Internet Explorer backup Option missing.

In the old XP, before they upgraded Internet Explorer to version 6, I think
you could click on a link somewhere in the window and get a new webpage but
if you wanted to go back to the previous one you could click the back button
and the previous page would show up.

Now the back button is dimmed and in many cases it is impossible to use it
unless, I think the pages you flip are thematically related to the original
website.

I want to find a way to undo it. I want my Internet Browser to be able to go
back any time I changed the web page.

How can I do it. I could not find an option to unclick so far.

Thanks.

Uh, click the back button, or if you want to take two steps back or more,
click the 'Recent Pages' icons next to the forward button and click the
previously visited pages. If you want to open a new webpage or IE window,
click the Page menu and click 'New Window' alternatively CTRL + N
--
Andre
Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com
My Vista Quickstart Guide:
http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!E8E5CC039D51E3DB!9709.entry
"AlexB" <alexblai@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:et9Yhr7SIHA.3916@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> In the old XP, before they upgraded Internet Explorer to version 6, I
> think you could click on a link somewhere in the window and get a new
> webpage but if you wanted to go back to the previous one you could click
> the back button and the previous page would show up.
>
> Now the back button is dimmed and in many cases it is impossible to use it
> unless, I think the pages you flip are thematically related to the
> original website.
>
> I want to find a way to undo it. I want my Internet Browser to be able to
> go back any time I changed the web page.
>
> How can I do it. I could not find an option to unclick so far.
>
> Thanks.

Uh, Andre, apparently you misunderstood me.It is a more complicated thing. I
will try to explain although there is a chance, I will have to make more
durable observations to document it.

None of your advice will work. I tried the recent page menu and those
precious urls are not there. Only those which I entered manually are added
to the menu.

I am primarily concerned with pages that I want to preview while I have
another page open in Internet Explorer Browser.

Let's say I went to MS website and got a page of MSDN documentation. There
are many secondary label-links in the ASP and I can click one or two, view
the content and I CAN GET BACK to the original MSDN dovumentation page by
using the back buttton. None of the pages I visited will be in the menu
under any cercumstances.

So far so good! Here is the crucial point.

Let's say I leave the Internet Browser with the page open on desktop and
began reading some newsgroups like I am doing now. Let's say I see a link
you recommend. I want to check it out. I click it and this link will open
the new page in Internet Explorer Browser, my MSDN page with document I
haven't finished is gone, at times I do not even remember what it was, very
often I have a vague feeling that it was something important but THERE IS NO
BACK BUTTON ENABLED.

So I cannot get back to the page I just lost.

You described to me a recipe for a much simple situation which is not a
problem.

Now, I swear this feature was introduced about two years ago in Internet
Explorer Browser. Before that time you could go back as far as your history
size that you set up allowed you to do.

I WANT TO HAVE THIS FEATURE BACK. I have a gut feeling that there should be
a switch somewhere or a parameter. It could be a command line exec, I do not
care but I want it to be changed. It slows down my productivity because I
cannot be on alert all the time. I keep forgetting. I click on a link and
the previous page is gone. Often I wonder what it was.

Thanks.


"Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]" <andred25@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:Ozrkc47SIHA.2000@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> Uh, click the back button, or if you want to take two steps back or more,
> click the 'Recent Pages' icons next to the forward button and click the
> previously visited pages. If you want to open a new webpage or IE window,
> click the Page menu and click 'New Window' alternatively CTRL + N
> --
> Andre
> Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com
> My Vista Quickstart Guide:
> http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!E8E5CC039D51E3DB!9709.entry
> "AlexB" <alexblai@comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:et9Yhr7SIHA.3916@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>> In the old XP, before they upgraded Internet Explorer to version 6, I
>> think you could click on a link somewhere in the window and get a new
>> webpage but if you wanted to go back to the previous one you could click
>> the back button and the previous page would show up.
>>
>> Now the back button is dimmed and in many cases it is impossible to use
>> it unless, I think the pages you flip are thematically related to the
>> original website.
>>
>> I want to find a way to undo it. I want my Internet Browser to be able to
>> go back any time I changed the web page.
>>
>> How can I do it. I could not find an option to unclick so far.
>>
>> Thanks.
>
>

You simply close the link you have clicked here, and it goes back to where
you were!

