Animated GIF won't Animate while page is loading

Hi all,
I need my animated gif to be animated while other page elements are loading, but it is frozen until the page loads. Any advice?
Regards,
Kelly
Personal Blog: http://thebitsthatbyte.com

There are few options available, refer to the following posts,
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5829382/animated-gif-while-loading-page-does-not-animate
http://www.webdeveloper.com/forum/showthread.php?90647-RESOLVED-ie-animated-gif-freeze-til-page-loads
http://forums.asp.net/t/1814498.aspx?loader+gif+IE+problem
--Cheers

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