Author Topic: computer flipping back to previous pages i have windows xp (Read 7037 times)

jennifer82777 · « **on:** July 26, 2008, 06:14:14 AM »

please help i dont know why my computer is flipping back to previous pages all on its own any advice i have windows xp if this helps

Carbon Dudeoxide · « **Reply #1 on:** July 26, 2008, 06:39:34 AM »

What do you mean by 'flipping back to previous pages'?

jennifer82777 · « **Reply #2 on:** July 26, 2008, 06:52:30 AM »

when i am looking at ebay pages for example i will get to page 4 and it will go back to page one by itself it does it on all web pages but i just used that for an example

Carbon Dudeoxide · « **Reply #3 on:** July 26, 2008, 06:53:47 AM »

What Internet Browser are you using?

jennifer82777 · « **Reply #4 on:** July 26, 2008, 06:57:10 AM »

im not too smart when it comes to these things so i am using ie6 and i have downloaded mozilla firefox and it still doesnt help hope i answered your question

Carbon Dudeoxide · « **Reply #5 on:** July 26, 2008, 06:58:29 AM »

Yep. And my next one: Try another browser.

All right...

Does this page-flipping happen all the time?
How long has this been happening for?

jennifer82777 · « **Reply #6 on:** July 26, 2008, 07:00:45 AM »

what browsers are available ? and yes it happens all the time. you have no clue how hard it is to write this i have to keep pushing the forward button to get back to this. it has been doing this for like a week now. and thank you so much for trying to help me on this it mean a lot to me .

Carbon Dudeoxide · « **Reply #7 on:** July 26, 2008, 07:02:57 AM »

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what browsers are available ?

Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox are the most popular but there are other ones like Opera and Maxthon.

Can you give us an example (a link).

jennifer82777 · « **Reply #8 on:** July 26, 2008, 07:05:57 AM »

im not sure what you mean give us an example like a link sorry

Carbon Dudeoxide · « **Reply #9 on:** July 26, 2008, 07:08:29 AM »

An example of the page that keeps flipping back.

For example:

jennifer82777 · « **Reply #10 on:** July 26, 2008, 07:11:09 AM »

www.ebay.com , www.armstrongmywire.com , www.myspace.com and many more its all web pages that i look at that does it

JXY · « **Reply #11 on:** July 26, 2008, 07:21:20 AM »

could your backspace key be stuck?

open a word/text document, and see if what you write is automatically being deleted.

or, you could have some mouse gestures set.

for example, this is on my machine:

jennifer82777 · « **Reply #12 on:** July 26, 2008, 07:26:31 AM »

no i can type and it doesnt erase anything . and i have no clue what mouse gestures are. the only time i have any problem on my computer is when im surfing the web.

JXY · « **Reply #13 on:** July 26, 2008, 07:28:08 AM »

is this a laptop or a desktop?

jennifer82777 · « **Reply #14 on:** July 26, 2008, 07:30:18 AM »

desktop its an e-machine w3502

Carbon Dudeoxide · « **Reply #15 on:** July 26, 2008, 07:32:18 AM »

Exactly how long has this been happening?

jennifer82777 · « **Reply #16 on:** July 26, 2008, 07:33:49 AM »

for a week is how long its been doing this its starting to be a pain

Carbon Dudeoxide · « **Reply #17 on:** July 26, 2008, 07:35:41 AM »

I suggest doing a System Restore to a few days before the problem started happening.

More info on System Restore here:
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000589.htm

jennifer82777 · « **Reply #18 on:** July 26, 2008, 07:36:58 AM »

i have restored it back to a week before this starting happening and that didnt work i have went as far back as april and no luck

Carbon Dudeoxide · « **Reply #19 on:** July 26, 2008, 07:43:52 AM »

I honestly don't know what might be up with your computer.
I do have a suggestion though.

To rule out the act of malware (computer viruses), I strongly suggest you look here:
http://www.computerhope.com/forum/index.php/topic,46313.0.html
If you post the three logs here, one of our Malware Specialists can either rule out the possibility of a virus or help you remove it.

If you need any help with any of those steps, we will be more than happy to assist you.

jennifer82777 · « **Reply #20 on:** July 26, 2008, 07:50:13 AM »

do i still need to do this even though i have already run a virus check thing through avg.com im seriously ready to just buy a new computer but i dont want too i already have a few others that need fixed

Carbon Dudeoxide · « **Reply #21 on:** July 26, 2008, 07:51:44 AM »

If you don't want to go through it, I suggest posting a HijackThis log (step 6)
Relatively simple. Download, install, run, save, post.

jennifer82777 · « **Reply #22 on:** July 26, 2008, 08:06:08 AM »

will doing that harm my computer in anyway ? this being messed up is putting a damper on my ebay selling and bidding and i dont want to be lost without anyway to keep in contact with my buyers thank you very much for your help

Carbon Dudeoxide · « **Reply #23 on:** July 26, 2008, 08:10:22 AM »

No. It will only gather information about current running processes, startup items, browser toolbars. It's pretty much just a tool for pointing out any mistakes.

You can get it here:
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/hijackthis.html

It has a good description and user reviews if you're interested.

jennifer82777 · « **Reply #24 on:** July 26, 2008, 08:17:01 AM »

do i repost here my findings ?

Carbon Dudeoxide · « **Reply #25 on:** July 26, 2008, 05:44:04 PM »

Quote from: jennifer82777 on July 26, 2008, 08:17:01 AM

do i repost here my findings ?

Yes please.

Fed · « **Reply #26 on:** July 26, 2008, 06:55:48 PM »

Did you try another keyboard yet, preferably a PS2 one?

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