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bighalsy
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Using 64 bit IE8 with Vista 64 bit home premium SP2 whenever I hit the main page with it it locks up hard and I have to shut it down in task manager. The only way I can access this site is through Firefox. Anyone else seeing this?
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Have you tried visiting the page with 32bit IE and is upgrading to IE9 and option for you?
Also check your plug-ins, especially Flash, to make sure they're up to date and see if that makes a difference.
Gotta say the old forum was way better than this POS forum.
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I don't have any trouble at all with any browser on either the forums or the site. I don't think it's website issue.
Sure it is i never had any problems with the previous forum, this forum just has issues with most likely with some pretty basic add ons and **** like that and that's certainly a sign of poor quality on PWI part.
I have issues when using ie8 but then my ie isnt even set up as i don't ever use that one so that to be expected.
My main one is FF i dont have trouble anywhere else except here, can't be bothered really to check it out but im fairly certain its an issue with an add on like ad blocker+ or something.
Funny thing is that i had no issues till we got this forum and i dont have many add ons. I just have the ones that come standard with FF 12.0 and i added adblocker plus along with ad blocker pop up addon these two i added show up under extensions and that it.
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Hey, don't ya know... it is never user-error!
Seriously though, if it was the web site, hundreds of other users would be complaining about issues and not just a couple. Personally, I use Chrome exclusively with the only extension being the NIS Addon that came with my NIS product. I have absolutely no issues, what-so-ever.
It is well known that using ad-blockers can cause issues loading sites that have coding dependent on loading those ads. So, that could be one minor cause of any loading issues. I doubt this is the issue though. If I had to just guess at the slew of possible user-caused issues, it would be as I said in another thread on this same topic:
What browser are you using?
---Is it fully up to date?
---What addons/extensions do you have installed in it?
What graphics card do you have?
---Is your graphics card full updated?
What OS Version do you have (E.G. XP, Vista, 7)?
---Do you have all critical Microsoft updates?
What AV/Firewall softwares are you using?
---Is it updated?
---When was the last time you did a complete scan for viruses?
Are you going through a router?
---Is it wireless?
---Does your router have the latest firmware installed for it?
What do you use to scan and remove Malware?
---Is it updated?
---When was the last time you scanned for Malware (E.G. of Malware: Spyware, Adware, Toolbars)
How many icons are on your taskbar, next to the clock?
---Do you have a lot of programs that start up when windows starts?
---What are they?
What type of internet do you have (E.G. Dial-Up, Phone Broadband, Cable Broadband, Sattelite)?
How many different web sites do you generally visit?
---Do they also have ads and other active graphics/videos?
---Do they also experience these hiccups?
When was the last time you cleared your browser's history, cookies and cache?
---Do you have cookies blocked?
---Do you use an ad-blocker (if so, what one?)?
There are so many more things that can cause freezing and lag at the oddest times or in seemingly-random programs. Seeing how you are the only one I have heard with loading issues with this web site, I can only assume it is a user-error, whether you know it or not.
If you need advice on how to check any of that or update any of that, please feel free to ask.
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Or just get both so you have a backup. They are fairly small programs after all.