"alexB" wrote:

> Uh, Andre, apparently you misunderstood me.It is a more complicated thing. I
> will try to explain although there is a chance, I will have to make more
> durable observations to document it.
>
> None of your advice will work. I tried the recent page menu and those
> precious urls are not there. Only those which I entered manually are added
> to the menu.
>
> I am primarily concerned with pages that I want to preview while I have
> another page open in Internet Explorer Browser.
>
> Let's say I went to MS website and got a page of MSDN documentation. There
> are many secondary label-links in the ASP and I can click one or two, view
> the content and I CAN GET BACK to the original MSDN dovumentation page by
> using the back buttton. None of the pages I visited will be in the menu
> under any cercumstances.
>
> So far so good! Here is the crucial point.
>
> Let's say I leave the Internet Browser with the page open on desktop and
> began reading some newsgroups like I am doing now. Let's say I see a link
> you recommend. I want to check it out. I click it and this link will open
> the new page in Internet Explorer Browser, my MSDN page with document I
> haven't finished is gone, at times I do not even remember what it was, very
> often I have a vague feeling that it was something important but THERE IS NO
> BACK BUTTON ENABLED.
>
> So I cannot get back to the page I just lost.
>
> You described to me a recipe for a much simple situation which is not a
> problem.
>
> Now, I swear this feature was introduced about two years ago in Internet
> Explorer Browser. Before that time you could go back as far as your history
> size that you set up allowed you to do.
>
> I WANT TO HAVE THIS FEATURE BACK. I have a gut feeling that there should be
> a switch somewhere or a parameter. It could be a command line exec, I do not
> care but I want it to be changed. It slows down my productivity because I
> cannot be on alert all the time. I keep forgetting. I click on a link and
> the previous page is gone. Often I wonder what it was.
>
> Thanks.
>
>
> "Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]" <andred25@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:Ozrkc47SIHA.2000@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> > Uh, click the back button, or if you want to take two steps back or more,
> > click the 'Recent Pages' icons next to the forward button and click the
> > previously visited pages. If you want to open a new webpage or IE window,
> > click the Page menu and click 'New Window' alternatively CTRL + N
> > --
> > Andre
> > Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com
> > My Vista Quickstart Guide:
> > http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!E8E5CC039D51E3DB!9709.entry
> > "AlexB" <alexblai@comcast.net> wrote in message
> > news:et9Yhr7SIHA.3916@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> >> In the old XP, before they upgraded Internet Explorer to version 6, I
> >> think you could click on a link somewhere in the window and get a new
> >> webpage but if you wanted to go back to the previous one you could click
> >> the back button and the previous page would show up.
> >>
> >> Now the back button is dimmed and in many cases it is impossible to use
> >> it unless, I think the pages you flip are thematically related to the
> >> original website.
> >>
> >> I want to find a way to undo it. I want my Internet Browser to be able to
> >> go back any time I changed the web page.
> >>
> >> How can I do it. I could not find an option to unclick so far.
> >>
> >> Thanks.
> >
> >
>
>

Alex

Are you using the 'Tabbed' browsing feature in IE? If so, when you click a
link that is set to open a new browser window, it will open in a new tab and
each page will be on a separate tab. If the link opens in the current
window, then the back button will be available and work to go to the
previous page in that tab.

