so, to add more to this
I went to one of my sites where I know images are supposed to be, I did a view source and it gave me this:
<table width="188" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
<tr>
<td> </td>
</tr>
NOW, there is syupposed to be a image in that TD, it is almost like something before the page hits my browser is cancelling code out
this is a fresh format, brand new install of both firefox and IE