SYMPTOMS
In Microsoft Internet Explorer, when you browse back to a Web page to which you previously submitted form data, and that Web page contains the
cache-control: no-cache HTTP header, you receive the following error message:
Page could not be displayed
You expect to receive the following error message:
Warning: Page has Expired
"The page you requested was created using information you submitted in a form. This page is no longer available. As a security precaution, Internet Explorer does not automatically resubmit your information for you.
To resubmit your information and view this Web page, click the Refresh button."
If you click to clear the
Show friendly HTTP error messages check box in the advanced options in Internet Explorer, you will receive the second error message as expected.
Note This problem only occurs after you install Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2).
WORKAROUND
To work around this problem and to return to the behavior that existed before you installed Windows XP SP2, click to clear the
Show friendly HTTP error messages check box in the advanced options in Internet Explorer. To do this, follow these steps:
- Start Internet Explorer.
- On the Tools menu, click Internet Options.
- In the Internet Options dialog box, click the Advanced tab.
- Locate and then click to clear the Show friendly HTTP error messages check box, and then click OK.