images not loading properly

[jimnyc]

When I come to this forum AND on my forum some of the images (buttons) aren't always showing (reply, edit quote...)

The hyperlink is still clickable, but I need to hit refresh in order to get them to display. This isn't for every page I visit, it appears to be sporadic.

This was fine up until about an hour ago. Nothing has been installed or changed.

What do you think could be causing it? I just flushed my cache and temp files just in case, but same thing exists.

[satis]

What browser are you using? What O/S? You may want to try manually clearing the temporary internet files folder. Additionally, stuff like that can sometimes be caused by packet loss. Is it only on forums, or elsewhere also?

Anyway, you can check packet loss by dropping to DOS (assuming you're on a windows platform) and pinging some website. For instance;

ping -n 50 google.com

that would ping google.com 50 times. Most versions of Windows will give you statistics at the end, including packet loss. If it's more than 10% you've got problems and may want to contact your ISP.

Alternately, I've seen IE do this occasionally. Typically clearing temp files and cookies and stuff, then rebooting the computer will clear it up. Repairing IE may also be an option.