--

Ronnie Vernon
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User


"alexB" <alexb@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:OfjRs9%23SIHA.3532@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> Uh, Andre, apparently you misunderstood me.It is a more complicated thing.
> I will try to explain although there is a chance, I will have to make more
> durable observations to document it.
>
> None of your advice will work. I tried the recent page menu and those
> precious urls are not there. Only those which I entered manually are added
> to the menu.
>
> I am primarily concerned with pages that I want to preview while I have
> another page open in Internet Explorer Browser.
>
> Let's say I went to MS website and got a page of MSDN documentation. There
> are many secondary label-links in the ASP and I can click one or two, view
> the content and I CAN GET BACK to the original MSDN dovumentation page by
> using the back buttton. None of the pages I visited will be in the menu
> under any cercumstances.
>
> So far so good! Here is the crucial point.
>
> Let's say I leave the Internet Browser with the page open on desktop and
> began reading some newsgroups like I am doing now. Let's say I see a link
> you recommend. I want to check it out. I click it and this link will open
> the new page in Internet Explorer Browser, my MSDN page with document I
> haven't finished is gone, at times I do not even remember what it was,
> very often I have a vague feeling that it was something important but
> THERE IS NO BACK BUTTON ENABLED.
>
> So I cannot get back to the page I just lost.
>
> You described to me a recipe for a much simple situation which is not a
> problem.
>
> Now, I swear this feature was introduced about two years ago in Internet
> Explorer Browser. Before that time you could go back as far as your
> history size that you set up allowed you to do.
>
> I WANT TO HAVE THIS FEATURE BACK. I have a gut feeling that there should
> be a switch somewhere or a parameter. It could be a command line exec, I
> do not care but I want it to be changed. It slows down my productivity
> because I cannot be on alert all the time. I keep forgetting. I click on a
> link and the previous page is gone. Often I wonder what it was.
>
> Thanks.
>
>
> "Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]" <andred25@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:Ozrkc47SIHA.2000@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>> Uh, click the back button, or if you want to take two steps back or more,
>> click the 'Recent Pages' icons next to the forward button and click the
>> previously visited pages. If you want to open a new webpage or IE window,
>> click the Page menu and click 'New Window' alternatively CTRL + N
>> --
>> Andre
>> Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com
>> My Vista Quickstart Guide:
>> http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!E8E5CC039D51E3DB!9709.entry
>> "AlexB" <alexblai@comcast.net> wrote in message
>> news:et9Yhr7SIHA.3916@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>> In the old XP, before they upgraded Internet Explorer to version 6, I
>>> think you could click on a link somewhere in the window and get a new
>>> webpage but if you wanted to go back to the previous one you could click
>>> the back button and the previous page would show up.
>>>
>>> Now the back button is dimmed and in many cases it is impossible to use
>>> it unless, I think the pages you flip are thematically related to the
>>> original website.
>>>
>>> I want to find a way to undo it. I want my Internet Browser to be able
>>> to go back any time I changed the web page.
>>>
>>> How can I do it. I could not find an option to unclick so far.
>>>
>>> Thanks.
>>
>>
>

Ronnie, I do not understand you. Speak plain English

What do you mean by Tab browsing feature? Where can I set it up? I could not
see anything in Internet Options, nothing close.

Please explain to an uneducated.

Many thanks.

