No images in steam

Im using the 64 bit edition of windows 7 and steam works, left 4 dead runs, there are no issues with that,
however what is annoying me is that no images load in the steam client, no user profile pictures, no game pictures in the browser, in short anywhere theres an image file, ive just got a blank.

anyone have any idea why this is happening?

nope still no images in steam, internet explorer works fine, its only in the steam client that i have that problem, and not just int he browser, no portraits show up in the friends list either

steam works fine for me... prpbably something went wrong during installation.

ill give that a shot, did you install it in compatibility mode or just normally?

k something rather odd, even the steam website seems devoid of images, doesnt matter whether i use firefox or ie

yea i installed it without any compatibility modes or admin priviliges. maybe your firewall or router is blocking the website..

but if it were the router, they shouldnt work on xp or vista either, it works fine on those, the images not showing up is only in windows 7