For lack of a better forum, I decided to post this here.
I reinstalled windows and, as such, reinstalled STO. I'm no longer using my Norton Internet Security software, instead opting for Windows Security Essentials and Windows Firewall. As far as I can tell, windows firewall has allowed all the access that it can to Cryptic Game Launcher.
That said, images do not appear in the Crpytic Loader. This is also the case for the Black Prophecy loader, however, Steam doesn't seem to have any problems. The loader is simply a black background with URL tags for various options on top and the login request boxes. After logging in, there are two blue boxes (which should have Holodeck and Tribble written in them, but doesn't) and little else. The patch button does not appear at all.
I acknowledge that this is simply a problem with the loader, but it looks like it will be a problem with all my loaders. I'd like to get this fixed, knowing that it's probably an issue with my system exceptions.
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the setting in IE browser to not display image will affect whether images are displayed in the launcher.
Thanks for the help. The problem had something to do with IE9. I rolled back to IE8 and that has fixed the problem.