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Old November 14, 2003, 20:15   #1
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Computer problem: images don't load
Hey guys --

For the past day or two, my computer and the internet haven't been friendly with each other, as the 'net refuses to share images with me.

Silliness aside, no images are loading. Not even the smallest of icons. IE sits there and says it's downloading a picture, and the progress-meter moves a bit, but the picture never downloads. Web pages download fast, but no images -- not even if I stop the loading and click "show picture".

It's making reading 'poly hell (the ALT tags absolutely destroy the formatting) and it's more stress than I need when I'm trying to quit smoking cigarettes.

I'm on a cable modem. This should not be happening.

Any ideas would be very, VERY appreciated
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Old November 14, 2003, 21:45   #2
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Try another browser. Opera is nice.

If that isn't for you, perhaps take a look through internet settings or some such menu, paying particular attention to any settings relating to images/media.
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Does it happen with all websites or just 'Poly?

BTW, Firebird is a very nice browser.
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Old November 15, 2003, 06:37   #4
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I had that problem before.. a formatting helps


... I wish there were another way though, but nobody knew what was wrong last time I asked...
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Old November 15, 2003, 07:39   #5
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Most of the problems can be fixed by switching to a better browser.
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But who'd want to switch to a browser named after some noises (Some also call it "music" )
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I was referring to Mozilla or Firebird.
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Mozilla sounds like some kind of cheese

and I've never heard about Firebird before... Maybe I'll take a look some day...
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Firebird is a standalone browser (i.e. no e-mail client). The latest version (0.7) is very stable. You may want to give it a try.
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Is it just me, or are there no screenshots on that site?
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Screenshots? Probably not.

But I use it on all by *nix boxen.
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Old November 15, 2003, 19:03   #12
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rev, your computer is displaying the classic symptoms of an infection by the virus puritan.sexfiend.vbs It secures itself to any instances of IE and prohibits the display of any and all instances of pornographic imagery: icons, full images, thumbnails et al.

Shame on you. Now go flog yourself to atone for your sins.
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i have the same problem sometimes. I just close the browser and restart and it works
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the fix-all for Windows problems:

REBOOT

if it still doesn't work then, I can't help you
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