I get blue boxes with "?" marks in them instead of words

I have tried everything I have read about. If I go to the apple website and check out the Battery Recal page at the bottom, I get those blue boxes instead of words. Pages won't build correctly also.
I've removed the com.apple Safari from my user/preferences list and put it on my desktop. I have taken the Safari app. from my husbands computer. I have reinstalled Quicktime. I have run out of solutions.

Hello susie:
The blue boxes with "?" indicates that the page is not completely loading in a proper fashion.
Clear the Safari cache
Trash the Safari preference file (com.apple.safari.plist) and restart.
Remove any Safari add-ons or "enhancers."
What sort of connection do you have to the Internet? Connections/ISP problems could also be a root cause of your problem.
This is a general troubleshooting article - some of which may be relevant:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=107657
Barry

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