Re: back button not working prperly

Please don't multi-post.
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Some web sites manipulate things so that the back button doesn't go back.
Sometimes you have to click the drop-down arrow on the Back button and
select a previous site.

Microsoft is notorious for having pages that do this.

Also see these...

Strange behavior in the Back Button
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hostsfaq.htm#Button

Blocking Unwanted Parasites with a Hosts File
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In news:LCHgf.571633$1i.337385@pd7tw2no,
Ninip <gwen6039@xxxxxxx> hunted and pecked:
> Hi everyone
> I have WIN XP with IE6
> A new problem has started and I don't know why or how to fix it.
> I hope someone here can help.
> When I click on the back button nothing happens until I click somewhere on
> the open page and then on the back button.
> It then changes pages.
> Another problem is I keep getting on the web pages I visit near the top a
> message like this page cannot be displayed.
> But the page is there.
> Will await your replies.
> Thanks in advance.

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In news:PEHgf.576018$tl2.35962@pd7tw3no,
Ninip <gwen6039@xxxxxxx> hunted and pecked:
> Hi everyone
> I have WIN XP with IE6
> A new problem has started and I don't know why or how to fix it.
> I hope someone here can help.
> When I click on the back button nothing happens until I click somewhere on
> the open page and then on the back button.
> It then changes pages.
> Another problem is I keep getting on the web pages I visit near the top a
> message like this page cannot be displayed.
> But the page is there.
> Will await your replies.
> Thanks in advance.


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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In news:yDHgf.568799$oW2.157453@pd7tw1no,
Ninip <gwen6039@xxxxxxx> hunted and pecked:
> Hi everyone
> I have WIN XP with IE6
> A new problem has started and I don't know why or how to fix it.
> I hope someone here can help.
> When I click on the back button nothing happens until I click somewhere on
> the open page and then on the back button.
> It then changes pages.
> Another problem is I keep getting on the web pages I visit near the top a
> message like this page cannot be displayed.
> But the page is there.
> Will await your replies.
> Thanks in advance.

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In fDHgf.576013$tl2.515677@pd7tw3no">news:fDHgf.576013$tl2.515677@pd7tw3no,
Ninip <gwen6039@xxxxxxx> hunted and pecked:
> Hi everyone
> I have WIN XP with IE6
> A new problem has started and I don't know why or how to fix it.
> I hope someone here can help.
> When I click on the back button nothing happens until I click somewhere on
> the open page and then on the back button.
> It then changes pages.
> Another problem is I keep getting on the web pages I visit near the top a
> message like this page cannot be displayed.
> But the page is there.
> Will await your replies.
> Thanks in advance.

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