I am accessing web sites and can see some pictures but not others on the same page. The ones I can't see come up with an X ina box.
The pictures are not likely to be pornographic or anything like that and I'm sure my firewall isn't blocking them.

Any ideas?You have a firewall that blocks pornographic content? Smart firewall. I wonder if it gets aroused.

I don't think you should be using the Internet when you're not sure what you're LOOKING at.

Set the advanced options of IE back to default or tag the 'show media/pictures'  option or whatever its named.What type of pictures are they [likely to be]? If they are advertisements, it MAY be your hosts file blocking them.

with regardsReceiving some, but not all pics can be caused by several things:

- the unreceived pics may not be there.  Try several different sites.  Are the missing pics always the same or do they change.  Refresh the page several times.

- your browser could be TIMING out due to a slow or erratic connection.

- you may not have enough room in your temporary internet folder(s).  Is your C: drive nearly full?

- you could have a browser problem.  Is it up to date?  Have you tried another browser?

DellAre you on dialup or cable modem? Quote

- you may not have enough room in your temporary internet folder(s).  Is your C: drive nearly full?