HTML generated excel spreadsheet does not display on web page

I generated html for an Excel spreadsheet using Excel's publish function. I
then copied this html into a web gem on my web page and published the page.
I am running IE6 and XP (Office 2000) as well as Norton Internet Security.
The web page loads fine for me.

However, a couple of my users have indicated that they see a square with a
dot in it. One user is running IE6/WinME, another AOL's browser/IE6/Win98.
The WinME user also has Zone Alarm but he turned it off. The other user says
she does not have any firewall s/w running. The WinME user tried accessing
this page from his work computer (it loaded fine....think that was an IE6/XP
confiig) as well as his girlfriend's PC (it also loaded fine...also think it
was IE6/XP).

So why would it appear this spreadsheet does not display for what appears to
be older versions of o/s? On the surface, I would have assumed the problem
was related to firewall s/w, accelerator s/w, IE settings. Or is this an
Excel html problem? Note I also uploaded the html spreadsheet file and
placed a link on the page to see if the different "implementation" of the
spreadsheet might make a difference. It doesn't. Can anyone help provide
guidance into how to troubleshoot this? Or is there something I can or
should be doing to ensure this is not a problem for a user (regardless of
what they are running)?

Note I have this same discussion going on under IE since I don't know if the
root problem is with excel or IE. I have received one post back suggesting
autovue is installed on problem PCs causing incorrect file associations.
Users in question do not have autovue installed. Also, I have other
spreadsheets
available from the same web site. The xls itself was uploaded and a link
provided to it. Neither user has a problem accessing spreadsheets made
available in this manner.

MJS shared this with us in microsoft.public.excel:

> Note I have this same discussion going on under IE since I don't know
> if the root problem is with excel or IE.

In that case you should not MULTIpost (which is what you are doing now)
but CROSSpost. EMP (Excessive Multi Posting) is considered spam. So is
ECP or EXP (Excessive Cross Posting), but of a much lesser degree, and
it's tolerated or even advisable in cases like yours.

Since you probably didn't know this, I'll kindly provide you with
resources that explain crossposting, multiposting and related subjects.

http://www.cs.tut.fi/~jkorpela/usenet/xpost.html
http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm
http://j-walk.com/ss/help/newsgrp.htm
http://www.cpearson.com/excel/DirectConnect.htm
http://www.cpearson.com/excel/newposte.htm

Anyway you made a good effort in giving a detailed account of your
issue, and I'll praise you for that. Unfortunately I don't know a
solution, sorry. But I can help you asking better questions and finding
better answers.

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