Thread: Photos don't display properly...

Josh, what has changed since you were able to see pictures... new ISP? new modem? new PC? what?

FWIW, if my ISP ever blocked my access to anything I'd quickly have another ISP... I think it's a relatively high probability that is not your problem.

If your DSL modem/router has a built in firewall (mine does) that could be the issue, but unless you specifically told it to block photobucket I'd suspect that is not the problem either. Since the problem started, have you changed any settings on the modem/router?

Did you try turning off the security in the browser and OS? If you're reluctant to do that, you can make photobucket a "trusted" site in IE7... just go to tools/internet options/security/trusted sites and enter the photobucket url (ie, http://www.photobucket.com). (Sorry, I can't help you with Vista... XP works just fine for me so I'd rather use the $250 upgrade price to buy things I really need... like razors).

This has been a problem for quite a while, but I'm just now figuring out what's going on. I can see 99 percent of photos and graphics just fine. It's photos in the forums that are hosted from photobucket.com that seem to be the issue. Most guys here just attach them, and they work great.

Other forums seem to charge for the ability to attach photos, so a lot of guys will post the photos on photobucket and then just link to them.

I am actually unable to even go to the photobucket.com site by typing the URL in my browsers. After working with justchillin, I'm positive that the problem is something on the ISP side. Thinking back, I've also tried accessing these photos from other laptops that I had connected to my home network, and I had the same problem.

My broadband service is otherwise great, so I will either try to work it out with them or just live with the relatively minor inconvenience.

Thanks for all the help, guys! It's nice to at least know what the problem is.

Josh

Josh, I'm thinking may be try replacing www.photobucket.com with 209.17.74.21 and see if it works. May be there's something wrong with the DNS service of your ISP.

Josh, try accessing the internet from a different location with the laptop(beauty of portability) first before trying to call the ISP. Chances are you won't be able to "convince" the ISP there's a problem without "proving" you can access photobucket via another ISP.