biggert, are you using a firewall such as Norton? I had problems a few months ago when Norton seemed to be conflicting with Opera (my fave browser) and wouldn't display thumbs. If I disabled the firewall, thumbs showed. I ended up reinstalling my machine a little while after that and the problem no longer occurred. I wouldn't recommend surfing without a firewall, but you might want to try turning it off and see if that solves the problem, so it gives you some idea what to try next. If that isn't it, you might want to try another browser to see what happens with that and again that might give you an idea where to go next with this.

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