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Old 05-15-2007, 10:41 AM
Fuzzy Logic
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RE: Useless back button

=?Utf-8?B?cGhhbnNlZQ==?= <phansee@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
news:0AE4DA4D-BEF0-43B9-A627-23CF84A518D3@microsoft.com:

> I tried your suggestion and it seemed to work for a few minutes but that
> is all. Tried other options available there except for "never" but none
> worked. Am still having the same problem today. It is so
> frustrating!!! It has certainly taken the fun out of browsing/shopping.
> I am not a novice computer user and have always been able to remedy a
> problem but this one has me at a loss. I recently updated my Norton
> Security Suite but I was having this problem before that, I think. Am
> ready to uninstall Norton and try McAfee. I'm sure it started happening
> after some update of something or other. I find it hard to believe that
> more people aren't having this same problem. HELP PLEASE!!!


How big is your browser cache? You may wish to increase it's size. Note that many shopping sites use
dynamic content and it's not going to work regardless of the browser/settings you have.

> "Fuzzy Logic" wrote:
>
>> =?Utf-8?B?cGhhbnNlZQ==?= <phansee@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
>> news:F0B513DC-A33E-4689-9D5A-FC5D63602EC2@microsoft.com:
>>
>> > I am having the same problem as ProfessorPiggy. It just started in
>> > the last month or so and it is driving me crazy. The back button
>> > constantly takes me to the webpage expired message. Happens mostly
>> > on shopping sites. Contacted one webmaster and they said it was an
>> > ISP problem! It's interesting that it constantly happens with IE7 and
>> > infrequently with Firefox. Haven't been able to locate any support
>> > information that has helped to date. If it can't be remedied I will
>> > definitely make Firefox my browser.

>>
>> Check your IE settings under Tools>Internet Options>General>Browsing
>> history>Settings>Check for newer versions of stored pages
>>
>> Make sure it's NOT set to Every time I visit the webpage. I would
>> suggest trying Every time I start Internet Explorer.
>>
>> > "Dave Barkshire" wrote:
>> >
>> >> I'm having the same problem with a simple asp.net 2 application. The
>> >> interesting thing is that on my local machine there is no problem
>> >> but when accessing the website from the ISPs server then there is a
>> >> problem. The client browser (IE7) and machine are the same and the
>> >> application is the same. This suggests that there might be something
>> >> in IIS that might be different? These web pages do no have an
>> >> 'expire' clause in the HTML HEAD.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> "ProfessorPiggy" wrote:
>> >>
>> >> > I am using IE7 after using Firefox (god forgive me) for several
>> >> > months. Maybe I am just used to the way that software works, but
>> >> > what is the only thing that is really bugging me about IE7 is the
>> >> > useless back button. When I click back, I want to go back, I don't
>> >> > want to redownload the page, or get a 'webpage has expired'
>> >> > message - I want to go back, to exactly how the webpage was before
>> >> > I went forward.
>> >> >
>> >> > I can't be the only one who is annoyed that any input fields are
>> >> > wiped if we make a mistake or loose the connection - so my
>> >> > suggestion is, make the back button do what it is suppose to do,
>> >> > and not reload the page, but just go back to how tha page was.
>> >> >
>> >> > Thanks
>> >> >
>> >> > ----------------
>> >> > This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to
>> >> > the suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion,
>> >> > click the "I Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see
>> >> > the button, follow this link to open the suggestion in the
>> >> > Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and then click "I Agree" in the
>> >> > message pane.
>> >> >
>> >> > http://www.microsoft.com/communities.../en-us/default.
>> >> > asp
>> >> > x?mid=58c896ad-534d-46b1-8bd1-70787ae04bbe&dg=microsoft.public.inte
>> >> > rne texplorer.general
>> >

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