Back Button in Internet Explorer Becomes Unavailable

• Microsoft Internet Explorer version 5 for Windows 98
• Microsoft Internet Explorer version 5 for Windows 95
• Microsoft Internet Explorer version 5 for Windows NT 4.0

SYMPTOMS

When you are using Internet Explorer to view various Web sites, the Back and Forward buttons on the toolbar may become unavailable.

RESOLUTION

To work around this problem, you can use the History bar to return to a Web page you previously visited. To do so, click History on the toolbar, and then click the site you want to visit in the History bar.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

Additional query words: gray grayed out dimmed surf

Keywords          : kbui msiew98 
Version           : WINDOWS:5
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        : kbprb 

Last Reviewed: May 20, 1999