diff --git a/wp-admin/edit-form-advanced.php b/wp-admin/edit-form-advanced.php
index 0d9d56336..f1f0a8589 100644
--- a/wp-admin/edit-form-advanced.php
+++ b/wp-admin/edit-form-advanced.php
@@ -477,7 +477,7 @@ function post_comment_meta_box($post) {
 <tbody id="the-comment-list" class="list:comment">
 </tbody>
 </table>
-<p class="hide-if-no-js"><a href="#commentstatusdiv" id="show-comments" onclick="commentsBox.get(<?php echo $total; ?>);return false;"><?php _e('Show comments'); ?></a> <img class="waiting" style="display:none;" src="images/loading.gif" alt="" /></p>
+<p class="hide-if-no-js"><a href="#commentstatusdiv" id="show-comments" onclick="commentsBox.get(<?php echo $total; ?>);return false;"><?php _e('Show comments'); ?></a> <img class="waiting" style="display:none;" src="images/wpspin.gif" alt="" /></p>
 <?php
 	$hidden = get_hidden_meta_boxes('post');
 	if ( ! in_array('commentsdiv', $hidden) ) { ?>
diff --git a/wp-admin/images/wpspin.gif b/wp-admin/images/wpspin.gif
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..80fc8088f
Binary files /dev/null and b/wp-admin/images/wpspin.gif differ
diff --git a/wp-admin/import/livejournal.php b/wp-admin/import/livejournal.php
index 78fdfb9a9..7ca14eea6 100644
--- a/wp-admin/import/livejournal.php
+++ b/wp-admin/import/livejournal.php
@@ -963,7 +963,7 @@ class LJ_API_Import {
 				if ( next_counter <= 0 ) {
 					if ( jQuery( '#<?php echo $id ?>' ).length ) {
 						jQuery( "#<?php echo $id ?> input[type='submit']" ).hide();
-						str = '<?php _e( "Continuing" ) ?> <img src="images/loading-publish.gif" alt="" id="processing" align="top" />';
+						str = '<?php _e( "Continuing" ) ?> <img src="images/wpspin.gif" alt="" id="processing" align="top" />';
 						jQuery( '#<?php echo $msg ?>' ).html( str );
 						jQuery( '#<?php echo $id ?>' ).submit();
 						return;
@@ -992,7 +992,7 @@ class LJ_API_Import {
 					if ( jQuery( '#<?php echo $id ?>' ).length ) {
 						jQuery( "#<?php echo $id ?> input[type='submit']" ).hide();
 						jQuery.ajaxSetup({'timeout':3600000});
-						str = '<?php _e( "Processing next batch." ) ?> <img src="images/loading-publish.gif" alt="" id="processing" align="top" />';
+						str = '<?php _e( "Processing next batch." ) ?> <img src="images/wpspin.gif" alt="" id="processing" align="top" />';
 						jQuery( '#<?php echo $msg ?>' ).html( str );
 						jQuery('#ljapi-status').load(ajaxurl, {'action':'lj-importer',
 																'step':jQuery('#step').val(),
diff --git a/wp-admin/includes/manifest.php b/wp-admin/includes/manifest.php
index c96ea0365..df173faea 100644
--- a/wp-admin/includes/manifest.php
+++ b/wp-admin/includes/manifest.php
@@ -152,8 +152,7 @@ function &get_manifest(&$man_ver) {
 		array('images/icons32-vs.png'),
 		array('images/list.png'),
 		array('images/list-vs.png'),
-		array('images/loading.gif'),
-		array('images/loading-publish.gif'),
+		array('images/wpspin.gif'),
 		array('images/logo.gif'),
 		array('images/logo-ghost.png'),
 		array('images/logo-login.gif'),
diff --git a/wp-admin/includes/media.php b/wp-admin/includes/media.php
index 4c3356231..ba1c27918 100644
--- a/wp-admin/includes/media.php
+++ b/wp-admin/includes/media.php
@@ -1509,7 +1509,7 @@ var addExtImage = {
 			t.resetImageData();
 			return false;
 		}
-		document.getElementById('status_img').src = 'images/loading.gif';
+		document.getElementById('status_img').src = 'images/wpspin.gif';
 		t.preloadImg = new Image();
 		t.preloadImg.onload = t.updateImageData;
 		t.preloadImg.onerror = t.resetImageData;
diff --git a/wp-admin/includes/template.php b/wp-admin/includes/template.php
index 7efacad2a..2bfa80a9a 100644
--- a/wp-admin/includes/template.php
+++ b/wp-admin/includes/template.php
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ function inline_edit_term_row($type) {
