Firefox – Images not loading in Firefox and Internet Explorer

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I have missing images in Firefox and IE. While most of the website works, there are images that just won't load in these two browsers. I just installed Chrome and everything is working fine. What gives?

I've checked that 'automatically load images' is checked in the Firefox/IE options but I can't put my finger on what other settings could cause this.

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Notice below the picture of the red car. There are three blank squares that should be back, pause and forward buttons but they're not there. There should be a blue bar under the search box that colors the 'news, entertainment, sports…' bar but it's not there. The red car shows up just fine, but some other pictures do not.

Best Answer

Try this in Firefox:

  • Go to Tools (alt + t) -> Options
  • Click the Content tab
  • In the Fonts & Colours section click the Colours... button
  • Make sure Allow pages to choose their own colours, instead of my selections above is checked

If I uncheck that option on my machine then I can replicate your symptoms. Obviously this does not affect Internet Explorer so I don't know for sure if it will help. But this check would at least rule out browser settings.

If it doesn't work then I would need more information:

  • What other sites are particularly affected?
  • Who is your internet provider and are you accessing the internet through a proxy? Is it mobile broadband?
  • Are any other machines using the same connection and are they affected as well?
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