I know we generally don't post things from the mod corner in other forums, but this is certainly an exception since everyone is responding there which is kid of leaving you in the dark.
So, here are the things coming back as responses.
From Shortbus@AF
Wait her user group is "girls"? Did Igor change this recently I wonder, If you go into mod CP there is no .gif file inserted there for the stars to show up. Thats weird. She has a custom avatar enabled but the link appears to be broken.
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Carrrnutttt in response to Moppie
Quote: <HR SIZE=1>Originally Posted by Moppie
I dont see any smilies and only some avatars with my Firewall on.
Its only good old Norton and I dont have any porblems at other VB bourds.
There is something in AF's settings that Norton and appreatly other firewalls dont like. <HR SIZE=1>
When I was in school, their firewall prevented me from seeing any images that were hosted by AF's server. My ZoneLabs at home allows me to view the same images. The funny (or unfunny) part is, I can see everyone's avatars and stars in this thread EXCEPT HERS. That is NO firewall problem.
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From Heep -
Zone Alarm by Zone Labs does exactly that. My dad is super paranoid about firewalling and viruses and stuff, and has Zone Alarm installed. I was getting the same problem with the avatars and gifs, but just figured that part of the server was down or something. Later that day, the program ran some check automatically and pissed me off, so I closed it. When I came back to AF with it closed, all the avatars were back. I've double checked - Zone Alarm
definitely does block avatars and other gif files.
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If you can, log in on another pc and see what happens there. This will help in determining if the problem resides on your PC or with AF. (as long as the other pc you log in on doesn't have the same settings)
If you'd like - find someone you trust that has an account here and let them log in with your name and password (be sure to change it afterwards) and see if it happens to them too.
I'll keep you posted.