Hi,
Are you running a HOSTS file?
A HOSTS file may be causing this. If so there's a possible workaround.
See: http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/hostsfaq.htm#Button

Don
[MS MVP- IE]

"Paul G" <PaulG@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:D2F90676-94E7-43E0-9D6E-2D897B29F555@microsoft.com...
> Thanks, Don. Your note seems to confirm that this is a known issue. But
is
> there really no setting somewhere that can prevent ads from being treated
by
> IE as pages? Anyone out there know how to do this in a more "permanent"
way?

> "Don Varnau" wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> > Workaround- Use the down arrow on the Back button to bypass the other
pages.
> > I haven't heard of another solution to this problem.

> > "Paul G" <PaulG@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:4D2F7CDE-ECE9-43BE-8A31-2F6AA6CAD770@microsoft.com...
> > > I'm using IE7 with XP Pro. Lots of horsepower. Plenty of RAM. When
I
> > visit
> > > a site with a lot of advertising on it -- such as a newspaper -- and
click
> > to
> > > a second page and then try to click the back button to return to the
home
> > > page, I find myself clicking 3 or 4 or 5 or even more times before I
get
> > back
> > > to the home page. It APPEARS that it is somehow associated with the
ads
> > that
> > > have loaded and even the advertising space for those ads that have
been
> > > blocked. (One ad or ad space seems to disappear with every back
button
> > > click). What's up with that? It makes the back button essentially
> > useless.
> > > Is there a setting I'm missing that can make that button crisp again?
(I
> > > don't recall having this problem with IE6.)