I am runnning XP Pro, with IE8. whenever I try to Cut and paste a pic into the body of an email it wont go, when I forward an email it will forward the text but no pics (red X). The isert drop down menu will not let me insert pics.

Hello DDOCONNOR,Thank you for visiting the Microsoft Answers Community.This behavior can occur if the linked image file is not located in a publicly available location. The file is not on a Web server or shared network drive, or the file is located on a publicly available location but you are working offline. To resolve this issue, the sender should use the Send Pictures With Message option to attach the image to the message, or copy the image to a shared location and specify that location in the properties for the image.To resolve this, use one of these methods: To Attach an Image to a Message In Outlook Express, on the Tools menu, click Options. On the Send tab, click HTML under Mail Sending Format. To enable sending images as attachments in every message, click Settings, click the Send Pictures With Messages check box to select it, and then click OK. Under News Sending Format, click HTML. Click Settings, click the Send Pictures With Messages check box to select it, and then click OK until all dialog boxes are closed. Click Compose Message, and then click the message text box. On the Insert menu, click Picture. In the Image Source box, browse to or type the path to the image, and then click OK. On the Tools menu, make sure that there is a check mark next to Send Pictures With Message. If there is no check mark, click to select Send Pictures With Message. NOTE: You must perform this step each time you want to send pictures with your newsgroup message. Complete your message and on the File menu, click Send Message. To Place an Image in a Shared Location Copy the image file to a publicly available location such as a Web server (for the Internet) or a shared network folder (for an intranet). Recipients of the message should have at least read-access privileges to the shared location. If you are inserting a new image in a message, on the Insert menu, click Picture. If you are modifying an image that is already inserted in the message, right-click the image, and then click Properties. In the Image Source box, browse to or type the address of the image, such as: Internet example: http://example.microsoft.com/MyImage.gif (http://example.microsoft.com/MyImage.gif) intranet example: file://\\MyServer\MyShare\MyImage.gif Click OK. Hope this helpsChris.H Microsoft Answers Support Engineer Visit our Microsoft Answers Feedback Forum and let us know what you think.