You receive a security warning in Internet Explorer 7 and Internet Explorer 6 when you visit a Web page that is hosted on a secure Web site

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SYMPTOMS

When you use Windows Internet Explorer 7 or Internet Explorer 6 to visit a Web page that is hosted on a secure Web site (HTTPS), you unexpectedly receive the following security warning:
This page contains both secure and nonsecure items. Do you want to display the nonsecure items?
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CAUSE

This problem occurs if the Web page script calls the removeChild() method to delete a DIV element that references a background image.
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WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, use one of the following methods.

Method 1

Use the outerHTML property to delete the DIV element, as in the following example:
document.getElementById('myDiv').outerHTML="  "

Method 2

Put the background-image into a cascading style sheets file, as in the following example:
<style type="text/css">
{ background-image: url(image.jpg); } 
</style>
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Article ID: 925014 - Last Review: October 27, 2007 - Revision: 1.3
APPLIES TO
  • Windows Internet Explorer 7
  • Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0
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kbprb kbtshoot kberrorsandwarnings kbwebbrowser KB925014
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