Red x in pic slots cant get pictures up?

hi my son just got a new laptop and on the home pages of yahoo there are red x,s were the pics should be is there any way of getting rid of the x,s and getting the pics there thank you in advance for your help

get java here:

http://java.com/en/

and test the flash and shockwave players here: (if the latest versions are not on the laptop it will automatically give a download or update)

http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/welcome/