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Mon, Jun 6 2005 17:19 bradley

Sorry Amazon.com, it wasn't you after all

I'll be surfing out on Amazon.com and after I've stuck something in the shopping cart...like...oh .... Dr J's and Riley's new book..... I'll click the back button and I get a page not displayed.

Rats.  Stupid Amazon.com.  Does this to me all the time.  Really annoying.

Well I was out checking knowledge base articles and found this:

FIX: You receive a "Page cannot be displayed" error message in Internet Explorer when you browse back to a Web page that contains data that you previously submitted after you install Windows XP SP2:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=890178

No WONDER I keep getting that issue.  It's NOT Amazon.com at all.  Remember this is a call for a hotfix, now why this isn't more available, I have no idea, but at least I can call for the free hotfix.

Update ...okay I'm confused.... if I get the hotfix it says I need to enable it by entering a reg key, but if I have cumulative update the steps do not have to be followed.  Have you seen these hotfixes that are like this that have 'reg key enablers'?  Outlook Express has a bunch of them too.

hmmm... I think I'll do the workaround.....

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# These are not the fixes you are looking for...

Tuesday, June 07, 2005 8:30 AM by bradley

... at least, I don't think so. Note that the KB article says that, as a result of the regression, you will get the error "Page could not be displayed", when you are _expecting_ an error "Page has expired...".

I'll have to check to make absolutely sure, but I think you'll be facing _an_ error either way, and that the problem _is_ Amazon's telling your browser "do not cache this page".