P
Peabody
I'm new to XP (MCE 2005), and find that when I use a Hosts file to
block ad sites, those sites end up in the Back button list, so the
button doesn't work correctly. I have to pull down the Back menu
list and select what I want to go back to. Apparently this is a
well-known problem.
But when using the same IE 6 and the same Hosts file, this problem
does NOT occur in Win98SE. That being the case, I wonder if any of
our esteemed MVP types here might suggest to their contacts at MS
that this problem could actually be fixed.
Anyway, does anyone have a suggestion for restoring the
functionality of the Back button? My Hosts file has thousands of
entries, and I don't want to add them all to Restricted Sites. Is
there any other setting or registry tweak that fixes it?
In researching this on Google, I found a reference to a program
called eDexter, which apparently pretends to be the blocked site and
returns with a 43-byte Gif image. They say this also cures the Back
button problem. Has anyone here used that program? Does anyone
have any security concerns about it?
One other thing that's not really related. In my Hosts file, all
the entries, including localhost, are 0.0.0.0 instead of 127.0.0.1.
That's what worked best under 98SE. Is there any reason not to use
0.0.0.0 under XP?
Thanks for any help.
block ad sites, those sites end up in the Back button list, so the
button doesn't work correctly. I have to pull down the Back menu
list and select what I want to go back to. Apparently this is a
well-known problem.
But when using the same IE 6 and the same Hosts file, this problem
does NOT occur in Win98SE. That being the case, I wonder if any of
our esteemed MVP types here might suggest to their contacts at MS
that this problem could actually be fixed.
Anyway, does anyone have a suggestion for restoring the
functionality of the Back button? My Hosts file has thousands of
entries, and I don't want to add them all to Restricted Sites. Is
there any other setting or registry tweak that fixes it?
In researching this on Google, I found a reference to a program
called eDexter, which apparently pretends to be the blocked site and
returns with a 43-byte Gif image. They say this also cures the Back
button problem. Has anyone here used that program? Does anyone
have any security concerns about it?
One other thing that's not really related. In my Hosts file, all
the entries, including localhost, are 0.0.0.0 instead of 127.0.0.1.
That's what worked best under 98SE. Is there any reason not to use
0.0.0.0 under XP?
Thanks for any help.