I can only see an X on my PowerPoint slide on wmf graphics.

[General51]

I notice I cannot see any windows metafile graphics on the PowerPoint that
people send me. All I see is an X but on my other computer with XP it is OK.
I just bought this laptop with Vista - which unfortunately is giving me more
headaches.

 

[Landy]

I notice I cannot see any windows metafile graphics on the PowerPoint that
people send me. All I see is an X but on my other computer with XP it is
OK.
I just bought this laptop with Vista - which unfortunately is giving me
more
headaches.

Tell whoever is sending you the files to turn off "allow fast saves" in
their options in powerpoint.
cheers
Bill

 

[Echo S]

Here's what we know about Red X:

RED X instead of graphics
http://www.pptfaq.com/FAQ00064.htm

 

[Luca Brasi]

Sounds like you don't have write access to the "Temporary Internet Files"
folder (or it even doesn't exist). Open the Windows registry, go to
"HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User
Shell Folders" and check the "Cache" value. You might want to set it to
something like "%USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files".

(I don't know Vista. But this registry key might not have changed.)