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Firefox or Internet Explorer doesn’t display all pictures or backgrounds

For some reason, I have seen this issue about six times in the past few weeks with Windows XP computers. The browser (both Firefox and/or Internet Explorer) symptoms include:

  • Web sites don’t display all images
  • Text seems distorted
  • Backgrounds don’t display

The solution to your browser not displaying the images or backgrounds properly is removing the high contrast setting in the Control Panel. Here’s how:

  1. Click Start
  2. Click Settings –> Control Panel
  3. Double-click the Accessibility options
  4. Click the Display tab
  5. Un-check the “use high contrast” box
  6. Click Apply
  7. Click OK

If your web site viewing is looking a little goofy, and pictures, menus and text aren’t displaying properly, give these steps a try!

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11 comments

  1. Heff
    March 29, 2009 at 9:19 pm

    This was the ticket! Who’d a thunk it?

    Reply
    • Daniel
      May 20, 2009 at 3:55 pm

      Thank you so much. I was trying to fix my fathers computer at work and was unable to see half the websites. Now I feel normal again haha thank you!

      Reply
  2. Joe
    June 9, 2009 at 3:22 pm

    Thanks for the tips. I tried it but the box was already unchecked and firefox still doesn’t work properly. Guess just gotta keep on looking

    Reply
  3. David
    August 22, 2009 at 1:30 am

    Solved the problem for me after about a year of frustation. I and most people who’ve posted questions and advice about this have pretty much assumed it was related to some security setting or software. Please inform Microsoft about this; they don’t seem to have a clue. I’ve never found search terms that turned up this information at MS.

    Reply
  4. carmelina
    August 23, 2009 at 1:57 pm

    Thanks so much for that, this has been doing my head in for weeks!!! I have installed drivers here and there! One little tick was causing me this pain in the rear!!
    Thanks again.

    Reply
  5. Anonymous
    January 15, 2009 at 11:26 pm

    it worked.
    WOW.
    you are a savior!!
    I had been sooooo annoyed for months on my Dad’s laptop because it wouldn’t display any images. I had Googled extensively before, but decided to try my luck tonight, and I stumbled upon your page. Perfect. Thanks a lot!!

    Reply
  6. Anonymous
    February 1, 2009 at 6:00 pm

    ^^same thing happened to my dad’s laptop. he checked this because the screen contrast was too low, and it’s been driving me crazy for the past few weeks. thanks for the solution

    Reply

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