Hi, has anyone else had this problem?
When navigating to this forum, ie says there is a problem with this webpage and is restoring the tab (or words to that effect). This keeps happening and sometimes I get an error report asking if I want to send it to Microsoft. Often when clicking the 'back button' it just craps out altogether.
The problem is only with this forum, the rest of the website functions just perfectly. I don't know if your IT department do the Finescale Modeller website as well, but their forum pages function perfectly.
If I use my middle mouse button to click on an entry on the forum page, I get a new tab opening without any problems at all. So it seems to be only when IE tries to overwrite an existing tab.
Very curious!!
Cheers, Bill
LION has no problems with this site.
Usually that error suggests a broken program on your computer. You can test for that by using a different browser. It may be that there is some broken code on a particular page that you are trying to read... ie something that someone posted. You can post raw html on here, so someone could have put something that does not work well in there.
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Let me guess. You're using IE8 or IE9? I had that problem constantly with IE. I now use Firefox and have no more problem.
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OK, you are correct. I am using IE8. Have just fired up Firefox and it all seems to go fine. I have had Firefox loaded on my PC for a long time now but I don't really like it. I did give it a good go when I first aquired it, but I went back to IE in preference.
The next question is, why is it only broken on one website in the whole of the internet! and how can I fix it?
Cheers,
Bill
I am having that exactly problem and it started about 5 or 6 weeks ago.
Dave Nelson
As far as I know you can't fix it. You can try clicking the compatibility icon (looks like a torn piece of paper) to the right of the address bar but it didn't help me none. As far as I can tell there are elements in the forum software that don't play well with IE8 and IE9. That's what happens when technology progresses too quickly.
Still no problems whatsoever using IE, IE9 now. No problems anywhere, actually, so I have no incentive to switch browsers, IE seems to work everywhere.
I'd run some spyware checks, and rest IE settings if you messed around with any of them, of you maybe disabled soem things because some 'security scan' or your family 'computer expert' said to change them. Uninstall any silly toolbars you may have picked up - different totally innocuous software always installs some extr unwanted junk - even things liek Java, if you don;t pay attentiona nd just click next, installs a Yahoo toolbar. ANd then there's a Google toolbar, and there's one you get if you play games on Facebook. ALL JUNK. GO to add/remove programs and uninstall each and every one of them and you'll be WAY happier. You cna even block the ads that show here, without some ad blocker add in. Search old posts, I mentioned it, I won't any more.
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I, too, am running IE8 without a hitch here. No standing on one foot, no headstands, no touching something metallic, nada.
Crandell
I have AOL and all worked fine until this site updated sometime ago.
I, at one time, Had AOL running IE9 {due to updates}. ANd had problems with this site..
It was suggested that all those using IE 9 go to the top right page of IE9 next to and at teh end of the search window and click on the "torn piece of paper icon". That will make IE 9 operate as though it was IE8.
That solved all my problems, including error messages, skipped posts I was trying to post and pop-ups that I did not want.
I did not have to change browsers then.
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Hi folks.
I'm having the problem described above as well. I'm using Internet Explorer 8, Windows XP, older computer, but I don't have this problem with any of the other sites I visit.
Perhaps they should look into it, not for my sake, but for anyone who may get discouraged from using the site.
Computers/software will never be perfect, there are too many combinations of software/hardware and code. When you encounter a problem, you just have to work through it.
trainmasterg Hi folks. I'm having the problem described above as well. I'm using Internet Explorer 8, Windows XP, older computer, but I don't have this problem with any of the other sites I visit.
I could have written these exact words.
Same problem here.
Rich
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TA462 It's the website, it's not your comuter or what ever browser you are using.
It's the website, it's not your comuter or what ever browser you are using.
I agree.
I too have had the same problem since I upgraded IE. I switched to Firefox and no more trouble. Also =, Firefox works a lot faster.
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I have IE9 at home on a computer we got about 2 months ago running Windows 7 and have had no issues. I wonder if there is a slight disconnect between windows XP and IE9?
jeffrey-wimberly As far as I know you can't fix it. You can try clicking the compatibility icon (looks like a torn piece of paper) to the right of the address bar but it didn't help me none. As far as I can tell there are elements in the forum software that don't play well with IE8 and IE9. That's what happens when technology progresses too quickly.
Hey, thanks for that. Works fine in compatibility mode. I should have remembered to do that, as I recall now that I had to run one or two sites in comp mode when I first upgraded to IE8 way back.
I also have to use compatibility mode or I have the same problems others are having.