 		<a accesskey="c" href="#inline-edit" title="<?php _e('Cancel'); ?>" class="cancel button-secondary alignleft"><?php _e('Cancel'); ?></a>
 		<?php $update_text = ( $is_tag ) ? __( 'Update Tag' ) : __( 'Update Category' ); ?>
 		<a accesskey="s" href="#inline-edit" title="<?php echo attr( $update_text ); ?>" class="save button-primary alignright"><?php echo $update_text; ?></a>
-		<img class="waiting" style="display:none;" src="images/loading.gif" alt="" />
+		<img class="waiting" style="display:none;" src="images/wpspin.gif" alt="" />
 		<span class="error" style="display:none;"></span>
 		<?php wp_nonce_field( 'taxinlineeditnonce', '_inline_edit', false ); ?>
 		<br class="clear" />
@@ -1257,7 +1257,7 @@ function inline_edit_row( $type ) {
 			$update_text = ( $is_page ) ? __( 'Update Page' ) : __( 'Update Post' );
 			?>
 			<a accesskey="s" href="#inline-edit" title="<?php _e('Update'); ?>" class="button-primary save alignright"><?php echo attr( $update_text ); ?></a>
-			<img class="waiting" style="display:none;" src="images/loading.gif" alt="" />
+			<img class="waiting" style="display:none;" src="images/wpspin.gif" alt="" />
 		<?php } else {
 			$update_text = ( $is_page ) ? __( 'Update Pages' ) : __( 'Update Posts' );
 		?>
@@ -2292,7 +2292,7 @@ function wp_comment_reply($position = '1', $checkbox = false, $mode = 'single',
 	<a href="#comments-form" class="save button-primary alignright" tabindex="104">
 	<span id="savebtn" style="display:none;"><?php _e('Update Comment'); ?></span>
 	<span id="replybtn" style="display:none;"><?php _e('Submit Reply'); ?></span></a>
-	<img class="waiting" style="display:none;" src="images/loading.gif" alt="" />
+	<img class="waiting" style="display:none;" src="images/wpspin.gif" alt="" />
 	<span class="error" style="display:none;"></span>
 	<br class="clear" />
 	</p>
diff --git a/wp-admin/js/dashboard.dev.js b/wp-admin/js/dashboard.dev.js
index 035ae5c9f..e8773c3e8 100644
--- a/wp-admin/js/dashboard.dev.js
+++ b/wp-admin/js/dashboard.dev.js
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ jQuery(document).ready( function($) {
 	quickPressLoad = function() {
 		var act = $('#quickpost-action'), t;
 		t = $('#quick-press').submit( function() {
-			$('#dashboard_quick_press h3').append( '<img src="images/loading.gif" style="margin: 0 6px 0 0; vertical-align: middle" />' );
+			$('#dashboard_quick_press h3').append( '<img src="images/wpspin.gif" style="margin: 0 6px 0 0; vertical-align: middle" />' );
 			$('#quick-press .submit input[type="submit"], #quick-press .submit input[type="reset"]').attr('disabled','disabled');
 
 			if ( 'post' == act.val() ) {
diff --git a/wp-admin/js/dashboard.js b/wp-admin/js/dashboard.js
index 1e3df70b6..d40b9fb98 100644
--- a/wp-admin/js/dashboard.js
+++ b/wp-admin/js/dashboard.js
@@ -1 +1 @@
-jQuery(document).ready(function(c){var a,b,d;a=["dashboard_incoming_links","dashboard_primary","dashboard_secondary","dashboard_plugins"];b=function(){c.each(a,function(){var f=jQuery("#"+this+":visible div.inside").find(".widget-loading");if(f.size()){f.parent().load("index-extra.php?jax="+this)}})};b();postboxes.add_postbox_toggles("dashboard",{onShow:b});d=function(){var e=c("#quickpost-action"),f;f=c("#quick-press").submit(function(){c("#dashboard_quick_press h3").append('<img src="images/loading.gif" style="margin: 0 6px 0 0; vertical-align: middle" />');c('#quick-press .submit input[type="submit"], #quick-press .submit input[type="reset"]').attr("disabled","disabled");if("post"==e.val()){e.val("post-quickpress-publish")}c("#dashboard_quick_press div.inside").load(f.attr("action"),f.serializeArray(),function(){c("#dashboard_quick_press h3 img").remove();c('#quick-press .submit input[type="submit"], #quick-press .submit input[type="reset"]').attr("disabled","");c("#dashboard_quick_press ul").find("li").each(function(){c("#dashboard_recent_drafts ul").prepend(this)}).end().remove();tb_init("a.thickbox");d()});return false});c("#publish").click(function(){e.val("post-quickpress-publish")})};d()});
