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Old 05-15-2007, 06:30 PM
phansee
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RE: Useless back button

My browser cache is at the max of 1024mb. What is strange is that I have
been shopping these sites for years and have never had this problem before.
Why all of a sudden?

"Fuzzy Logic" wrote:

> =?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
> >> >> >
> >> >> > ----------------
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> >> >> > 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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