ie6 problem with BOM in UTF-8 error

BOM warning UTF-8

[javaftper]

hi,
i have validated my site with [validator.w3.org...] and i get no errors but i get a warning regarding the use of BOM in UTF-8. i believe this issue is causing display problems in ie6.

can someone explain how to remove the BOM setting?

i have pasted the validator output below-

This document was successfully checked as XHTML 1.0 Transitional!
Result: Passed, 1 warning(s)
Address:
Encoding: utf-8
Doctype: XHTML 1.0 Transitional
Root Element: html
Root Namespace: [w3.org...]
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Warning Byte-Order Mark found in UTF-8 File.

The Unicode Byte-Order Mark (BOM) in UTF-8 encoded files is known to cause problems for some text editors and older browsers. You may want to consider avoiding its use until it is better supported.

Congratulations

thanks
// j

[oluoch28394]

try opening your html document with notepad, then click save as, then in the encoding field change encoding to ANSI. This might take care of the error. If you had previously saved with utf-8 encoding some editors put still use BOM.

[javaftper]

excellent-that fixed it thank you.

i created the site in dreamweaver CS2 so i'll have a look around its save and file type options.

thanks again,
//j