When I choose "Save Web Page, Complete", for offline viewing, Internet Explorer appears to look for the site again, and in some cases gives me the blunt message: "This Web Page Cannot be Saved." Why? Pete Benlow
In the good old days, web pages were just downloaded from a server, and were easy to save. Today, a page may be constructed on the fly with elements from different servers, including adverts. It may include JavaScript or ActiveX controls downloaded to your PC to customise the page. Internet Explorer tries to convert all these elements to create a page where the links are to your PC's hard drive, but as Microsoft's Knowledgebase says, IE "does not parse the script in a web page when saving the web page, and so it is unable to determine when an image or document URL is constructed from within a script."
Your best bet is to add the page to IE's Favorites list and tick the box that says: "Make available offline". Another workaround is to go to the File menu, select Send and then pick Page by E-mail. When the email window pops up, select File and Save As, then save the message as .htm instead of .eml. You don't have to send the email.
Alternatively, WinWAX Express (www.winwax.com) is an IE add-on designed to capture and save pages - or try Opera's browser.