"Ronnie Vernon MVP" <rv@invalid.org> wrote in message
news:66900983-E7B7-41BB-A4E3-F86E5D97BA63@microsoft.com...
> Alex
>
> Are you using the 'Tabbed' browsing feature in IE? If so, when you click a
> link that is set to open a new browser window, it will open in a new tab
> and each page will be on a separate tab. If the link opens in the current
> window, then the back button will be available and work to go to the
> previous page in that tab.
>
> --
>
> Ronnie Vernon
> Microsoft MVP
> Windows Shell/User
>
>
> "alexB" <alexb@comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:OfjRs9%23SIHA.3532@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>> Uh, Andre, apparently you misunderstood me.It is a more complicated
>> thing. I will try to explain although there is a chance, I will have to
>> make more durable observations to document it.
>>
>> None of your advice will work. I tried the recent page menu and those
>> precious urls are not there. Only those which I entered manually are
>> added to the menu.
>>
>> I am primarily concerned with pages that I want to preview while I have
>> another page open in Internet Explorer Browser.
>>
>> Let's say I went to MS website and got a page of MSDN documentation.
>> There are many secondary label-links in the ASP and I can click one or
>> two, view the content and I CAN GET BACK to the original MSDN
>> dovumentation page by using the back buttton. None of the pages I visited
>> will be in the menu under any cercumstances.
>>
>> So far so good! Here is the crucial point.
>>
>> Let's say I leave the Internet Browser with the page open on desktop and
>> began reading some newsgroups like I am doing now. Let's say I see a link
>> you recommend. I want to check it out. I click it and this link will open
>> the new page in Internet Explorer Browser, my MSDN page with document I
>> haven't finished is gone, at times I do not even remember what it was,
>> very often I have a vague feeling that it was something important but
>> THERE IS NO BACK BUTTON ENABLED.
>>
>> So I cannot get back to the page I just lost.
>>
>> You described to me a recipe for a much simple situation which is not a
>> problem.
>>
>> Now, I swear this feature was introduced about two years ago in Internet
>> Explorer Browser. Before that time you could go back as far as your
>> history size that you set up allowed you to do.
>>
>> I WANT TO HAVE THIS FEATURE BACK. I have a gut feeling that there should
>> be a switch somewhere or a parameter. It could be a command line exec, I
>> do not care but I want it to be changed. It slows down my productivity
>> because I cannot be on alert all the time. I keep forgetting. I click on
>> a link and the previous page is gone. Often I wonder what it was.
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>>
>> "Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]" <andred25@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:Ozrkc47SIHA.2000@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>> Uh, click the back button, or if you want to take two steps back or
>>> more, click the 'Recent Pages' icons next to the forward button and
>>> click the previously visited pages. If you want to open a new webpage or
>>> IE window, click the Page menu and click 'New Window' alternatively CTRL
>>> + N
>>> --
>>> Andre
>>> Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com
>>> My Vista Quickstart Guide:
>>> http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!E8E5CC039D51E3DB!9709.entry
>>> "AlexB" <alexblai@comcast.net> wrote in message
>>> news:et9Yhr7SIHA.3916@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>>> In the old XP, before they upgraded Internet Explorer to version 6, I
>>>> think you could click on a link somewhere in the window and get a new
>>>> webpage but if you wanted to go back to the previous one you could
>>>> click the back button and the previous page would show up.
>>>>
>>>> Now the back button is dimmed and in many cases it is impossible to use
>>>> it unless, I think the pages you flip are thematically related to the
>>>> original website.
>>>>
>>>> I want to find a way to undo it. I want my Internet Browser to be able
>>>> to go back any time I changed the web page.
>>>>
>>>> How can I do it. I could not find an option to unclick so far.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks.
>>>
>>>
>>
>

Alex

When you open Internet Options, look on the General Tab, next to the bottom.
You should see 'Tabs'. Click the Settings Button and you'll see all of the
options.

