Re: Are favourite's different from typed addresses in address bar?

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From: Sandi - Microsoft MVP (sandi_hardmeier_at_mvps.org)
Date: 12/09/04 

Date: Thu, 9 Dec 2004 22:03:31 +0800

It sounds like the favorite link was simply corrupt. It happens sometimes. 

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"David Hodgson" <david.hodgson@vianet.co.uk> wrote in message
news:cp9ehi$lsh$1$8300dec7@news.demon.co.uk 
> hi folks,
> 
> I have a query and wonder if someone could enlighten me.
> 
> I was having issues getting to a website (our companies Outlook Web
> Access server), it was timing out. The only way round this was if I
> stopped it before it timed out then I refreshed it it then worked.
> 
> I noticed that this was only happening when I used an Internet
> Explorer Favourite. If I typed in the address manually into the
> address bar it worked everytime without timing out and without
> needing to press stop and refresh.The favourites wasn't marked as
> "make available offline", it was the same address as the one I typed
> into the address bar. 
> 
> I deleted the favourite, I then typed in the URL into the address
> bar, I then added this to my favourites, when I used the favourites
> again it worked.
> 
> Obviously my problem was solved but I have a lot of people accessing
> this website and some are having similar problems so I would like to
> give them a proper explanation. So could someone please explain to me
> what's different about a favourite and a URL typed in to the address
> bar? 
> 
> thanks
> Dave

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