Sticky Grumble?

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Framar

Framar

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I have noticed of late that every so often the Grumble kinda sorta freezes in place - I can be clicking through threads and all of a sudden I click "Next thread" and nothing happens.

So I go down to the menu on the bottom right and reclick the forum I am in and nothing happens, it does not reload.

So I try refreshing the page from the top.

Nothing.

I have to close down the entire Grumble, go back to my desktop and restart Firefox and then, on my really fast DSL connection, it takes almost a minute to relaunch the Grumble.

Is this just me or is this a Grumble thing? I don't spend enough time on any other websites to know if it happens any place other than the Grumble.

Could this be one of those stale cookies issues?
 
not happening here...

Framar said:
...Is this just me or is this a Grumble thing?...
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Mar,

It's just you! ;)


John

Framar said:
...I don't spend enough time on any other websites to know if it happens any place other than the Grumble...
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You really want to admit this?
 
I have not had the problem with the Grumble, but I have had a similar problem with my web design site, websitetonight.

Lately, instead of restarting, I just let it sit for a few minutes, then it starts working, so I figure maybe I have a problem with my cable line upstream. Who knows.
 
I havent noticed any latency issues with the grumble's server. It sounds like an issue right in your computer or browser. It may be running low on temporary (RAM) memory and slowing down, a bad plug-in, or slow antivirus scanner could be the culprit.

I suggest doing a free scan to make sure your pc is clean. Some a/v programs, such as AVG FREE, let about half of the bugs through. If infected, these can greatly slow the PC down.

There's a decent one time free scanner at www.malwarebytes.org (click free on the left) that will give you a second opinion, and will even remove any bugs that it finds.

Mike
 
Well, Mike - I ran Malware's full scan, it covered 234,719 files and found one object, labeled AdWare tools, which I had removed.

We shall see. I use AVG free, BTW - and they are trying mightily to get me to upgrade instead of update - Upgrade costs money, update is free but they have it very carefully hidden on their pages. All roads lead to $. LOL.
 
All web browsers leak memory as you use them. Firefox in particular will build up a sizable cache of old pages you have viewed (and not release all of them for some reason).

Once this gets to a certian level, it will slow down your browsing and will appear to stall on every click.

The solution is to restart the browser periodically. I have firefox set to automatically save and restore all tabs, so I don't lose anything in the process.

I use a handy firefox extension StatusbarEx to keep track of the memory used by firefox. Once it gets to 200-300 MB, it's time to restart it.
 
FireFox will use less memory if minimized. So instead of keeping it open and not using it, just minimize it.

When open it can use up to 300 MB of memory. Minimized, it uses maybe 1/10 of that.

Look in Task Manager and test it, you will be amazed!
 
I was surprised to look in my History and find it had kept pages from back to November! I thought I had given it instructions to keep pages for no more than 24 hours. Yikes - so I got rid of November, December and January.

Sheesh!
 
Mar:

In FireFox, you can tell it to clear history each time you close it. Just go to Tools / Options / Privacy tab.

Check the box that says "Clear History when FireFox closes"

PS: While there, look at Settings and check the boxes (what to clear) accordingly
 
LOL - every time I read my own thread's title I think that maybe Sticky Grumble is a brother to Curly Grumble. And their brothers, Dopey, Sneezy and Doc and Bashful Grumble......
 
I have not seen any slowdown with the grumble server yet. When programs start to get a little quirky, most times a good restart of the computer helps.
 
OK - Just got stuck again - none of the buttons work on the Grumble - top or bottom or drop down menu. No hyperlinks. Have to shut down Firefox and bring it back up and then it takes over a minute for the G to appear.

Just plain weird.
 
I've been doing manual backups for the last month, twice per day. When this happens the G will stop for about one minute. This can happen anytime but normally between 8 - 9 in the morning sometime just before 6pm and sometimes around 11pm. I replaced a server a month ago and am waiting to install the next generation Grumble software before I automate it again. For the last few years this BU took place at 4AM. I'm sure that's what you're seeing. A minute can be a long time when things freeze.

framer
 
So if when I ran malwarebytes and it only found one item of concern (which was AdAware?) my AVG free program can't be doing such an awful job now can it?
 
AVG free is still doing a poor job, but you're doing a great job by not going to bad places on the web or clicking email attachments from non trusted sources :) Give yourself credit, not AVG FREE :)

Being safe online is a combination of both, IMO.

Mike
 
Thanks for the compliment Mike - I only click on links from trusted sources, like the Grumble!

All y'all are going with Kaspersky these days???
 
After AVG, I used Kaspersky for several years. A few months ago I installed Microsoft Security Essentials in all my computers, and it seems to be working very well. Auto-updates & scans, no slowdowns or interruptions. And it is free.
 
Framar said:
LOL - every time I read my own thread's title I think that maybe Sticky Grumble is a brother to Curly Grumble. And their brothers, Dopey, Sneezy and Doc and Bashful Grumble......
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Maybe he's sticky from walking in front of Sneezy on their way to work in the mine.
:icon11: Rick
 
Not specific to the Grumble, but every now and then I will click a link and the progress bar will get stuck at some point, often at the www. Usually if I click the stop button then click Reload, it will connect properly. I figure it's just getting "stuck in traffic", and Reloading tells it to "take a slightly different route".
:cool: Rick
 
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