--

Ronnie Vernon
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User


"AlexB" <alexblai@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:eEpGVRCTIHA.5264@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> Ronnie, I do not understand you. Speak plain English
>
> What do you mean by Tab browsing feature? Where can I set it up? I could
> not see anything in Internet Options, nothing close.
>
> Please explain to an uneducated.
>
> Many thanks.
>
> "Ronnie Vernon MVP" <rv@invalid.org> wrote in message
> news:66900983-E7B7-41BB-A4E3-F86E5D97BA63@microsoft.com...
>> Alex
>>
>> Are you using the 'Tabbed' browsing feature in IE? If so, when you click
>> a link that is set to open a new browser window, it will open in a new
>> tab and each page will be on a separate tab. If the link opens in the
>> current window, then the back button will be available and work to go to
>> the previous page in that tab.
>>
>> --
>>
>> Ronnie Vernon
>> Microsoft MVP
>> Windows Shell/User
>>
>>
>> "alexB" <alexb@comcast.net> wrote in message
>> news:OfjRs9%23SIHA.3532@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>> Uh, Andre, apparently you misunderstood me.It is a more complicated
>>> thing. I will try to explain although there is a chance, I will have to
>>> make more durable observations to document it.
>>>
>>> None of your advice will work. I tried the recent page menu and those
>>> precious urls are not there. Only those which I entered manually are
>>> added to the menu.
>>>
>>> I am primarily concerned with pages that I want to preview while I have
>>> another page open in Internet Explorer Browser.
>>>
>>> Let's say I went to MS website and got a page of MSDN documentation.
>>> There are many secondary label-links in the ASP and I can click one or
>>> two, view the content and I CAN GET BACK to the original MSDN
>>> dovumentation page by using the back buttton. None of the pages I
>>> visited will be in the menu under any cercumstances.
>>>
>>> So far so good! Here is the crucial point.
>>>
>>> Let's say I leave the Internet Browser with the page open on desktop and
>>> began reading some newsgroups like I am doing now. Let's say I see a
>>> link you recommend. I want to check it out. I click it and this link
>>> will open the new page in Internet Explorer Browser, my MSDN page with
>>> document I haven't finished is gone, at times I do not even remember
>>> what it was, very often I have a vague feeling that it was something
>>> important but THERE IS NO BACK BUTTON ENABLED.
>>>
>>> So I cannot get back to the page I just lost.
>>>
>>> You described to me a recipe for a much simple situation which is not a
>>> problem.
>>>
>>> Now, I swear this feature was introduced about two years ago in Internet
>>> Explorer Browser. Before that time you could go back as far as your
>>> history size that you set up allowed you to do.
>>>
>>> I WANT TO HAVE THIS FEATURE BACK. I have a gut feeling that there should
>>> be a switch somewhere or a parameter. It could be a command line exec, I
>>> do not care but I want it to be changed. It slows down my productivity
>>> because I cannot be on alert all the time. I keep forgetting. I click on
>>> a link and the previous page is gone. Often I wonder what it was.
>>>
>>> Thanks.
>>>
>>>
>>> "Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]" <andred25@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>>> news:Ozrkc47SIHA.2000@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>>> Uh, click the back button, or if you want to take two steps back or
>>>> more, click the 'Recent Pages' icons next to the forward button and
>>>> click the previously visited pages. If you want to open a new webpage
>>>> or IE window, click the Page menu and click 'New Window' alternatively
>>>> CTRL + N
>>>> --
>>>> Andre
>>>> Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com
>>>> My Vista Quickstart Guide:
>>>> http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!E8E5CC039D51E3DB!9709.entry
>>>> "AlexB" <alexblai@comcast.net> wrote in message
>>>> news:et9Yhr7SIHA.3916@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>>>> In the old XP, before they upgraded Internet Explorer to version 6, I
>>>>> think you could click on a link somewhere in the window and get a new
>>>>> webpage but if you wanted to go back to the previous one you could
>>>>> click the back button and the previous page would show up.
>>>>>
>>>>> Now the back button is dimmed and in many cases it is impossible to
>>>>> use it unless, I think the pages you flip are thematically related to
>>>>> the original website.
>>>>>
>>>>> I want to find a way to undo it. I want my Internet Browser to be able
>>>>> to go back any time I changed the web page.
>>>>>
>>>>> How can I do it. I could not find an option to unclick so far.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>

How incredibly simple it was

Thank you very much.

