# IE5 not DLing pictures **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [August 31, 2000, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ie5-not-dling-pictures/31431 "2000-08-31T02:27:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![BigRoryG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f07891/32.png) [@BigRoryG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigRoryG)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2000, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ie5-not-dling-pictures/31431/1 "2000-08-31T02:27:55Z")
Sorry for the blatant tech support request, but the guy at my ISP didn’t have a clue, and as you may know, Microsoft charges for Tech support. At certain pages, and not just some, a lot, when I load the page I get all the text and most of the formatting, but I lack a lot of the pictures, buttons, javascripts, and what have you. Anythoughts? ---
**Author:** ![Baraqiyal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecccb3/32.png) [@Baraqiyal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baraqiyal)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2000, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ie5-not-dling-pictures/31431/2 "2000-08-31T06:35:01Z")
This happened to me. Try going to Tools-\>Internet Options-\>Advanced. Find “Show image download placeholders”. Try toggling it (This was an a previous computer and I don’t remember now if I checked it or unchecked it). ---
**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2000, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ie5-not-dling-pictures/31431/3 "2000-08-31T15:11:46Z")
Yep, it does that. Try waiting for the page to complete loading. ---
**Author:** ![BigRoryG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f07891/32.png) [@BigRoryG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigRoryG)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2000, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ie5-not-dling-pictures/31431/4 "2000-08-31T22:25:02Z")
I have waited until the [age loads and I have refreshed several times. Some sites, if I right click and select “Show Picture” it will come up, but others no. I restored all of the advanced internet options to the default. Any thoughts? Please help!! ---
**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2000, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ie5-not-dling-pictures/31431/5 "2000-08-31T22:45:32Z")
Just the usualy rory, get Netscape too, its free, use them both, I do, often at the same time. ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2000, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ie5-not-dling-pictures/31431/6 "2000-08-31T23:21:28Z")
It could be the web site too. Many sites just are not coded correctly, or are missing files. ---
**Author:** ![BigRoryG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f07891/32.png) [@BigRoryG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigRoryG)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2000, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ie5-not-dling-pictures/31431/7 "2000-09-03T18:01:26Z")
I’ve started getting the error page when the site should be working fine. Often, I’ll enter [http://www.yahoo.com](http://www.yahoo.com) in and it will go to [cnn.com](http://cnn.com) for some reason. I just restarted and that seems to have gained me a little bit of sanity, but it feels like the www is breaking down. Could this be a …gulp… virus? I don’t know who to turn to… my ISP says I’m fine. I don’t know what to do. ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2000, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ie5-not-dling-pictures/31431/8 "2000-09-03T18:59:00Z")
Actually, that’s starting to sound more like your ISP. I’m a little bit suspicious that the tech support guy at the ISP couldn’t even suggest that you check the IE browser options (as Baraqiyal suggested). It could be a problem on their end, or it could be something in your dial-up setup. I’ve used IE for over 3 years with no problems–don’t give up on it just yet! ---
**Author:** ![capacitor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e47774/32.png) [@capacitor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/capacitor)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2000, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ie5-not-dling-pictures/31431/9 "2000-09-03T21:50:53Z")
I think that the misdirections are happening in a lot of ISPs lately. Probably it has to do with some change in protocol after the masive DOS attacks earlier this year. Sometimes I jump to a website different than the one I typed, ususally a website I visited previously. I got Hypertrace from analogx. When I get misdirected, I use Hypertrace to see if my target url is alive. Then when I refresh my browser, the browser gets the message and it goes to the site I wanted.