# Warning: Page Has Expired?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-page-has-expired/124668
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [August 20, 2002, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-page-has-expired/124668 "2002-08-20T00:18:50Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)
#### Post date: [August 20, 2002, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-page-has-expired/124668/1 "2002-08-20T00:18:50Z")
It seems like I just started seeing this error fairly recently and it’s really annoying. What happens is whenever I put any information in a field on a website (such as searching for a movie at imdb), and then I click the back button (say the movie I clicked on wasn’t what I was looking for and I wanted to see the search results again), I get this “Warning: Page Has Expired” error. All I have to do to fix it is hit refresh but it’s still a royal pain in the butt. Is there anything I can do to stop this?
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### Author:  [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)
#### Post date: [August 20, 2002, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-page-has-expired/124668/2 "2002-08-20T01:51:53Z")
1. Type faster. 🙂
2. Complain to the webmaster of the site.
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### Author:  [@xash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xash)
#### Post date: [August 20, 2002, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-page-has-expired/124668/3 "2002-08-20T07:18:05Z")
this usually happens with encrypted pages starting with https:// instead of http://
if it’s happening fairly often, try this (not sure if it’ll work, but it’s worth a try) :
for lack of data, i’m assuming you’re using a recent version of MS IE on Windows.
go to tools/ internet options/ Temporary Internet Files / Settings / Check for newer versions: and select “Every Visit”
then shut all browser windows and start it again, and see if it still happens.