Images and formatting not loading for certain websites
Within the last couple of weeks the website bfads.net has stopped loading properly. All other websites load properly with the exception of some forum websites I came across while looking for an answer to this problem. The website loads very slowly but is missing all formatting and images (except ad banners). It is one solid white page with lots of black and blue hyperlinked text. It looks like you were seeing the page in text view. The forum websites that don't load have the same appearance. I am running Windows XP SP3 and Firefox v16 after upgrading from v12.
Here is what I have tried so far.
- Updated Firefox to the latest version - Cleared the history, cookies and cache - Restarted Firefox in Safe Mode with extensions turned off - Updated all plugins - Ran Spybot with no issues - Ran AVG with no issues - Checked to make sure there is no ad or image blocking turned on (there is none) - Performed a Shift + R to reload the page - Removed any programs installed recently - Checked Internet Options in Windows to make sure nothing looks out of place
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Do all other web pages display properly?
Make sure that you allow pages to choose their colors and that you haven't enabled High Contrast in the Accessibility settings.
- Tools > Options > Content : Fonts & Colors > Colors : [X] "Allow pages to choose their own colors, instead of my selections above"
You can also try to reset all prefs in case were were changed accidentally.
You can try to reset Firefox.
If you reset Firefox then a new profile is created and some of your data (bookmarks, passwords, cookies, form data) is automatically imported and your current profile will be moved to the desktop (Old Firefox Data).
You can recover more data from the old profile (be cautious with doing that).
All web pages load properly other than bfads.net and a couple of forum pages which I didn't write down.
I tried resetting everything after I posted this with no effect.
The box is checked allowing the pages to choose their own color.
I also tried Chrome and IE and they are also having the same display issues as Firefox. I checked Internet Options again to make sure nothing is amiss and it doesn't look like anything is. I had to adjust a proxy server setting in the LAN settings a month ago when I switched to a new modem but the website displayed properly after that adjustment.
I also checked my hosts file and it is clean.