I suck at computers and I don't know how to search for help on this on google, so maybe someone can give me a head start.

I recently reformatted my desktop and use Windows 2000. At first stuff was okay, but now I can't seem to see any images when I'm at websites. It just forever says stuff like, "(25 items remaining) Downloading picture ... etc ..." in the bottom left of the window. So for example, when I'm on FTR, I can't see the spades in the forum index that show whether or not there's new posts in a particular forum.

The problem disappears if I close the window and open the site again. After a few clicks and stuff, though, it happens again.

It's so annoying, I have no idea where to even start to try to fix it. Help appreciated.