# Scroll/ page down problem in IE/ Outlook

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scroll-page-down-problem-in-ie-outlook/214285>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [November 20, 2003, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scroll-page-down-problem-in-ie-outlook/214285 "2003-11-20T11:12:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![hammos1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ba8739/32.png) [@hammos1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hammos1)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2003, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scroll-page-down-problem-in-ie-outlook/214285/1 "2003-11-20T11:12:38Z")

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I’ve searched, and this hasn’t come up, which surprises me.

Are you experiencing problems paging down in IE/ Outlook? Not when pressing the ‘page down’ key, but when clicking in the vertical scroll bar. When I click, I go two pages down, not one.

A technically-inclined friend informs me that this is a side-effect of the most recent MS Windows Update, although having had a quick scan on their site, I can’t confirm this. He’s on Win2K, I’m on XP, so it strikes me as surprising that, if it is a side-effect, that MS aren’t getting roasted for it- it’s extremely annoying, and reflects very badly on them- they can’t secure their software without f\*\*\*ing around with basic GUI functionality?

Anyone know any more on this?

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**Author:** ![critter42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ba0ec/32.png) [@critter42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/critter42)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2003, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scroll-page-down-problem-in-ie-outlook/214285/2 "2003-11-20T12:37:52Z")

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[Here](http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,4149,1382912,00.asp) is an eWeek article detailing the issues. On a cursory glance, it appears that MS is aware of the issue, but there’s no fix currently.

critter42