Content Page Controls Disappear When I Click OK on Javascript Alertbox

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I am using Page.ClientScri pt.RegisterStar tupScript to throw up a
Javascript alert box. When I click OK on the alert box, all the
controls on my page disappear and I don't understand why. I can View
Source in the browser and see all the controls so I know they are
there, yet they vanish once I click OK. This is happening on a
Content page. The browser is IE 6.0.2900 and I'm running it inside of
Visual Studio 2005.

My master page consists of nothing more than a couple of <div>s and a
ContentPlaceHol der. My content page contains a user control (.ascx)
and an Insert button. The user control is basically the UI for an
underlying business object which contains its own validation logic.
For testing purposes, I have coded the Page_Load method to throw up an
alert() box on any postback. Here's the code, in brief:

<%@ Page Language="C#" MasterPageFile= "~/MasterPage.mast er"
AutoEventWireup ="true" CodeFile="AddUs er.aspx.cs"
Inherits="Deskt opCl_AddUser" %>
<%@ MasterType TypeName="Maste rPage" %>
<%@ Register Src="../ucDesktopClUser .ascx" TagName="ucDesk topClUser"
TagPrefix="uc1" %>

<asp:Content ID="Content1" ContentPlaceHol derID="ContentP laceHolder1"
Runat="Server">

<h1>Add User</h1><br />

<uc1:ucDesktopC lUser ID="UcDesktopCl User1" runat="server" />
<asp:Button ID="InsertButto n" runat="server"
CausesValidatio n="True" CommandName="In sert"
Text="Insert" OnClick="Insert Button_Click"></asp:Button>

</asp:Content>

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protected void Page_Load(objec t sender, EventArgs e)
{

if (IsPostBack)
{
string script = "alert(\" Test \");";
ClientScriptMan ager csm = this.ClientScri pt;
if (!csm.IsStartup ScriptRegistere d(this.GetType( ),
"ErrorPopup "))
csm.RegisterSta rtupScript(this .GetType(),
"ErrorPopup ", script, true);
}
{
DesktopClUser user = new DesktopClUser() ;
UcDesktopClUser 1.User = user;
}

}

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This is the script emitted by RegisterStartup Script:

<script type="text/javascript">
<!--
alert(" Test ");// -->
</script>

Why does clicking on the alert() box cause the controls to disappear?
Is this a browser issue?