# I Keep Getting 'Error On Page' (Test Post).

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-keep-getting-error-on-page-test-post/417433
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**Created:** [August 29, 2007, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-keep-getting-error-on-page-test-post/417433 "2007-08-29T23:25:15Z")
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### Author: ![Jim\_B](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jim_b/32/4338_2.png) [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)
#### Post date: [August 29, 2007, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-keep-getting-error-on-page-test-post/417433/1 "2007-08-29T23:25:15Z")

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My computer keeps giving me the “Done, but with errors on page” message. This is something new for me with the SDMB. I don’t know what is causing it. I accidentally dropped my computer modem a couple of inches on the table a couple of days back, but everything else on my computer’s access to the internet seems alright.

Anyways, this is just a test to see if I can still post alright. This is just a test 🙂 .

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### Author: ![Jim\_B](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jim_b/32/4338_2.png) [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)
#### Post date: [August 29, 2007, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-keep-getting-error-on-page-test-post/417433/2 "2007-08-29T23:42:15Z")

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I should add I mainly get the “Error on page…” message on the SDMB. I generally don’t get it too often other places on the internet, and if I do, I can just refresh the page to get rid of it generally.

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### Author: ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)
#### Post date: [August 30, 2007, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-keep-getting-error-on-page-test-post/417433/3 "2007-08-30T02:45:34Z")

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That probably means it doesn’t like something in our coding – our page coding, our ad coding – but it’s rendering the page anyway.

It’s harmless.

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### Author: ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)
#### Post date: [August 30, 2007, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-keep-getting-error-on-page-test-post/417433/4 "2007-08-30T02:52:00Z")

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What’s your operating system and web browser?

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### Author: ![Jim\_B](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jim_b/32/4338_2.png) [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)
#### Post date: [August 31, 2007, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-keep-getting-error-on-page-test-post/417433/5 "2007-08-31T01:32:20Z")

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[QUOTE=Duckster]  
What’s your operating system and web browser?  
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We have a Microsoft Windows XP in an “Emachine”. Our web browser is Internet Explorer.

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### Author: ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)
#### Post date: [August 31, 2007, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-keep-getting-error-on-page-test-post/417433/6 "2007-08-31T03:02:26Z")

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[QUOTE=Jim B.]  
We have a Microsoft Windows XP in an “Emachine”. Our web browser is Internet Explorer.  
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Generally speaking, the error you describe can be mitigated by (as with IE 6x) going to [Tools | Options | Advanced] and click the two boxes to disable script debugging. I don’t know what the settings are for IE 7x because I won’t allow it to be installed.

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### Author: ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)
#### Post date: [August 31, 2007, 9:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-keep-getting-error-on-page-test-post/417433/7 "2007-08-31T09:05:02Z")

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Yep, it’s the same thing in IE7.

Thanks!

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### Author: ![Micro\_Dot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de053/32.png) [@Micro\_Dot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Micro_Dot)
#### Post date: [August 31, 2007, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-keep-getting-error-on-page-test-post/417433/8 "2007-08-31T18:34:30Z")

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I have the same problem, even though I turned off the debugging. I sometimes, not always, get a popup window with the page text that I have to close before continuing.
