compatibility view

About this tag
The compatibility view tag on WindowsForum.com covers discussions about Internet Explorer's compatibility view feature, which forces a webpage to refresh in compatibility mode when the browser detects a problem. Users report issues such as being unable to open specific websites like Comcast's home page in Internet Explorer 10, with the browser crashing or displaying a message about refreshing in compatibility view. Other threads explore using compatibility view to fix image display problems in Internet Explorer 8 on Windows 7, where thumbnails fail to load during image searches on Google or Bing. The tag reflects troubleshooting scenarios where enabling or disabling compatibility view is part of resolving browser rendering issues.
  1. MikeHawthorne

    Windows 8 Can't open Comcast home page in Internet Explorer 10? And malware issue?

    Hi This it weird! I can't open my Comcast Home Page in IE? When I try I get a message saying that... "A problem with Comcast web page forced Internet Explorer to refresh in compatibility view". If I persist Internet Explorer crashes. I'm not seeing this with any other web page. I can open...
  2. C

    Windows 7 Help with Images - Win7/IE8

    Hi - can anyone offer any advice please? I'm probably missing something really simple so I'm prepared to be embarrassed!:redface: I have no problems viewing images on general sites etc but as soon as I do an image search in Google or Bing none of the thumbnails display - just get the good old...
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