Animated GIFs Help

Hello, I'm showing animated GIFs, but the problem is that each time I show the animated GIF, it doesn't finish the whole thing. It may be stopped somewhere in the middle. I change the image, so it's not showing the animated GIF anymore. When I go back to show it, it starts from where it left off. I need it to start from the beginning of the animation.
Thanks!
Chris

Post a small demo code that is generally compilable, runnable and could reproduce your problem. See: http://homepage1.nifty.com/algafield/sscce.html and http://www.yoda.arachsys.com/java/newsgroups.html
And show the URL of your animated GIF image files.
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