W7 and IE8 problems

[Mark Picard]

Just got my new computer with windows 7 factory installed with IE 8. Neither IE8 nor Firefox will display any background template or icons from any internet site. I get all the text and images correctly, just no background colors or buttons. I installed Safari, which works perfectly, but I really got used to IE 8 on my old laptop and would like to be able to utilize it again. I have Zone Alarm AV (Had Norton installed from the factory, but I don't like Norton, so I uninstalled it in favor of ZA. Oh yeah, it was doing the same thing with Norton. Any ideas?

 

[seekermeister]

Do you have the IE8 compatibility update installed? It is among the optional updates.