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Recently, my parents started to suffer the following error any time they tried to view an image in Firefox (note: not an embedded image, rather just the image by itself):
“The image cannot be displayed, because it contains errors.” Turns out, the nasty little error is caused by Skype’s Firefox extension (my parents had recently installed it). The solution is to disable the Skype extension for Firefox under: Tools -> Add-ons

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The newest version of G-Mail has a brief loading screen.

This is fine (though part of me finds it a cumbersome burden), except at times the loading screen can get caught in an infinite refresh. Thankfully, there are two easy solutions.

1.) Completely clear your internet browsers cache and cookies

  • Firefox: Tools -> Clear Private Data
  • IE7: Tools -> Delete Browsing History
  • IE6: Tools -> Internet Options – > General

2.) Surf to the HTTPS version of G-Mail at https://www.gmail.com

I haven’t encountered the problem in a few days, so perhaps it has vanished. But in case you run in to it, I hope this helps.

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