# Page loading wrong **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [September 17, 2009, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/page-loading-wrong/510480 "2009-09-17T19:10:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![pickbet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@pickbet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pickbet)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2009, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/page-loading-wrong/510480/1 "2009-09-17T19:10:15Z")
When I go to certain sites the pages load and the computer scrolls down to the middle or the bottom of the page. To read the whole page I have to scroll back up or hit home. I’m using Internet Explored, Vista 8 so it says. I don’t remember downloading it but it happened sometime. Anyone have any ideas? ---
**Author:** ![fubbleskag](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@fubbleskag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fubbleskag)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2009, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/page-loading-wrong/510480/2 "2009-09-17T23:04:31Z")
can you provide an example? it could be the the links you are clicking contain reference to an anchor mid-page (ie. [Default title | Domain.com](http://www.domain.com/page.html#anchor)) ---
**Author:** ![pickbet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@pickbet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pickbet)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2009, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/page-loading-wrong/510480/3 "2009-09-18T00:07:55Z")
I have looked at sites on [About.com](http://About.com), LLBean, and many others. Sometimes it jumps halfway down the page and sometimes it goes right to the bottom. ---
**Author:** ![fubbleskag](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@fubbleskag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fubbleskag)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2009, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/page-loading-wrong/510480/4 "2009-09-18T00:29:46Z")
I was hoping for a specific example - next time it happens, give us the actual link (and/or see if the link has an #anchor on the end). ---
**Author:** ![pickbet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@pickbet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pickbet)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2009, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/page-loading-wrong/510480/5 "2009-09-18T00:46:22Z")
Here are a few I just visited. [http://www.llbean.com/](http://www.llbean.com/); [http://www.llbean.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/CategoryDisplay?categoryId=505484&catalogId=1&storeId=1&langId=-1&nav=p-hp&feat=hi](http://www.llbean.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/CategoryDisplay?categoryId=505484&catalogId=1&storeId=1&langId=-1&nav=p-hp&feat=hi) [http://www.mccormick.com/Recipes/Main-Dish/Shrimp-Scampi.aspx](http://www.mccormick.com/Recipes/Main-Dish/Shrimp-Scampi.aspx) [http://www.mccormick.com/Recipes/Main-Dish/Chicken-Cacciatore.aspx](http://www.mccormick.com/Recipes/Main-Dish/Chicken-Cacciatore.aspx) ---
**Author:** ![pickbet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@pickbet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pickbet)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2009, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/page-loading-wrong/510480/6 "2009-09-18T14:35:41Z")
All of these pages went to the middle or the bottom of the page. As it loads the page shows the top then it jumps right to the middle or the bottom. ---
**Author:** ![fubbleskag](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@fubbleskag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fubbleskag)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2009, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/page-loading-wrong/510480/7 "2009-09-18T21:53:40Z")
I’m not able to replicate this behaviour myself, so unless someone is able to, I would have to assume it’s specific to your browser/computer. Do you have any scripts or addons running that you can temporarily disable? ---
**Author:** ![pickbet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@pickbet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pickbet)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2009, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/page-loading-wrong/510480/8 "2009-09-19T00:39:39Z")
Can you tell me what scripts and addons are and how to disable them? I’m not very computer literate. Thanks. ---
**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:** [September 19, 2009, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/page-loading-wrong/510480/9 "2009-09-19T05:10:19Z")
[ol] [li]Are you using a laptop?[/li][li]If so, is that laptop an IBM or Lenovo?[/li][li]If it is an IBM or Lenovo laptop, does it have a fingerpad/thumbpad?[/li][/ol] IBM/Lenovo laptops with fingerpads/thumbpads often have a bad driver. When activated, it can play havoc with your mouse. If can also cause uncontrolled scrolling of open windows, be it a browser, an office application, etc. If you cannot update the driver, tap the fingerpad/thumbpad to deactivate it. Then you should be fine. If it’s not an IBM or Lenovo laptop, with a fingerpad/thumbpad, I got nothing. ---
**Author:** ![pickbet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@pickbet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pickbet)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2009, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/page-loading-wrong/510480/10 "2009-09-21T18:02:32Z")
It’s a HP desktop. Thanks for the suggestion though.