Animated .gif pictures don't work in FF or IE

[PC_destroyer]

For some strange reason some animated .gif pictures don't work. I thought it might be a FF problem so I switched to IE tab and it still didn't work.

Even the smilies on this text box don't work. The only ones that work are these :pcguru: :laugh:

The rest of them that are supposed to be moving don't work:
:banghead: :hello: :idea: :congrats: :questionmark:

(I disabled smilies on purpose)

Also :thumpdown: and :smile: don't show a picture at all.

[gvblake22]

Have you tried the usual course of action by clearing your browser's cache, history, temporary files, cookies, etc?

In Firefox:
Tools -> Clear Private Data

In Internet Explorer 7:
Tools -> Internet Options -> General tab -> "Delete..." button under "Browsing History" section

[screwballl]

Originally Posted by PC_destroyer

For some strange reason some animated .gif pictures don't work. I thought it might be a FF problem so I switched to IE tab and it still didn't work.

Even the smilies on this text box don't work. The only ones that work are these

The rest of them that are supposed to be moving don't work:


(I disabled smilies on purpose)

Also and don't show a picture at all.

they seem to work fine for me... usually what I notice is that in the text entry box they don't work but seeing them on the forum itself they work fine

[angiemarie]

THANK YOU SO MUCH!!UI

THANK YOU SO MUCH!! I was trying to find why .gifs don't work on my computer, and i found this site. I'm so glad that i'm not the only one with this problem so that i could find the help i need.

[Jokerswild]

Welcome to the forum angiemarie. I'm glad you found some useful information.

[Quakindude]

Originally Posted by angiemarie

THANK YOU SO MUCH!!UI

THANK YOU SO MUCH!! I was trying to find why .gifs don't work on my computer, and i found this site. I'm so glad that i'm not the only one with this problem so that i could find the help i need.

Yes, welcome to the forums! Did clearing your caches work or do you still need some help?

[PC_destroyer]

Clearing my cache didn't fix anything. I thought it was the skin I was using (Redshift v2). So I went back to the normal one but it still didn't work.

I'm thinking about just reinstalling FF to see what happens.

P.S. I tryed downloading an animated .gif to see if it what my PC and not FF. When I opened the pic it still wasn't animated. I opened the properties for the picture and it says it only has 1 frame. This means that either FF doesn't download the rest of the frames or my PC doesn't know how to use .gif's.

[carpenator]

Now I may be way off track, but for some reason it comes to mind that some security settings and after market protection software lock down images because either they could have a payload or also because they could be passing info.

I would say odds are that this is not it. But as Han Solo says, "Don't tell me the odds."

[angiemarie]

Thanks for the Welcome!! I'm not having that problem anymore! for now!! lol.... but now that i know what the problem with mine was, i can fix it if it happens again.