How To Get FR to Refresh in IE

[Williams]

I know Freepers will solve this one quick, I now have 2 Vista computers thank you for the pity, and on both FR (and I guess other sites but I mainly care about FR) does not refresh every time I reopen Internet Explorer, I always have to press the refresh symbol.

I never had this problem on my XP running computers. I can't find how to change the refresh rate.

Thanks in advance computer wizarda.

[omega4179]

If anyone knows how to make it autoatically refresh every visit on my blackberry I’d appreciate it.

[KoRn]

You can either hit the ‘F5’ every time, or go into Internet Options, and configure the browser to update sites with “every visit to the page”(or something like that).

[xjcsa]

The bigger question is why you’re using Internet Explorer...

[Hodar]

Tools drop down menu, choose Internet Options.

In the General Tab, find the area marked Browsing History, select the Settings Button.

Select the Radio button that tells you to refesh the web page every time I visit.

Ok your way back out, restart IE - that should do it.

[FReepaholic]

Are you logged in?

[editor-surveyor]

Tools, preferences,

[NEMDF]

Is it plugged in?

[Excellence]

Once you are on the page, press the menu button and choose “refresh.”

[library user]

I never had this problem on my XP running computers.

What you are describing is not an XP or Vista, i.e., operating system, issue -- it's a browser settings issue. The person who said go into internet options is correct. Once you change the setting to refresh web sites every time you launch IE, you should be ok.

[Williams]

I’ve made your change, were they being tricky putting that option under “browsing history”? It was set to refresh “automatically” I reset it to every time I visit the page. So then I ask what does “automatically” mean.

Thanks

[Williams]

Understood, maybe IE on my my older xp’s had been set properly years ago.

[SnarlinCubBear]

. IT help

[Woodman]

OK I'll tell you the secret... [F-5] merely reloads the page. If their were cached items pulled the first time, they will be pulled the second time. [CTRL]+[F-5] will force IE to load all content from a fresh download, or in other words ‘not from the cache. You can also go into your IE options and request that files be downloaded â 'every time I visit a site' but this will slow down your performance.

[Hodar]

I have no idea how IE determines what is Automatic. I would guess that the second visit defaults from cache, and additional visits re-load the webpage.

If every odd visit (visit 3, 5, 7, ect) is checked for a change in status; that would conceiveably cut your web traffic by 50%. But, as most everyone now has broadband, and a webpage has (comparably) inconsequential data on it; you might as well do a re-load every visit.

[6SJ7]

Is it plugged in?

Help Desk from "The IT Crowd".

[Woodman]

Automatic uses the cache if it does not find a newer file with the same name than what is in the cache. Usually none of the standard graphic images are downloaded again when in the automatic mode.