Squirrels on strike???

I had the same thing a few days ago plus the computer got so sssssooooooooooowwwwwwwww slow then would only boot in safe mode, had to do a reboot of the computer to factory in stall default set up plus now all is good and very fast.

My mate who has looked after all my IT needs said in the last week or so he has had at least 10 customers with very similar problems, cant track down to specifics but relates to MS auto download updates.

Interestingly, since the reboot only have a fraction of the cr@p on the HD and runs a lot cooler also with all the software and files that I had before.

There were about 20 MS updates for Win 7 published on the 12th of May.

I haven't downloaded them & installed them yet, sounds like it might be a good idea not to. :think:

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Originally Posted by Cliff Rogers

There were about 20 MS updates for Win 7 published on the 12th of May.

I haven't downloaded them & installed them yet, sounds like it might be a good idea not to. :think:

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I've kept up with my MS updates and have had no issues. Computers, go figure.:shrug:

Hi,
The latest Firefox (38.01) added 2 plug ins/add ons for the latest streaming con, with out telling us and they took forever to load. Must be big.
Just check add ons, to see them.
Regards

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Originally Posted by rwbuild

I had the same thing a few days ago plus the computer got so sssssooooooooooowwwwwwwww slow then would only boot in safe mode, had to do a reboot of the computer to factory in stall default set up plus now all is good and very fast.

My mate who has looked after all my IT needs said in the last week or so he has had at least 10 customers with very similar problems, cant track down to specifics but relates to MS auto download updates.

Interestingly, since the reboot only have a fraction of the cr@p on the HD and runs a lot cooler also with all the software and files that I had before.

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Fortunately, running Linux I don't get those sorts of problems :) I'm still running the same machine that I bought 12 years ago. Having just done a restore to factory on a two year old Win7 machine for a friend for the same reason as you, I was surprised to note that my machine is just as quick as his. Comparing Firefox and Chrome with the same web sites on both machines. Libre Office starts up a little faster on Linux. Not much else to use to make comparisons with.

Is anyone else having slow load times lately. I'm not talking go and brew a coffee while you wait for it to load, but the reply to thread page just took 45 seconds to load.

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Originally Posted by Grumpy John

Is anyone else having slow load times lately. I'm not talking go and brew a coffee while you wait for it to load, but the reply to thread page just took 45 seconds to load.

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Maybe Netflix is eating up your bandwidth?:rolleyes:

Haha. Seriously my connect times have varied from lightning fast to snail speed over the last couple of days.

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Originally Posted by Grumpy John

Is anyone else having slow load times lately. I'm not talking go and brew a coffee while you wait for it to load, but the reply to thread page just took 45 seconds to load.

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Yeah mine has been up and down tonite as well, pics are also taking forever to load

Sun spot activity, Aura Australis lights, just wondering about possible influences.
No probs here with speed thou

WWF having problems again...pages taking ages to load sometimes

As Eskimo has stated same here.

Might be that cold snap has hit Vic and slowed the system down sum

:wts:

https://www.woodworkforums.com/showthread.php?t=196399

The forum sponsors panel was causing problems earlier today, it seems to be ok now. The cause remains a mystery.

I'm running behind on some of those updates, more will be happening in the background over the weekend.

cheers