Re: embedded objects in Word showing as red X

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From: Rebecca (Rebecca_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 01/14/05

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    It wasn't the driver. Uninstalled/reinstalled but it still didn't work. By
    chance, I discovered that if I give the user admin rights on the local
    machine, then the document opens fine and all embedded/objects appear as
    expected. If I remove the admin rights to the machine then the problem
    persists. What could be causing this???

    "Rebecca" wrote:

    > Thanks Cindy. I tried logging on as different users on his PC and the problem
    > happened with one user but not the other. You may be right that it is a
    > driver issue. Thanks for your help.
    >
    > "Cindy M -WordMVP-" wrote:
    >
    > > Hi =?Utf-8?B?UmViZWNjYQ==?=,
    > >
    > > > OS: Windows XP
    > > > Office: XP Professional
    > > >
    > > > When one user tries to open a shared document with embedded objects he is
    > > > getting red X's where the object/graphic should be. This is not happening to
    > > > anyone else. We use roaming profiles and when I log on as him on a different
    > > > PC he is able to open the document just fine - it only happens on one PC. I
    > > > have checked Word settings (Tools>Options>Drawings, Uncheck Picture
    > > > Placeholders and Print>Drawing Objects) but it still doesn't work. He has the
    > > > same permissions to the document as everyone else in the office. Any
    > > > thoughts?
    > > >
    > > How about other users on this machine? Do they see the same problems?
    > >
    > > Right off-hand, I'd say it's a problem with the graphics card driver or maybe
    > > the graphics acceleration (or a combination).
    > >
    > > Cindy Meister
    > > INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
    > > http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004)
    > > http://www.word.mvps.org
    > >
    > > This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow question or reply
    > > in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-)
    > >
    > >

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