function MM_preloadImages() { //v1.2

  if (document.images) {

    var imgFiles = MM_preloadImages.arguments;

    var preloadArray = new Array();

    for (var i=0; i<imgFiles.length; i++) {

      preloadArray[i] = new Image;

      preloadArray[i].src = imgFiles[i];
}

  }

}