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Software => Internet browsers => Topic started by: sareuhhkay on February 05, 2006, 08:22:18 AM

Title: animation in IE
Post by: sareuhhkay on February 05, 2006, 08:22:18 AM

okay, for some reaon, my internet explorer will not display animation in web pages.
i already went to internet options and checked the box to display them but that didnt work.
i have mozilla firefox too, and it wont display them in there either and we just rebooted my
computer about a month ago because we had a lot of viruses, and it worked fine before, but
ever since we did that, they dont work. can someone help me ???

 :-?

Title: Re: animation in IE
Post by: GX1_Man on February 05, 2006, 10:16:44 AM

Le's make sure the system is clean before we start.

http://www.computerhope.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?num=1134123580


Also what operating system? Service packs applied?  Version of IE? All Windows updates?  :-?

Title: Re: animation in IE
Post by: soybean on February 05, 2006, 10:54:01 AM

Let's refine this some and see exactly what types of animation you can not see.  If you go to www.yahoo.com, do you see an animated advertisment on the upper right (below the search box) part of the page?  If not, then you probably need to visit http://www.macromedia.com/software/flashplayer/ and install Flash Player 8.  

Now, let's see whether animated images, i.e. .gif files (not Flash) will display in your browser.  If you go to http://www.newarkadvocate.com/apps/pbcs.dll/frontpage, do you see an animiated .gif near the upper mid-section of the page, an advertisement for Apartments.com?

Title: Re: animation in IE
Post by: sareuhhkay on February 05, 2006, 02:57:38 PM

i dont see either of them.

Title: Re: animation in IE
Post by: soybean on February 05, 2006, 09:38:48 PM

Do you see Computer Hope.com, with Computer Hope in blue letters and .com in black, at the top of this forum?

Title: Re: animation in IE
Post by: Fed on February 05, 2006, 10:07:26 PM

Do you see the hand, does it move for you? (http://www.comcen.com.au/~fed/hand.gif)

Title: Re: animation in IE
Post by: dl65 on February 05, 2006, 10:26:05 PM

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Do you see the hand, does it move for you

Hand , what hand    .........


dl65  ::)

Title: Re: animation in IE
Post by: sareuhhkay on February 06, 2006, 07:02:44 AM

i see the computer hope.com but it doessnt move, i dont know if its supposed to.
and i see the hand, but that doesnt move.

Title: Re: animation in IE
Post by: soybean on February 06, 2006, 07:37:58 AM

So, now we know you can see images, but not animation.  In IE, go to Tools, Internet Options, the Advanced tab, and scroll down to the Multimedia section.  If the box for "Play animations in web pages" is not checked, put a check mark in it.  Click on Apply and OK.  Either close your browser and reopen it or at least hit the Refresh button on IE.   Now, can you see animation?

Title: Re: animation in IE
Post by: GX1_Man on February 06, 2006, 05:56:16 PM

You will be the only one to see Fed's hand and live to tell about it!!!!  :o :o :o

Title: Re: animation in IE
Post by: sareuhhkay on February 07, 2006, 06:20:59 AM

it was already checked, and no i cant see it still.

Title: Re: animation in IE
Post by: soybean on February 07, 2006, 08:33:09 AM

What OS (vesion of Windows) are you running?  How old is your computer?  You said in your original post that "we just rebooted my computer about a month ago because we had a lot of viruses".  Rebooting simply means restarting your computer.  That's not what you meant to say, is it?  Did you mean to say you formatted your hard drive, erasing everything on it, and then did a fresh installation of Windows?

Do you know how to open Windows Device Manager?  Have you looked at it since you did whatever you did about a month ago?  Specifically, does Device Manager indicate your Display adapter is working properly?  What is your Display adapter, i.e. the name of it?

Can you run dxdiag?  To do that, go to Start, Run, and enter dxdiag in the Run box.  When the DirectX Diagnostic Tool appears, click on the Display tab, and then click on the button for Test DirectDraw.  Did the test report "All tests were successful."?  Is DirectDraw enabled?

Can you use animated screen savers?

Title: Re: animation in IE
Post by: Fed on February 07, 2006, 12:20:20 PM

Are you running any sort of internet acceleration program?

Title: Re: animation in IE
Post by: sareuhhkay on February 07, 2006, 03:44:00 PM

whats that.

Title: Re: animation in IE
Post by: soybean on February 07, 2006, 04:31:31 PM

Looks like I'm wasting my time here.  No response to my last post.

Title: Re: animation in IE
Post by: GX1_Man on February 08, 2006, 05:23:22 PM

She's going to get two Fed hands in just a moment.....