No more images or photos on the web showing...

I had a problem with my laptop last week, and since it's been cleared and up running again, I don't have any pictures showing, even the emoticons are just not there.  There's that little image with the square, circle and triangle on the top left corner of every spot where there suppose to be an image.

 

Any one had this problem and fix it?

IE 7.0

go to tools

Internet options

advanced

scroll down to the multimedia section and check the box that says show pictures.  If it is checked then click the reset button on the bottom right.