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Author: William
Date: 2005-10-26 14:48:30
Subject: Re: Using the search feature/follow-up
Hi Sean,
The problem is not with Internet Explorer 6. After attempting to uninstall and reinstall it, with the predicted disasterous results, and finally getting everything back to normal, I installed Opera 8.5 as a browser, but still cannot get the full page view. I'm wondering if this doesn't have something to do with Miscrosoft Service Pack 2, which I was warned not to install because so many people were having problems after installing it. Perhaps not. There's no way of repairing XP that doesn't involve the risk of erasing important files, so I cannot do anything till a new version of Windows is released.
Meanwhile, I'll use a different computer. I am asking people to try a "wise" search on their own computers to see if I'm the only person getting the first four listings, and nothing else. The page fills, and looks complete, with no indication that anything is missing.
William
> Sean,
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> I tried the search from another computer this morning, and it worked fine, so, unless you fixed something since yesterday, the problem is with my computer. I gather I must remove and reinstall Internet Explorer, which will probably result in chaos.
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> William
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> > > No Sean, it still gives me the same thing: three entries, but only
> > > two displayed. I tried "refresh with full quality," to no
> > > avail. I'm using Internet Explorer, whatever the latest version is,
> > > on Windows XP. I could make a file of the page, and send it to you to
> > > see for yourself.
> >
> > This is very strange indeed. Have you observed this kind of anomaly with other search words?
> >
> > Let's try this. Search for "wise" again, and then view the source HTML for the page (I don't know exactly what the command would be in IE for Windows, but there might be a command called "View Source" in some menu). Does the text of the missing entries and the navigation bar seem to be present in the HTML source?
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> > What I'm trying to get at is whether the wrong data is being transmitted to you for some reason, or whether Internet Explorer on your computer is receiving the right data but isn't displaying it in the expected way.
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> > --Sean
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