Image alignment in table - please help

HTML & CSS
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No matter what align setting I use for image in first col of table, it makes all the text in subsequent columns drop below it.

Can anyone tell me how I can insert an image here without it making all the other text drop down?


<tbody>
<tr align="left" valign="top">
<td style="text-align: left;" rowspan="4"><img class="size-full wp-image-2726 absmiddle" title="Service name yourtown" src="http://members.theultimatetechsite.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/BadgeBlue1.png" alt="Service name yourtown" width="126" height="104" /></td>
<td>Manual and multi-scan virus removal</td>
<td><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1600" title="Virus removal yourcity" src="http://members.theultimatetechsite.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Virus-removal-yourcity.png" alt="Virus removal yourcity" width="25" height="29" /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Complete 20-point system security audit</td>
<td style="text-align: left;" align="right"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1600" title="Virus removal yourcity" src="http://members.theultimatetechsite.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Virus-removal-yourcity.png" alt="Virus removal yourcity" width="25" height="29" /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Firewall and Virus signature verification</td>
<td style="text-align: left;" align="right"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1600" title="Virus removal yourcity" src="http://members.theultimatetechsite.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Virus-removal-yourcity.png" alt="Virus removal yourcity" width="25" height="29" /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>System update and security patch</td>
<td style="text-align: left;" align="right"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1600" title="Virus removal yourcity" src="http://members.theultimatetechsite.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Virus-removal-yourcity.png" alt="Virus removal yourcity" width="25" height="29" /></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
2

I can’t see the attachment yet, but am I right in asking if the image is making the other tds TALLER? If so, you’d want to set vertical-align: top on the td’s so text inside the others sticks to the top of the cells rather than what I believe is default, the middles. Or you may have in your stylesheet somewhere vertical-align: bottom on tds?