Thanks, Don, but I actually have tried that (ad.doubleclick.net, etc.), but
had no luck with overcoming the problem. Certainly the description at that
link is a perfect description of the problem I am experiencing, so it is very
disappointing that it doesn't seem to work. Any thought about why? (P.S.
All that said, I wish a knew what "running a HOSTS file" means. What is a
"HOSTS file" and what does it do?)

"Don Varnau" wrote:

> 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.)
>
>