I had the same problem yesterday - tried loading a new avatar from file - dint work - tried this morning where I have uploaded a new one to a www address - worked fine.
if you send me your avatar - I will upload it to my domain and send you the address - you should be able to upload it then.
Khushy
send it to
mail@khushy.com I can even resize it for you - no problem.
[Edited on 21-2-2006 by khushy]