I have Vista Home Premium, my friend has a Mac with 10.4 OS. When he sends images embedded in an email they are not there, instead I get this, which is a link to the Hotmail website. Has anyone seen this problem before and have an solution? I assume it some setting in Vista as when I was using Windows 2000 there wasn't a problem. Thanks...Tom

http://by133w.bay133.mail.live.....6&mf=0

Thanks. He is using Hotmail and when they are attachments they are there, it's just when they are embedded in the email, like with forwards.

I am not even sure you can paste pictures into hotmail like e.g.in AOL. I have tried that on my hotmail ID that I have not used in ages, but it did not work. I could only insert links. Tom, are you sure your friend does paste them into the mail or maybe he provides a link? -- On the occasion I found a ton of old mail that I had never seen, some more than half a year old - funny.

I use Windows Mail and a local dial up ISP, Eastern Shorenet at www.shorenet.net. The images that are not coming through are part of emails he is forwarding, he is not pasting the images into the emails himself. When the images are attachments there is no problem. Friends with XP have no problems, it's just me with Vista. What's strange is that the Hotmail (actually Windows Live) login links are where the images should be and if there are multiple images there are multiple Hotmail login links. With my XP friends not having a problem I think it's something in a Vista setting somewhere. I also think it's strange that the Hotmail login link appears, if anything should be compatible with Vista you would think it would be Hotmail. I have unchecked the box in Windows Mail security options that blocks downloaded images. Any and all suggestions appreciated.

Thanks, separate folder where? How would they get out of the email and why would the Hotmail link be substituted?

Well Tom, it atually worked. The embedded picture traveled from AOL > Hotmail > Windows mail without a problem. So I guess we are back to your "settings". I have to think about that. Since I do not use Windows Mail very often (plus I have IncrediMail sitting on top of Windows Mail), I have to investigate a little more. I would suspect something in your Windows Mail settings or in your Firewall.

Tom, I was trying to find a system in the neighborhood with McAfee on it, but unfortunately there is none. I myself have only Kaspersky and Norton 2008 so I cannot look into any details. I can only suggest you scout around McAfee a little and see whether something turns up. I am really sorry.
PS. When your McAfee license runs out, get a better Security suite. Here is a link on a recent comparison:
http://www.av-comparatives.org.....rview.html

Thanks. Did as you suggested, the messages are 100kb+. I'll try your next suggestion.

Ok, that is odd.
Try this to see if the pictures did for sure come with the message:
Right click on the message and click properties.
Click the details tab.
Click the "Message Source.." button.
Scroll down and check for something like the following:

------=_NextPart_[PartID]
Content-Type: image/gif;
name="[imagename].gif"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64
Content-ID: <[AttachmentID]>
[Long display of characters]

The gif maybe a jpg, png or other image format.
The [something] parts will be something specific to the attachment and vary from message to message.

Ok. That appears to mean that the image is being filtered out of the message somewhere along the path between your friend and You with Windows Mail.
If your email provider supports a webmail interface to your email you should try looking there for the email and see if the images are displayed.
That will tell us if the problem is a program on your computer or not.