Animated GIFs not working in IE6

[Larry]

IE6 is only showing frame 1 of certain animated Fireworks
GIFs. Some work, others don't. The ones that are not
running were OK a few days ago with the same browser.
They work fine on IE5. I have the proper boxes checked in
the advanced settings. I have also deleted all temp
files. The odd thing is, the files run properly when I
preview them in my web authoring program.

 

[Alan Edwards]

See if this helps:
http://www.mvps.org/inetexplorer/answers.htm#ani_gif
Why don't my animated gifs animate?

Take note of the mention of firewalls like @Guard as others like Zone
Alarm Pro and NIS may also have a disable option.

....Alan

 

[Guest]

Thanks Alan,

I'm a little leary of trying those fixes, because the
problem is inconsistent.Some GIFs work, others don't. The
only firewall I'm running is the one included with XP.

-----Original Message-----
See if this helps:
http://www.mvps.org/inetexplorer/answers.htm#ani_gif
Why don't my animated gifs animate?

Take note of the mention of firewalls like @Guard as others like Zone
Alarm Pro and NIS may also have a disable option.

....Alan
--
Alan Edwards, MS MVP W95/98 Systems
http://dts-l.org/index.html

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microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6.browser, "Larry"

 

[wizrd]

It might be due to Windows Firewall that comes with SP2. I turned min
off (Control Panel - Windows Firewall) and everything seems to work.

When it was on, animated GIFS i downloaded from the internet on to m
hard drive when opened in Animation Shop only showed the first frame
Using the direct URL of the GIF in IE6 also only showed the firs
frame. But if i downloaded a ZIP file containing a GIF it animate
normally in IE6 and Animation Shop.

The firewall is pretty amazing if it can do that - distinguish betwee
local and internet retrieved GIFS... and also incredibly annoying as i
doesnt's warn you when it is blocking GIF animations :


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wizr