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I am having extreme difficulty accessing Shuttertalk at the moment. Problem started yesterday. I get in to begin with, but then when I try to move around, everything just hangs. I do not have issues using the rest of the Internet. I have tried shutting and restarting my browser, terminating and restarting my mobile broadband and even swapping my SIM to another account. Still the same. It is getting so it is a pain to visit here.
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Sorry to read that, John, particularly as you are one of the most regular contributors. The only suggestion that comes to mind is to clear the browser cache - on my PC I regularly use a free program, Wise Disk Cleaner, to clear out all the rubbish files.
Hope it sorts itself out soon.
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Philip
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No problems here, John.
Suggestion from Philip is excellent I run System Mechanic Pro and the rubbish it gets rid of is enormous.
May also be worth running a Malware Scan.
Hope you get back to normal operation soon.
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If you have another browser installed try it, see if there is still a problem. Most likely either a corrupted file in the browser cache. As already suggested clear out temp files and browser cache.
I'd think malware but as you don' t have a problem on other sites that seems unlikely.
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Cache cleared. Browser makes no difference. Malaware unlikely as I have good Antivirus/malaware software, which updates and runs every couple of days. It just seems to be when I go to a last new post. It loads then freezes. I cannot scroll the page, nothing. Visit another site then come back here and it works. I think the poor broadband is my biggest issue. large image files (or many of them) can take an age to load.
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Take your Laptop to a friend, who has a fast connection, hard wire if possible, if not, log on and see what happens. Ed.
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John, you might perhaps research those free programs that can stop adverts from downloading with web pages. I don't know anything much about them, having never used them, as I have fast optical cable Internet here, but they might help with a slow connection.
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Thanks guys. It appears to be a Google Chrome issue. I think I will change to Firefox. Chrome gave me a work around.
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Downloaded Ad Blocker Pro and it is brilliant.
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Never tried Opera. Just installed Firefox.
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Thanks for that. I would love fast broadband, but unfortunately I live in a rented, furnished flat, and I am not allowed to install cable or a landline (despite the building being serviced with fast fibre cable). I have a mobile phone and 3G mobile broadband. 4G would be faster, but the cost and data limits make it not a viable option. I only use the internet for a bit of shopping and the occasional social media, such as Shuttertalk. Paying out more, from my pension, is not something I can justify.
I have Edge (Windows 10) but never use it. The main reason being, my wife, who is a big internet user and technophobe, is used to Chrome, so I have stuck with that. Firefox is very similar so hopefully she will adapt to that.
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Downloaded all three programmes and I have run Cleanmaster and ADWCleaner. Geek didn't find anything unexpected when I run that.
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The "Best" I have seen from Cleanmaster, was, 13Gb. Ed.
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I've been a firefox user since it's first incarnation on the Mozilla Community Forums in 2003 I thionk it was. (it was called Pheonix back then) Always been happy with it's speed and stability.
I've tried the others as they have come along and just haven't liked how they work or the hoops you have to jump through to get some addons etc.
Firefox and GreaseMonkey make a very reliable and adaptable browser for my uses.
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Did that too, thanks, and I have not had any problems for the last few days.
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