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Hypertext Markup Language <COMMENT> Tag Displays Text

Article ID: 197053

Article Last Modified on 1/23/2007

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This article was previously published under Q197053

SYMPTOMS

When you view a Web page in Internet Explorer, text using the <COMMENT> Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) tag may be displayed.

CAUSE

This behavior can occur if the Web page contains over 32 kilobytes (KB) of comments.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this behavior, remove some comments from the HTML source code, and then view the Web page again. Continue this process until comments are no longer displayed.

STATUS

This behavior is by design.

Additional query words: 5.0 5.00

Keywords: kbprb KB197053


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