Re: "Web page unavailable while offline"

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From: Robert Aldwinckle (robald_at_techemail.com)
Date: 02/17/04 

Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2004 09:45:30 -0500

> IS this an Explorer issue, or is it a security issue.

We need more information about the URL involved.
One explanation is that the page contains something in its source
which is forcing a refresh. And one possible example of that
would be

<example>
<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="10;URL=index.html">
</example>

If you were online they could be doing this to try giving you
a different ad every 10 seconds.

That particular example can be defeated by disabling a Security option:
    Allow META REFRESH

Other possibilities could be defeated by disabling scripting.

> How do I resolve this problem?

Usually the simplest thing to do when you encounter such cases
is just close the window which is causing the symptom.

HTH

Robert Aldwinckle 

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"Nicole" <nzwick1@student.gsu.edu> wrote in message
news:3411CB51-63B7-47C8-B2E8-B1C0DAF30E8D@microsoft.com...
> Oftentimes while I am offline (56 K Dial-Up Connection) I get a pop-up box that says "Web page unavailable while offline".
>
> The new pop-up window has 2 buttons that I can choose from- "Connect" or "Stay Offline. It happens when I am working in Excel,
Word or any program.  In no way was I trying to access a webpage when I got these boxes, which will appear oftentimes 2 or 3 times
in a row.  Generally I just hit hit the X in the right hand corner of the box, and they close.
>
> They pop up while I am offline, and also when I first connect, they will sometimes pop up, after I have connected   via my "Dial
Up Connection".
>
> It is annoying, especially when I am offline, have no interest in going on line, and have to keep closing the box before I can
continue whatever I was working on.
>
> I have run Spybot, and even after a clean sweep, I still get that "Web Page unavailable while offline".  I have my XP firewall on.
IS this an Explorer issue, or is it a security issue. How do I resolve this problem?
>
> I run Windows XP Professional, on a Dell Dimesion 4600, and I have Internet Explorer 6.
>
> Nicole
>
> Thanks.
>
>

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