An Answer, I think, but no good fix Monday, November 17, 2003 at 4:28 pm Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by Annoyed-With-Windows (39 messages posted) Ok y'all ------ I've been watching Internet Explorer when I shut down & start up. I think Helen was onto something before when she said to watch if IE's file menu 'work offline' is checked or not when you close IE out and start it up. When I open IE, if 'work offline' is checked, I'll get that #$%&%#$ message when I try to go to a website. But if I uncheck 'work offline' first, presto = no message. So the message pops up because 'work offline' is checked. But why would it be checked? 'Cause you've been working offline ! I found that when I close IE and unhook from the net, and then work offline with some webpages I saved, sure 'nuff, next day when I fire-up IE, the 'work offline' file menu item is checked and unless I uncheck it, I'll get the message when I try to go to a website. If I don't work offline with saved webpages between on-line sessions of IE, then 'no problemo' -- no checked 'work offline' item and no message when I next launch IE to a webpage. After all that, the sad part is, I still don't have a permanent fix. Thank you M$ ! -------------------------- On Sunday, November 9, 2003 at 4:03 pm, Annoyed-With-Windows wrote: >This is a repeat of a post I made about a week ago. I got several replies but alas, >they didn't help. I'm giving it another go, hoping someone else may have the answer. >Got XP, home, with dial-up connection. No matter how I start to surf the web (using >a desktop shortcut to a website, or opening Internet Explorer to my home page, or >opening it to a blank page (using about:blank) and then clicking on a site from my >favorites list), I get a box on-screen telling me the webpage is not available offline >(I know that!) and to view it I should click on connect. I get this box even if I >first connect to the net before opening my browser and going to a website. This happens >only when I first try to go to a website in a session -- once I've gone to a site >(after being forced to click on that connect button), the message doesn't show up >again during the rest of the session. But next day when I go to surf, I get the same >on-screen message. I want to get rid of this message and having to click on the connect >button. (I also have much the same thing happen when I first open Outlook Express >-- even if I am already connected to the internet, I get a similar message.) Any >help out there? Thanky, thanky. Written in response to: One more time ... How do I stop....? (Annoyed-With-Windows: Sunday, November 9, 2003 at 4:03 pm) Responses to this message: re: An Answer, I think, but no good fix (Helen: Monday, November 17, 2003 at 4:58 pm) All messages in this thread [show all] One more time ... How do I stop....? (Annoyed-With-Windows: Sun, Nov 9, 2003, 4:03 pm) re: One more time ... How do I stop....? (Wildeyes: Sun, Nov 9, 2003, 4:11 pm) re: One more time ... How do I stop....? (Annoyed-With-Windows: Sun, Nov 9, 2003, 4:28 pm) re: One more time ... How do I stop....? (Helen: Sun, Nov 9, 2003, 4:39 pm) re: One more time ... How do I stop....? (jcw: Sun, Nov 9, 2003, 4:49 pm) re: One more time ... How do I stop....? (Helen: Sun, Nov 9, 2003, 4:57 pm) re: One more time ... How do I stop....? (jcw: Sun, Nov 9, 2003, 5:44 pm) re: One more time ... How do I stop....? (Helen: Sun, Nov 9, 2003, 6:20 pm) re: One more time ... How do I stop....? (Annoyed-With-Windows: Sun, Nov 9, 2003, 6:32 pm) re: One more time ... How do I stop....? (Helen: Sun, Nov 9, 2003, 7:20 pm) re: One more time ... How do I stop....? (Annoyed-With-Windows: Mon, Nov 17, 2003, 4:39 pm) re: One more time ... How do I stop....? (Becky: Wed, Nov 12, 2003, 8:56 pm) re: One more time ... How do I stop....? (Annoyed-With-Windows: Thu, Nov 13, 2003, 9:19 am) An Answer, I think, but no good fix (Annoyed-With-Windows: Mon, Nov 17, 2003, 4:28 pm) re: An Answer, I think, but no good fix (Helen: Mon, Nov 17, 2003, 4:58 pm) re: An Answer, I think, but no good fix (Annoyed-With-Windows: Mon, Nov 17, 2003, 5:14 pm) Reply or follow-up to this message Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows XP Discussion Forum