Popups stop animated gifs

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I have several popups on the homepage that when closed cause animated gifs to stop working. I also use "openme" to open several links. When these links are closed and you are returned to the homepage the gifs will again stop working. I have to do a refresh to start back the animations. Is there something I need to put in the javascript to prevent this? <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.k4sx.com">http://www.k4sx.com</a><!-- m -->. Thanks, Terry