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grumpyolddude · 06-04-2004, 06:51 PM

My browser keeps refreshing while I'm in the middle of writing replies to TFP. I lose all of my post!

WinXP Home, IE6

How do I make it stop doing this. It just started today.
( I did a complete error scan, defrag, adaware scan, virus scan just last night)

(typed this short, sweet and quick on account of this problem. Thanks for any suggestions!)

grumpyolddude · 06-04-2004, 07:30 PM

Well, it's happening to at other sites too, kinda like a timed refresh setting. But I have no clue where it came from or how to stop it.

Latch · 06-04-2004, 07:53 PM

Although I don't believe this is the cause (as TFP for sure doesn't have META tags for auto-refreshing), I'd be interested to know what happens if you do the following suggestion. It may stop something from doing it in the background.

It's from Here

How to Stop Pages Automatically Refreshing

Some websites seem to enjoy automatically refreshing every couple of minutes (so you can get the latest ad banner). To stop them in their tracks, Double-click the Internet Options icon in the Control Panel, flip to the Security tab, press the Custom Level button, and disable the option "Allow META REFRESH".

glytch · 06-04-2004, 09:27 PM

That's very strange. Usually you have to download third-party programs to get IE to auto-refresh (unless the website auto-refreshes on it's own). Have you downloaded anything like this and forgotten about it?

Another stab in the dark: Could you be hitting your F5 key by mistake? I know that's a strange key to mess up and hit, but it's the refresh key by default.

tropple · 06-05-2004, 06:23 AM

Perhaps using Opera would fix that...

cj2112 · 06-05-2004, 07:14 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by tropple
Perhaps using Opera would fix that...

Perhaps it would, however he's not asking for someone to recommend a different browser, he wants to fix the one he uses.

*back on topic*
I was gonna suggest that maybe it's some third party software, but glytch beat me to it.

Latch · 06-05-2004, 08:56 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by cj2112
Perhaps it would, however he's not asking for someone to recommend a different browser, he wants to fix the one he uses.

Excellent!

cowudders14 · 06-05-2004, 05:23 PM

You say you have run adaware, but have you run spybot too? Occasionally one program will pick up something the other one misses. I have them both installed. Also, Ad-aware has stopped updating it "so they can work on the next release" so if you've got yourself a very new bit of spyware somehow, Adaware may well have missed it. Run spybot (who have, incidentally, just released a new version) and see if it finds anything. Let us know!

grumpyolddude · 06-07-2004, 05:12 PM

Yes, I have run spybot, too. I usually run htem back to back.
And using a different browser would work, except that my family enjoys a few gaming sites that only work with IE.

I've taken Latch's advice and diabled meta-refresh, although today I'm not having the problem. Strange.

Thanks, everyone for the help!

laconic1 · 06-08-2004, 07:27 AM

I have always had this problem intermittently, both in Internet Explorer and Mozilla.

Latch · 06-08-2004, 02:20 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by grumpyolddude

I've taken Latch's advice and diabled meta-refresh, although today I'm not having the problem. Strange.

Were you not having the problem before or after you took my advice?

If just after well.. there's the problem, now to find the underlaying thing behind it.

grumpyolddude · 06-09-2004, 08:20 AM

I wonder if crazybill has the same problem that I did. Actually, on Monday, IE was not refreshing itself, but I disabled meta-refresh anyway. Now, when I submit a post or reply on TFP, IE doesn't forward automatically, I have to click the "if you do not wish to wait link" to proceed. Was this to be expected? Is the computer haunted?

Latch · 06-09-2004, 02:41 PM

Ahhh, yes.. expected. Damn. Well, I suppose you could reverse that setting.. although I'm not sure what the cause is behind it.

grumpyolddude · 06-11-2004, 10:37 AM

I re-enabled meta-refresh on 6/9. Two days of no problems. Today, 6/11, it's doing it again. Good Grief!

I going to take a nap.....

Latch · 06-11-2004, 06:23 PM

Yeah, nap sounds like a good idea.
Does it seem to happen if you visit a certain site, first (or would it happen if you went straight to TFP when first opening your browser).

I'd like to think spyware too, but if nothing caught it.. can't say much about that.

A REAL long jump is that someone has a backdoor to your system and is messing with your keymaps (so say the... t key maps to "refresh page").

Actually, that may be a good test. When you know this is happening.. type every single letter, one at a time... see if something causes a refresh. If it refreshes on that letter, do the same test, this time skipping that letter.. then try typing that letter later. Like I said, this is a real long shot.

Oh, I don't think anyone's mentioned Windows Update. Can't hurt to get the latest updates off that.

grumpyolddude · 06-12-2004, 07:54 AM

Thanks for the ideas, Latch. Gotta figure this thing out. Mysteries drive me crazy.

btw: so far today, no problem. (6/12)

Latch · 06-12-2004, 08:23 AM

Yeah, it's really starting to get on my nerves as well.

If we can't figure this out "Another Browser" may be the ultimate answer.

