turning IM security off didn't help either. However when I turned ZA suite off completely, MSN worked normal.
Anyways, I'll try to find out more.
RE: display pictures not loading by Idium on 06-24-2006 at 11:56 AM
Just a sugestion
mabee someone should contact ZoneLabs about this and see what they say.
RE: display pictures not loading by miles on 06-24-2006 at 04:58 PM
Yeah the newest version of zone labs is definitely the cause of the problem.
Install an older version :e.g. http://download.zonelabs.com/bin/free/1043_zl/zaS..._61_744_001_en.exe
and it will work again
RE: display pictures not loading by dudu2003br on 06-29-2006 at 12:55 AM
yes zonealarm caused evertything.... please someone contact they thanks folks
RE: display pictures not loading by IvanDrago on 06-29-2006 at 01:32 AM
Yes, it's the Zone Alarm update (v6.5.722.000) what is causing it. Hopefully they fix it soon and release a new update.
It was discussed here too:
http://shoutbox.menthix.net/showthread.php?tid=60711&page=2