Nivo Slider not working with IE7

Question

I have reviewed quite a few posts on this site concerning this issue with Nivo Slider. I have checked my commas in the the javascript and it looks right to me:

<script type="text/javascript">
$(window).load(function() {
    $('#slider').nivoSlider({
        effect:'fade', 
        slices:15,
        animSpeed:500, 
        pauseTime:4000,
        startSlide:0,
        directionNav:false, 
        directionNavHide:false, 
        controlNav:true,
        controlNavThumbs:false, 
        controlNavThumbsFromRel:false, 
        controlNavThumbsSearch: '.jpg', 
        controlNavThumbsReplace: '_thumb.jpg', 
        keyboardNav:true,
        pauseOnHover:true, 
        manualAdvance:false, 
        captionOpacity:0.9, 
        beforeChange: function(){},
        afterChange: function(){},
        slideshowEnd: function(){}, 
        lastSlide: function(){}, 
        afterLoad: function(){} 
    });
});
</script>

Here is the html it is referencing. The folder path seems to be correct (afterall, it's working in other browsers!):

<div id="slider_wrapper">
        <div id="slider">
            <img src="/CoVPrototype/images/nivoslider/_img1.jpg" alt="" title="Discover City Parks" />
            <img src="/CoVPrototype/images/nivoslider/_img2.jpg" alt="" title="Enjoy Our Beautiful City" />
            <img src="/CoVPrototype/images/nivoslider/_img3.jpg" alt="" title="This is an example of a caption" />
            <img src="/CoVPrototype/images/nivoslider/_img4.jpg" alt="" title="This is Our Home" />
            <img src="/CoVPrototype/images/nivoslider/_img5.jpg" alt="" title="Mild Tempuratures and Natural Beauty" />
        </div>
    </div>

and finally, here is the link to the javascript:

<script src="/CoVPrototype/js/jquery.nivo.slider.pack.js" type="text/javascript"></script>

I have wasted half a day trying to get this issue resolved! Hopefully this mighty list can spot the problem!!

Thought I would add the css too in case this could be the culprit somehow:

#slider_wrapper {
    margin:0 auto;
    width:740px;
    height:360px;
}
#slider {
    width:738px; /* Change this to your images width */
    height:360px; /* Change this to your images height */
    background:url(/CoVPrototype/images/nivoslider/loading.gif) no-repeat 50% 50%;
    overflow:hidden;
    margin-top:25px;
    left:-96px;
    /*--Top right rounded corner--*/
    -moz-border-radius-topright: 5px;
    -khtml-border-radius-topright: 5px;
    -webkit-border-top-right-radius: 5px;
    /*--Top left rounded corner--*/
    -moz-border-radius-topleft: 5px;
    -khtml-border-radius-topleft: 5px;
    -webkit-border-top-left-radius: 5px;
    /*--Bottom right rounded corner--*/
    -moz-border-radius-bottomright: 5px;
    -khtml-border-radius-bottomright: 5px;
    -webkit-border-bottom-right-radius: 5px;
    /*--Bottom left rounded corner--*/
    -moz-border-radius-bottomleft: 5px;
    -khtml-border-radius-bottomleft: 5px;
    -webkit-border-bottom-left-radius: 5px;
}
#slider img {
    position:absolute;
    top:0px;
    left:0px;
    display:none;
}
#slider a {
    border:0;
    display:block;
}

.nivoSlider {
    position:relative;
}
.nivoSlider img {
    position:absolute;
    top:0px;
    left:0px;
}
/* If an image is wrapped in a link */
.nivoSlider a.nivo-imageLink {
    position:absolute;
    top:0px;
    left:0px;
    width:100%;
    height:100%;
    border:0;
    padding:0;
    margin:0;
    z-index:60;
    display:block;
}
/* The slices in the Slider */
.nivo-slice {
    display:block;
    position:absolute;
    z-index:50;
    height:100%;
    /*--Top right rounded corner--*/
    -moz-border-radius-topright: 5px;
    -khtml-border-radius-topright: 5px;
    -webkit-border-top-right-radius: 5px;
    /*--Top left rounded corner--*/
    -moz-border-radius-topleft: 5px;
    -khtml-border-radius-topleft: 5px;
    -webkit-border-top-left-radius: 5px;
    /*--Bottom right rounded corner--*/
    -moz-border-radius-bottomright: 5px;
    -khtml-border-radius-bottomright: 5px;
    -webkit-border-bottom-right-radius: 5px;
    /*--Bottom left rounded corner--*/
    -moz-border-radius-bottomleft: 5px;
    -khtml-border-radius-bottomleft: 5px;
    -webkit-border-bottom-left-radius: 5px;
}
/* Caption styles */
.nivo-caption {
    position:absolute;
    left:0px;
    bottom:0px;
    background:#F1F0EB;
    color:#5D79A1;
    filter: alpha(opacity=90);
    -ms-filter: "progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.Alpha(Opacity=90)";
 /* Overridden by captionOpacity setting */
    width:100%;
    z-index:89;
    height:32px;
    /*--Bottom right rounded corner--*/
    -moz-border-radius-bottomright: 5px;
    -khtml-border-radius-bottomright: 5px;
    -webkit-border-bottom-right-radius: 5px;
    /*--Bottom left rounded corner--*/
    -moz-border-radius-bottomleft: 5px;
    -khtml-border-radius-bottomleft: 5px;
    -webkit-border-bottom-left-radius: 5px;
}
.nivo-caption p {
    padding:8px 5px 5px 11px;
    margin:0;
    font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Grande", sans-serif;
    font-size:1.1em;
}
.nivo-caption a {
    display:inline !important;
}
.nivo-html-caption {
    display:none;
}

Answer 1

I had the same issue with NivoSlider and IE7, turns out it was an issue with the "pauseTime" attribute.

Move it to the end of your jQuery function and remove the comma. After doing this the slider worked fine in IE7.

Original:

pauseTime: 4500, // How long each slide will show
pauseOnHover: true, // Stop animation while hovering

Edited

pauseOnHover: true, // Stop animation while hovering
pauseTime: 4500 // How long each slide will show

See the support forums for Dev7Studios to read more.