Those little RED X's

Hellswraith · #1 (**permalink**) 03-15-2008, 12:52 PM

So my wife calls me in to the computer room the other day bitching that she cannot check her email . I go in to see that for some reason our ISP Homepage not loading correctly - http://www.rr.com . The webpage tries to load but doesnt fully load and has little red X's where the pictures are suppossed to be. My computer , which is on the same router as this one works fine with no problems . This just started yesterday , worked fine for last past 9 years .....

So I go to google and find this is not so uncommon and try all the suggested methods of fixxing it .

I reset all my browser settings to default
I empty my cache
I delete my cookies
I delete my history
I delete all passwords
I defrag the machine
I do a windows update
I re-install adobe flash player
I re-install Internet Explorer 7 - nope still dont work
I call tech support twice and get Habib in India , and Sumar from Pakistan and they tell me the same things as above and neither of them are any help ..

Im about at the end of my rope here and close to the dreaded Format C !! Have I missed anything here or does anyone have a solution that they got to work for this issue ?? Im guessing I have a virus or something .. Sad thing is I dont run a virus scanner and only use my routers firewall and my Isp's for protection ..

MLC · #2 (**permalink**) 03-15-2008, 02:53 PM

i had the same problem about a year ago. i did everything you did and was ready to pull my hair out but i was still wearing a buzz cut then. what finally cured it was replacing my norton crap. apperantly my latest norton antivirus and firewall update did it too me, it was doing the same thing to my firefox. it was time to renew my norton so i dropped it and got the free copy of PC Tools firewall and AVG antivirus off the net and havent had a problem since. i think it was a strange combo of windows update and norton update didnt like each other.

Hellswraith · #3 (**permalink**) 03-15-2008, 03:49 PM

Yea its really weird , I can access most websites but not all of them .. Im going to just reformat I think , much easier than finding a needle in a haystack ....