Model Railroader Forums Vs Internet Explorer

Model Railroader General Discussion (Model Railroader)
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I have seen others complain about this;but, haven’t seen an answer from this Forum’s administrators! In fact, where is there a place to discuss this forum’s problems? Most of the forums I’ve visited have a place to bring up problems. Is there one here and I just haven’t located it yet?

Anyway, it appears this forum and my Internet Explorer do not like each other! I am still using Microsoft XP and would like to continue.

When I que-up the Model Railroader forums, sometimes I will immediately get kicked-off, when I do connect, there will be a note previous to the website appearing that says: “The Tab was Recovered”!

When I post something here, I will always copy it before I post it, as there is a strong likelihood the act of posting will fail and I will need to attempt it again. After loosing a couple posts to the void, I finally caught on!!

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The link is well hidden, but here it is: https://secure.kalmbach.com/customer/ContactForm.aspx

Pick topic “Web site inquiry/challenges”, leave Magazine to “Model Railroader” and Website to “trains.com”.

Btw - don’t know if it is deliberate or not, but your signature says “Norther Pacific” instead of “Northern Pacific” - might be a typo.

Smile,
Stein

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I use use XP home with IE8 and don’t have any issues…I know that doesn’t help so,I’ll let the computer wizards figure your problem out…

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Ugh.

Please lock this thread.

How many more times do we need to read about this problem?

Rich

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Yes, because I’m tired of giving the same answer over and over - it works FINE with IE. The problem is NOT IE. I don;t use any other browser because there is no reason to, IE is not inherently worse, in fact in some tests it’s superior to all the others. ANd you don;t get infected with spyware because you use IE< you get infected with spyware because you blindly click on things. I get NO popups and I don;t even have the ads on the right of the screen - with IE! Yes, IE, and no third party blocker or filter.

–Randy

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Just click on the compatibility tab on your tool bar next to the refresh tab. It looks like a torn piece of paper.

For the record, I still have the same problem as you using XP. The compatibility mode fixes it though.

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LIONS use Firefox. LIONS do not use IE. LIONS have no trouble with browsers.

Now if you want to stop by and fix the DNS problems with my servers… [(-D]

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There is. It’s called the Trains.com Forums, and specifically, the Community Assistance Forum within that group. In fact, there are two threads there already on this very topic.

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But there have been answers from many of the users of this forum. My personal answer is that I use Firefox, but other solutions have been posted as well. You just need to concentrate on the solutions rather than the complainers.

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Try a different browser. Mozilla Firefox is one; Google Chrome is another.

I have both IE8 and Firefox 9 installed on my computer at home. Although I primarily use Firefox, I have found a select few sites that do view better when using IE - i.e. important text pop-ups become visible.

Tom