Error Msg: Warning: Page Has Expired: The Page You Requested...

ID: Q183763

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Internet Explorer versions 4.0, 4.01 for Windows 95

SYMPTOMS

When you click Back to return to a Web page, you may 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.

CAUSE

This problem can occur if you are connected to an Active Server Page (.asp) Web page on a Microsoft Internet Information Server (IIS) version 4.0 server, and the Web page uses the "cache-control: private" tag in the header.

NOTE: This problem only occurs on HTTP/1.1-compliant servers. Cache- control directives are not supported on HTTP/1.0 servers.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, obtain and install Internet Explorer 4.01 Service Pack 2. You can obtain Internet Explorer 4.01 Service Pack 2 from the following Microsoft Web site:

http://www.microsoft.com/ie/download

To work around this behavior, have the administrator for the Web page place the following tag in the header of the .asp Web page:


   &lt;%Response.CacheControl="Public"%&gt;

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Internet Explorer versions 4.0 and 4.01 for Windows 95.

MORE INFORMATION

The behavior described in this article can occur if an .asp Web page uses the METHOD=POST attribute in the Form Submit tag, but not if the page uses the METHOD=GET attribute.

IIS 4.0 servers use the "cache-control: private" tag by default.

Additional query words: connection lost


Keywords          : kbenv msiew95 
Version           : 
Platform          : WINDOWS winnt 
Issue type        : kbprb

Last Reviewed: April 3, 1999