"Ronnie Vernon MVP" <rv@invalid.org> wrote in message
news:5679E6DB-5ACD-4455-8240-C68B336D54FC@microsoft.com...
> Alex
>
> When you open Internet Options, look on the General Tab, next to the
> bottom. You should see 'Tabs'. Click the Settings Button and you'll see
> all of the options.
>
> --
>
> Ronnie Vernon
> Microsoft MVP
> Windows Shell/User
>
>
> "AlexB" <alexblai@comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:eEpGVRCTIHA.5264@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>> Ronnie, I do not understand you. Speak plain English
>>
>> What do you mean by Tab browsing feature? Where can I set it up? I could
>> not see anything in Internet Options, nothing close.
>>
>> Please explain to an uneducated.
>>
>> Many thanks.
>>
>> "Ronnie Vernon MVP" <rv@invalid.org> wrote in message
>> news:66900983-E7B7-41BB-A4E3-F86E5D97BA63@microsoft.com...
>>> Alex
>>>
>>> Are you using the 'Tabbed' browsing feature in IE? If so, when you click
>>> a link that is set to open a new browser window, it will open in a new
>>> tab and each page will be on a separate tab. If the link opens in the
>>> current window, then the back button will be available and work to go to
>>> the previous page in that tab.
>>>
>>> --
>>>
>>> Ronnie Vernon
>>> Microsoft MVP
>>> Windows Shell/User
>>>
>>>
>>> "alexB" <alexb@comcast.net> wrote in message
>>> news:OfjRs9%23SIHA.3532@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>>> Uh, Andre, apparently you misunderstood me.It is a more complicated
>>>> thing. I will try to explain although there is a chance, I will have to
>>>> make more durable observations to document it.
>>>>
>>>> None of your advice will work. I tried the recent page menu and those
>>>> precious urls are not there. Only those which I entered manually are
>>>> added to the menu.
>>>>
>>>> I am primarily concerned with pages that I want to preview while I have
>>>> another page open in Internet Explorer Browser.
>>>>
>>>> Let's say I went to MS website and got a page of MSDN documentation.
>>>> There are many secondary label-links in the ASP and I can click one or
>>>> two, view the content and I CAN GET BACK to the original MSDN
>>>> dovumentation page by using the back buttton. None of the pages I
>>>> visited will be in the menu under any cercumstances.
>>>>
>>>> So far so good! Here is the crucial point.
>>>>
>>>> Let's say I leave the Internet Browser with the page open on desktop
>>>> and began reading some newsgroups like I am doing now. Let's say I see
>>>> a link you recommend. I want to check it out. I click it and this link
>>>> will open the new page in Internet Explorer Browser, my MSDN page with
>>>> document I haven't finished is gone, at times I do not even remember
>>>> what it was, very often I have a vague feeling that it was something
>>>> important but THERE IS NO BACK BUTTON ENABLED.
>>>>
>>>> So I cannot get back to the page I just lost.
>>>>
>>>> You described to me a recipe for a much simple situation which is not a
>>>> problem.
>>>>
>>>> Now, I swear this feature was introduced about two years ago in
>>>> Internet Explorer Browser. Before that time you could go back as far as
>>>> your history size that you set up allowed you to do.
>>>>
>>>> I WANT TO HAVE THIS FEATURE BACK. I have a gut feeling that there
>>>> should be a switch somewhere or a parameter. It could be a command line
>>>> exec, I do not care but I want it to be changed. It slows down my
>>>> productivity because I cannot be on alert all the time. I keep
>>>> forgetting. I click on a link and the previous page is gone. Often I
>>>> wonder what it was.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]" <andred25@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>>>> news:Ozrkc47SIHA.2000@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>>>> Uh, click the back button, or if you want to take two steps back or
>>>>> more, click the 'Recent Pages' icons next to the forward button and
>>>>> click the previously visited pages. If you want to open a new webpage
>>>>> or IE window, click the Page menu and click 'New Window' alternatively
>>>>> CTRL + N
>>>>> --
>>>>> Andre
>>>>> Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com
>>>>> My Vista Quickstart Guide:
>>>>> http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!E8E5CC039D51E3DB!9709.entry
>>>>> "AlexB" <alexblai@comcast.net> wrote in message
>>>>> news:et9Yhr7SIHA.3916@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>>>>> In the old XP, before they upgraded Internet Explorer to version 6, I
>>>>>> think you could click on a link somewhere in the window and get a new
>>>>>> webpage but if you wanted to go back to the previous one you could
>>>>>> click the back button and the previous page would show up.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Now the back button is dimmed and in many cases it is impossible to
>>>>>> use it unless, I think the pages you flip are thematically related to
>>>>>> the original website.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I want to find a way to undo it. I want my Internet Browser to be
>>>>>> able to go back any time I changed the web page.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> How can I do it. I could not find an option to unclick so far.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>

Alex

Your welcome, enjoy the surfin.