\ No newline at end of file
+jQuery(document).ready(function(c){var a,b,d;a=["dashboard_incoming_links","dashboard_primary","dashboard_secondary","dashboard_plugins"];b=function(){c.each(a,function(){var f=jQuery("#"+this+":visible div.inside").find(".widget-loading");if(f.size()){f.parent().load("index-extra.php?jax="+this)}})};b();postboxes.add_postbox_toggles("dashboard",{onShow:b});d=function(){var e=c("#quickpost-action"),f;f=c("#quick-press").submit(function(){c("#dashboard_quick_press h3").append('<img src="images/wpspin.gif" style="margin: 0 6px 0 0; vertical-align: middle" />');c('#quick-press .submit input[type="submit"], #quick-press .submit input[type="reset"]').attr("disabled","disabled");if("post"==e.val()){e.val("post-quickpress-publish")}c("#dashboard_quick_press div.inside").load(f.attr("action"),f.serializeArray(),function(){c("#dashboard_quick_press h3 img").remove();c('#quick-press .submit input[type="submit"], #quick-press .submit input[type="reset"]').attr("disabled","");c("#dashboard_quick_press ul").find("li").each(function(){c("#dashboard_recent_drafts ul").prepend(this)}).end().remove();tb_init("a.thickbox");d()});return false});c("#publish").click(function(){e.val("post-quickpress-publish")})};d()});
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/wp-admin/press-this.php b/wp-admin/press-this.php
index 24481cb53..6f3b2ec5a 100644
--- a/wp-admin/press-this.php
+++ b/wp-admin/press-this.php
@@ -400,7 +400,7 @@ var ajaxurl = '<?php echo admin_url('admin-ajax.php'); ?>';
 				return false;
 				break;
 			case 'photo' :
-				jQuery('#extra_fields').before('<p id="waiting"><img src="images/loading.gif" alt="" /> <?php echo js_escape( __( 'Loading...' ) ); ?></p>');
+				jQuery('#extra_fields').before('<p id="waiting"><img src="images/wpspin.gif" alt="" /> <?php echo js_escape( __( 'Loading...' ) ); ?></p>');
 				jQuery.ajax({
 					type: "GET",
 					cache : false,
@@ -461,7 +461,7 @@ var ajaxurl = '<?php echo admin_url('admin-ajax.php'); ?>';
 						<?php } else { ?>
 							<br /><br /><input class="button-primary" type="submit" name="review" value="<?php _ea('Submit for Review') ?>" id="review" />
 						<?php } ?>
-						<img src="images/loading-publish.gif" alt="" id="saving" style="display:none;" />
+						<img src="images/wpspin.gif" alt="" id="saving" style="display:none;" />
 					</p>
 				</div>
 			</div>
diff --git a/wp-admin/widgets.php b/wp-admin/widgets.php
index 1d8cebf2e..959da5d49 100644
--- a/wp-admin/widgets.php
+++ b/wp-admin/widgets.php
@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@ require_once( 'admin-header.php' ); ?>
 
 	<div id="wp_inactive_widgets" class="widgets-holder-wrap">
 		<h3 class="sidebar-name"><?php _e('Inactive Widgets'); ?>
-		<span><img src="images/loading-publish.gif" class="ajax-feedback" title="" alt="" /></span></h3>
+		<span><img src="images/wpspin.gif" class="ajax-feedback" title="" alt="" /></span></h3>
 		<p class="description"><?php _e('Drag widgets here to remove them from the web site but keep their settings.'); ?></p>
 		<?php wp_list_widget_controls('wp_inactive_widgets'); ?>
 		<br class="clear" />
@@ -359,7 +359,7 @@ foreach ( $wp_registered_sidebars as $sidebar => $registered_sidebar ) {
 		continue; ?>
 	<div id="<?php echo attr( $sidebar ); ?>" class="widgets-holder-wrap">
 	<h3 class="sidebar-name"><?php echo wp_specialchars( $registered_sidebar['name'] ); ?>
-	<span><img src="images/loading-publish.gif" class="ajax-feedback" title="" alt="" /></span></h3>
+	<span><img src="images/wpspin.gif" class="ajax-feedback" title="" alt="" /></span></h3>
 	<?php wp_list_widget_controls( $sidebar, $i ); // Show the control forms for each of the widgets in this sidebar ?>
 	</div>
 <?php