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  • Jacob2008
    huuuhmmmm
    got me.
    Dont know, it might be lagging really bad?

    are you running firefox or IE
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  • bondai
    What browser are you using?
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  • iwannausername
    What browser? There are a few things you can do to stop animated gifs... one is to press the escape key... the other is in Firefox/Mozilla preferences, you can control how many times they loop (if at all). Not sure what IE does these days...
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  • LOKO383
    explorer i believe where would i look under settings?
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  • Jacob2008
    I was going to suggest clear your cache and cookies out, youd have to re-login to everything, but thats what slows your computer down (or atleast mine)
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  • 11BravoCrunchie
    Sometimes .gif files don't work on my machine, too. I run firefox, but I don't worry about it. The rest still works.
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  • Marc1301
    Look under tools, then Internet Options,............click the advanced tab, and scroll down to Multimedia, and see if "play animations in web pages" is checked or not. If not check it, and you will probably have to reboot.
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  • Rockatansky
    Marc is right. Just saw that thing.
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  • bondai
    quote:Originally posted by Marc1301
    Look under tools, then Internet Options,............click the advanced tab, and scroll down to Multimedia, and see if "play animations in web pages" is checked or not. If not check it, and you will probably have to reboot.


    You beat me to it....also update your java software..

    http://www.java.com/en/download/manual.jsp
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  • Jacob2008
    and dont forget, clear your cookies and cache atleast once a week [;)]
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  • Rockatansky
    quote:Originally posted by bondai
    quote:Originally posted by Marc1301
    Look under tools, then Internet Options,............click the advanced tab, and scroll down to Multimedia, and see if "play animations in web pages" is checked or not. If not check it, and you will probably have to reboot.


    You beat me to it....also update your java software..

    http://www.java.com/en/download/manual.jsp


    java has nothing to do with animated gifs for sure, neither do cookies or cache.
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  • LOKO383
    that box is checked, i supposedly have a strong firewall would this interefer? thanks, also the allow web anima. box has a asterik at the end......meaning what?
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  • Marc1301
    Some firewalls do have built in blockers for anything from pop-ups, to animations,..........you will need to drill into the settings to see if they are being blocked, but short of that, your firewall should not stop an animated GIF, or a "flash" object.
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  • Marc1301
    That simply means a reboot is required if those settings are changed.
    Edit: Also like said above,.......be sure to update your Java application.
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  • Jacob2008
    quote:Originally posted by thesneakyrussian
    quote:Originally posted by bondai
    quote:Originally posted by Marc1301
    Look under tools, then Internet Options,............click the advanced tab, and scroll down to Multimedia, and see if "play animations in web pages" is checked or not. If not check it, and you will probably have to reboot.


    You beat me to it....also update your java software..

    http://www.java.com/en/download/manual.jsp


    java has nothing to do with animated gifs for sure, neither do cookies or cache.

    cookies and cache will make it so slow it wont load all the way, tyvm.
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  • Rockatansky
    quote:Originally posted by LOKO383
    that box is checked, i supposedly have a strong firewall would this interefer? thanks, also the allow web anima. box has a asterik at the end......meaning what?


    Doesn't mean anything. Just restart your browser or stop using IE and use Firefox.
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  • Rockatansky
    quote:Originally posted by Jacob2008
    quote:
    java has nothing to do with animated gifs for sure, neither do cookies or cache.

    cookies and cache will make it so slow it wont load all the way, tyvm.


    Could you elaborate a little, how exactly do cookies (and maybe you can tell us all what exactly is a "cookie") and cache "will make it slow"?
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  • Rockatansky
    quote:Originally posted by Marc1301
    That simply means a reboot is required if those settings are changed.
    Edit: Also like said above,.......be sure to update your Java application.


    So, how exactly does "Java application" affect displaying of animated gifs?
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  • bondai
    quote:Originally posted by thesneakyrussian
    quote:Originally posted by bondai
    quote:Originally posted by Marc1301
    Look under tools, then Internet Options,............click the advanced tab, and scroll down to Multimedia, and see if "play animations in web pages" is checked or not. If not check it, and you will probably have to reboot.


    You beat me to it....also update your java software..

    http://www.java.com/en/download/manual.jsp


    java has nothing to do with animated gifs for sure, neither do cookies or cache.


    Animated gifs can be written using java 6...and I didn't say cookies or cache had anything to do with it...
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  • Marc1301
    It doesn't on an animated gif file, that I am aware of.....but some of the java based apps as you know. What he seems to be having an issue with should not have anything to do with it.
    I'm stumped at this point,.........sure you can continue though, as you have far more info than I![8D]
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  • Rockatansky
    quote:Originally posted by bondai
    Animated gifs can be written using java 6...and I didn't say cookies or cache had anything to do with it...


    Is it the case here though?
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  • LOKO383
    my java under tools , advanced says this----,java[sun] use jre 1.6.0_ 01 for <applet> requires restart, should i download the new java update?
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  • Marc1301
    Well for what it's worth, I run IE also, and have never experienced those problems. I mentioned the firewall only because at one point ZoneAlarm for instance had a pop-up blocker built in, and it had the added capability of blocking certain "animations",.......don't know if the current one does.
    Also some folks use those huge Internet Security Suites, that have too much "protection" in them at times IMHO.
    Hope you guys figure it out for him![8D]
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  • Rockatansky
    quote:Originally posted by Marc1301
    It doesn't on an animated gif file, that I am aware of.....but some of the java based apps as you know. What he seems to be having an issue with should not have anything to do with it.
    I'm stumped at this point,.........sure you can continue though, as you have far more info than I![8D]


    Apparently, you can write anim. gifs using Java, though I don't think it's relevant to this case.

    You brought up a good point that if some sort of security software is running, something like Zone Alarm or some antivirus or some such -- that could block stuff from being downloaded or ran, at least one of the places I'd check.
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  • Marc1301
    You certainly won't harm anything by running the most current Java VM!
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  • Rockatansky
    quote:Originally posted by Marc1301
    You certainly won't harm anything by running the most current Java VM!


    Agreed [:)]
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  • Jacob2008
    just do what i said and clear the cookies and cache, take my word for it my uncle BUILDS computers
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  • Marc1301
    I say that because I went a long time once without updating,.......don't even remember the issue I started having, but updating Java fixed it!
    Computers can be a "wonderful" thing at times!![:D][8D]
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  • Rockatansky
    quote:Originally posted by Marc1301
    I say that because I went a long time once without updating,.......don't even remember the issue I started having, but updating Java fixed it!


    That's rather vague, don't you think? [:D]

    quote:
    Computers can be a "wonderful" thing at times!![:D][8D]


    Computers are indeed wonderful, it's people that use them and write software that are "wonderful".
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  • Marc1301
    Yeah,......doesn't get more vague than that![8D]
    Check for zombies in the machine next.
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