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wont show photos, ie thumbnails on yahoo home page, personal photos on social media sites, etc. (I'm not very tech saavy, be gentle - wink)

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inconsistent in showing photos...ie the thumbnails for articles via my yahoo homepage, my friends' photos on social networking sites, other home pages. Also same prob with maps; no show on weather.com, google maps etc. a general lack of graphics of any kind.

inconsistent in showing photos...ie the thumbnails for articles via my yahoo homepage, my friends' photos on social networking sites, other home pages. Also same prob with maps; no show on weather.com, google maps etc. a general lack of graphics of any kind.

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Should be an easy fix- Clear your cache , restart Firefox , try the pages again.

Tools > Options > Advanced > Network - Offline storage- Use the clear cache button.

Modified by hardist

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nope. that didnt work. I have an old Apple Desktop PC. I was able to get to the cache and emptied it. restarted computer, but still no change....where a photo should be is a description of what would be showing if the photo would show

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  • Check the permissions for the domain in the current tab in "Tools > Page Info > Permissions"
  • Check that images are enabled: Firefox > Preferences > Content: [X] Load images automatically
  • Check the exceptions in "Firefox > Preferences > Content: Load Images > Exceptions"
  • Check the "Tools > Page Info > Media" tab for blocked images (scroll through all the images with the cursor Down key).

If an image in the list is grayed and there is a check-mark in the box "Block Images from..." then remove that mark to unblock the images from that domain.

There are also extensions (Tools > Add-ons > Extensions) and security software (firewall, anti-virus) that can block images.

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