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Thread ID: 101787 2009-07-27 04:57:00 Google Error or my Computer? dveitch (6045) Press F1
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795608 2009-07-27 04:57:00 This morning I set myself up in Google Documents. I then loaded a spreadsheet and 7 Word files. All working well.

Then I organised for a person to share these documents. All working well.

Then I organised for another person to share the same documents. I was doing this one document at a time because doing all at once did not work. When I had done 5 documents Google decided that I had to use the "Word Verification Required" thing but in place of the graphic of chracters (CAPTCHA) there was just a small red X. So, I could not type in the characters and could not proceed to share the documents.

When I started my setup this CAPTCHA system worked. Pictures/graphics on other web pages are working fine.

Is this a problem on my computer or a Google problem? Is there a cache or something on this computer that needs a clean? If so, where? I have wiped out files using disk cleanup and rebooted but no change.
dveitch (6045)
795609 2009-07-27 06:01:00 Probably not Google's problem.

Try clearing your DNS cache and browser cache

What browser is this?

Blam
Blam (54)
795610 2009-07-27 06:59:00 Thanks. The browser is IE8

Where do I find, or how do I clear those caches?
dveitch (6045)
795611 2009-07-27 07:37:00 In IE Tools>Internet Options>Click "Delete" under Browsing History>Then delete the Temp files.

As for DNS cache...it very unlikely thats the issue but run>cmd>ipconfig /flushdns

Blam
Blam (54)
795612 2009-07-27 10:43:00 Thanks, Blam. Done all that and then rebooted. No change. I see in the Google files that others have had this problem but I could find no answers there.

It seems there is no easy way to get a message to Google either.
dveitch (6045)
795613 2009-07-27 11:07:00 Try another browser, such as firefox:

www.mozilla.com

You can migrate your settings over.

Also, are you using IE7 or 8? If you're using 7 then update to 8 and see if it solves your problem

Blam
Blam (54)
795614 2009-07-27 21:11:00 Thanks, Blam, I am using IE8. I will have to give Firefox a try. This morning Google Documents worked well for a while. I shared documents with two new users and even shared 5 documents in one go. Then I tried 6 documents and up popped the Word Verification screen with the dreaded red X. Now I can not share even a single document as the little red X is there for every one of them. dveitch (6045)
795615 2009-07-27 22:09:00 I have installed Firefox and Google Documents appears to be working fine. Thanks for the advice. dveitch (6045)
795616 2009-07-27 22:11:00 :) Blam (54)
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