06-04-2004, 06:51 PM	#1 (permalink)
grumpyolddude Deliberately unfocused Location: Amazon.com and CDBaby	TFP help My browser keeps refreshing while I'm in the middle of writing replies to TFP. I lose all of my post! WinXP Home, IE6 How do I make it stop doing this. It just started today. ( I did a complete error scan, defrag, adaware scan, virus scan just last night) (typed this short, sweet and quick on account of this problem. Thanks for any suggestions!) __________________ "Regret can be a harder pill to swallow than failure .With failure you at least know you gave it a chance..." David Howard

06-04-2004, 07:30 PM	#2 (permalink)
grumpyolddude Deliberately unfocused Location: Amazon.com and CDBaby	Well, it's happening to at other sites too, kinda like a timed refresh setting. But I have no clue where it came from or how to stop it. __________________ "Regret can be a harder pill to swallow than failure .With failure you at least know you gave it a chance..." David Howard

06-04-2004, 09:27 PM	#4 (permalink)
glytch I am not permanent. Location: Tennessee	That's very strange. Usually you have to download third-party programs to get IE to auto-refresh (unless the website auto-refreshes on it's own). Have you downloaded anything like this and forgotten about it? Another stab in the dark: Could you be hitting your F5 key by mistake? I know that's a strange key to mess up and hit, but it's the refresh key by default. __________________ If you're flammable and have legs, you are never blocking a fire exit. - Mitch Hedberg

06-05-2004, 06:23 AM	#5 (permalink)
tropple Junkie	Perhaps using Opera would fix that... __________________ +++++++++++Boom!

06-05-2004, 05:23 PM	#8 (permalink)
cowudders14 Bringer of good Moos... Location: Midlands, UK	You say you have run adaware, but have you run spybot too? Occasionally one program will pick up something the other one misses. I have them both installed. Also, Ad-aware has stopped updating it "so they can work on the next release" so if you've got yourself a very new bit of spyware somehow, Adaware may well have missed it. Run spybot (who have, incidentally, just released a new version) and see if it finds anything. Let us know! __________________ Moo! I'm mooey!

06-04-2004, 07:53 PM	#3 (permalink)
Latch In Your Dreams Location: City of Lights	Although I don't believe this is the cause (as TFP for sure doesn't have META tags for auto-refreshing), I'd be interested to know what happens if you do the following suggestion. It may stop something from doing it in the background. It's from Here How to Stop Pages Automatically Refreshing Some websites seem to enjoy automatically refreshing every couple of minutes (so you can get the latest ad banner). To stop them in their tracks, Double-click the Internet Options icon in the Control Panel, flip to the Security tab, press the Custom Level button, and disable the option "Allow META REFRESH".

06-07-2004, 05:12 PM	#9 (permalink)
grumpyolddude Deliberately unfocused Location: Amazon.com and CDBaby	Yes, I have run spybot, too. I usually run htem back to back. And using a different browser would work, except that my family enjoys a few gaming sites that only work with IE. I've taken Latch's advice and diabled meta-refresh, although today I'm not having the problem. Strange. Thanks, everyone for the help! __________________ "Regret can be a harder pill to swallow than failure .With failure you at least know you gave it a chance..." David Howard

06-08-2004, 07:27 AM	#10 (permalink)
laconic1 Junkie	I have always had this problem intermittently, both in Internet Explorer and Mozilla.

06-09-2004, 08:20 AM	#12 (permalink)
grumpyolddude Deliberately unfocused Location: Amazon.com and CDBaby	I wonder if crazybill has the same problem that I did. Actually, on Monday, IE was not refreshing itself, but I disabled meta-refresh anyway. Now, when I submit a post or reply on TFP, IE doesn't forward automatically, I have to click the "if you do not wish to wait link" to proceed. Was this to be expected? Is the computer haunted? __________________ "Regret can be a harder pill to swallow than failure .With failure you at least know you gave it a chance..." David Howard

06-09-2004, 02:41 PM	#13 (permalink)
Latch In Your Dreams Location: City of Lights	Ahhh, yes.. expected. Damn. Well, I suppose you could reverse that setting.. although I'm not sure what the cause is behind it.

06-11-2004, 10:37 AM	#14 (permalink)
grumpyolddude Deliberately unfocused Location: Amazon.com and CDBaby	I re-enabled meta-refresh on 6/9. Two days of no problems. Today, 6/11, it's doing it again. Good Grief! I going to take a nap..... __________________ "Regret can be a harder pill to swallow than failure .With failure you at least know you gave it a chance..." David Howard

06-11-2004, 06:23 PM	#15 (permalink)
Latch In Your Dreams Location: City of Lights	Yeah, nap sounds like a good idea. Does it seem to happen if you visit a certain site, first (or would it happen if you went straight to TFP when first opening your browser). I'd like to think spyware too, but if nothing caught it.. can't say much about that. A REAL long jump is that someone has a backdoor to your system and is messing with your keymaps (so say the... t key maps to "refresh page"). Actually, that may be a good test. When you know this is happening.. type every single letter, one at a time... see if something causes a refresh. If it refreshes on that letter, do the same test, this time skipping that letter.. then try typing that letter later. Like I said, this is a real long shot. Oh, I don't think anyone's mentioned Windows Update. Can't hurt to get the latest updates off that.

06-12-2004, 07:54 AM	#16 (permalink)
grumpyolddude Deliberately unfocused Location: Amazon.com and CDBaby	Thanks for the ideas, Latch. Gotta figure this thing out. Mysteries drive me crazy. btw: so far today, no problem. (6/12) __________________ "Regret can be a harder pill to swallow than failure .With failure you at least know you gave it a chance..." David Howard

06-12-2004, 08:23 AM	#17 (permalink)
Latch In Your Dreams Location: City of Lights	Yeah, it's really starting to get on my nerves as well. If we can't figure this out "Another Browser" may be the ultimate answer.