--

Ronnie Vernon
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User


"AlexB" <alexblai@comcast.net> wrote in message
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> How incredibly simple it was
>
> Thank you very much.
>
> "Ronnie Vernon MVP" <rv@invalid.org> wrote in message
> news:5679E6DB-5ACD-4455-8240-C68B336D54FC@microsoft.com...
>> Alex
>>
>> When you open Internet Options, look on the General Tab, next to the
>> bottom. You should see 'Tabs'. Click the Settings Button and you'll see
>> all of the options.
>>
>> --
>>
>> Ronnie Vernon
>> Microsoft MVP
>> Windows Shell/User
>>
>>
>> "AlexB" <alexblai@comcast.net> wrote in message
>> news:eEpGVRCTIHA.5264@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>> Ronnie, I do not understand you. Speak plain English
>>>
>>> What do you mean by Tab browsing feature? Where can I set it up? I could
>>> not see anything in Internet Options, nothing close.
>>>
>>> Please explain to an uneducated.
>>>
>>> Many thanks.
>>>
>>> "Ronnie Vernon MVP" <rv@invalid.org> wrote in message
>>> news:66900983-E7B7-41BB-A4E3-F86E5D97BA63@microsoft.com...
>>>> Alex
>>>>
>>>> Are you using the 'Tabbed' browsing feature in IE? If so, when you
>>>> click a link that is set to open a new browser window, it will open in
>>>> a new tab and each page will be on a separate tab. If the link opens in
>>>> the current window, then the back button will be available and work to
>>>> go to the previous page in that tab.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>>
>>>> Ronnie Vernon
>>>> Microsoft MVP
>>>> Windows Shell/User
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "alexB" <alexb@comcast.net> wrote in message
>>>> news:OfjRs9%23SIHA.3532@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>>>> Uh, Andre, apparently you misunderstood me.It is a more complicated
>>>>> thing. I will try to explain although there is a chance, I will have
>>>>> to make more durable observations to document it.
>>>>>
>>>>> None of your advice will work. I tried the recent page menu and those
>>>>> precious urls are not there. Only those which I entered manually are
>>>>> added to the menu.
>>>>>
>>>>> I am primarily concerned with pages that I want to preview while I
>>>>> have another page open in Internet Explorer Browser.
>>>>>
>>>>> Let's say I went to MS website and got a page of MSDN documentation.
>>>>> There are many secondary label-links in the ASP and I can click one or
>>>>> two, view the content and I CAN GET BACK to the original MSDN
>>>>> dovumentation page by using the back buttton. None of the pages I
>>>>> visited will be in the menu under any cercumstances.
>>>>>
>>>>> So far so good! Here is the crucial point.
>>>>>
>>>>> Let's say I leave the Internet Browser with the page open on desktop
>>>>> and began reading some newsgroups like I am doing now. Let's say I see
>>>>> a link you recommend. I want to check it out. I click it and this link
>>>>> will open the new page in Internet Explorer Browser, my MSDN page with
>>>>> document I haven't finished is gone, at times I do not even remember
>>>>> what it was, very often I have a vague feeling that it was something
>>>>> important but THERE IS NO BACK BUTTON ENABLED.
>>>>>
>>>>> So I cannot get back to the page I just lost.
>>>>>
>>>>> You described to me a recipe for a much simple situation which is not
>>>>> a problem.
>>>>>
>>>>> Now, I swear this feature was introduced about two years ago in
>>>>> Internet Explorer Browser. Before that time you could go back as far
>>>>> as your history size that you set up allowed you to do.
>>>>>
>>>>> I WANT TO HAVE THIS FEATURE BACK. I have a gut feeling that there
>>>>> should be a switch somewhere or a parameter. It could be a command
>>>>> line exec, I do not care but I want it to be changed. It slows down my
>>>>> productivity because I cannot be on alert all the time. I keep
>>>>> forgetting. I click on a link and the previous page is gone. Often I
>>>>> wonder what it was.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> "Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]" <andred25@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>>>>> news:Ozrkc47SIHA.2000@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>>>>> Uh, click the back button, or if you want to take two steps back or
>>>>>> more, click the 'Recent Pages' icons next to the forward button and
>>>>>> click the previously visited pages. If you want to open a new webpage
>>>>>> or IE window, click the Page menu and click 'New Window'
>>>>>> alternatively CTRL + N
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Andre
>>>>>> Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com
>>>>>> My Vista Quickstart Guide:
>>>>>> http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!E8E5CC039D51E3DB!9709.entry
>>>>>> "AlexB" <alexblai@comcast.net> wrote in message
>>>>>> news:et9Yhr7SIHA.3916@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>>>>>> In the old XP, before they upgraded Internet Explorer to version 6,
>>>>>>> I think you could click on a link somewhere in the window and get a
>>>>>>> new webpage but if you wanted to go back to the previous one you
>>>>>>> could click the back button and the previous page would show up.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Now the back button is dimmed and in many cases it is impossible to
>>>>>>> use it unless, I think the pages you flip are thematically related
>>>>>>> to the original website.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I want to find a way to undo it. I want my Internet Browser to be
>>>>>>> able to go back any time I changed the web page.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> How can I do it. I could not find an option to unclick so far.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
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