Hypertext Markup Language <COMMENT> Tag Displays Text

ID: Q197053

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Internet Explorer version 5 for Windows 95
Microsoft Internet Explorer version 5 for Windows 98
Microsoft Internet Explorer version 5 for Windows NT 4.0

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 : msiew95 msient msiew98
Version : WINDOWS:5
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbprb