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A little browser trouble

toxcrusadr

toxcrusadr

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Maybe someone has an idea on this.

Running IE 7, has been working fine for a long time. The last few days it randomly won't load pages. Sometimes I get the IE page that says "Internet Explorer was Unable to Display the page". Sometimes if I go back from there, and back again it will load.

Sometimes the page loads, or part of it, then I get a popup error message that says "Internet Explorer cannot open the web site ____. Operation aborted." The page is there behind it, but when I close the error message, Explorer throws me to that Unable to Display page, even though it apparently loaded the page, or most of it anyway.

Other times it will not go to a new address at all, just sits there saying "Connecting..." and hangs up.

I have updated Avast and haven't found any virus problems. Suggestions?

Thanks in advance, you guys are the best geeks ever. :D
 
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Tools/Internet Options/"Delete temp files, history, cookies......

Then, get FireFox or Chrome. :D

Murray
 
Sounds like your computer is getting low on memory. Mine does the same thing when I get close to maxing out my HD even with firefox.
 
That's the kind of glitchy problem that pops up once in a while if you haven't turned your computer off in days.

The first thing to try is to clear out your cache, reboot the computer, and restart the browser. If you have a cable modem, reboot that as well.
 
jimfet said:
Put IE8 on it.
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That is what I would suggest and keep updates up. Could be the sites have updated scripts which only newer browsers can handle. Could also be low memory problems but you'll see the hd light go on for awhile. But there is alot of bloatware scripting/php/advertising stuff going on in the background.

Btw, firefox is bloatware, nearly the size of IE.
 
I have noticed alot of websites will not come up with IE7 anymore. I get PC's like that weekly here at my house with the same problem. Put on IE8 and it's fixed.
 
Just started having this issue with the AK site yesterday. Oddly I had never had this happen on AK until I powered the computer completely off over the weekend, then ran AVG and removed a bunch of cookies. In the past I've seen this happen, very rarely though, on other random web sites.

Last time I upgraded the browser it crashed the system and I had to get Microsoft tech assist to help me, which they did help, since it was caused by their upgrade, and that was not an easy thing to do!
 
vinyldavid said:
Firefox
Chrome
Opera

Any of those 3 will solve your problems :D
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Har har har....though i'll admit firefox is pretty nice:scratch2:.

I would upgrade to IE8, it works pretty well, and in my opinon, is a bit better than 7 without major upgrades. it's more secure as well. As others commented, though, try deleting internet cookies/temp internet files, and check the max. file size allowed...and set it to default, or whatever you are confortable with. I cleaned out our temp. internet files once only to find the "computer" had given the file about 1.5Gb of space:eek:. That got remedied pretty quickly.
 
Good info in this thread. Thanks all y'all! I have been experiencing some of the same kind of problems occasionally with IE7. I do clean up the HD regularly and reboot often. I have been reluctant to upgrade to IE8 because of the reports that the early release was buggy. Apparently that is no longer a problem, eh?
 
Ultra-Hog said:
Apparently that is no longer a problem, eh?
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Not for about two years, methinks. :D I've been using the beta version of IE9 for testing (amateur web developer here) and that is buggy, rendering-wise. But it's to be expected, given its beta status.

I know the OP's issue has pretty much been sussed out here, but I'll put in my piece for people who might stumble on this thread after the fact and who still have trouble with random non-loading pages. I've had very bad luck with Yahoo's DNS server (it's the thing that translates text, like google.com, into an IP address to which your browser can connect). Every so often it seems to go through a period where it frequently produces the same symptoms as the OP described, regardless of browser. I've heard similar stories from other providers' digs as well, so this may be the cause of non-loading pages for some people.

There are several free DNS servers out there, if you don't mind doing a tiny (painless, really, and fully reversible) bit of mucking around with your connection settings. These are just a few I know about:

Google Public DNS
OpenDNS

I use the latter (no affiliation), though for some reason they've tried to brand themselves as a service now and have hidden the tutorial behind a sign in screen. The Google instructions will work for any DNS server you choose; just scroll to the bottom of the OpenDNS page and copy the numbers. Supposedly these servers result in faster surfing, more secure surfing, etc. I can't verify those claims, but I know that using a custom DNS server solved my page loading/hanging problem.
 
OK great, thanks! I will give in and do the upgrade on one of my PCs. I do feel better about doing it after reading your comments and the others in this thread.

How about one more that I have not been able to figure out. My PC at work uses XP and IE7. When I go to Amazon.com all of the pictures and graphics only show the placeholders (somewhat irregularly) but no pictures. The page seems to contain all of the text. I have flushed the cookies and deleted as much crap as I could in the "Internet Options" tab but no joy. I don't have problems with any other site.
 
Sounds like more of a network issue than a software problem to me. Bad cabling, NIC, router or modem packing it in? You're not using wireless are you?

You should check for dropped packets by opening a command prompt and using ping with the -t switch. i.e. ping google.com -t

Look for consistent times and lack of dropped packets.

I had the exact problem and it was due to my cable modem going bad.
 
Well it completely crapped out for a day or two, which is why I didn't get your answers sooner. Email wasn't loading either. Pretty much back to normal now, although AK crapped out on the first load attempt. I'll try some of your suggestions asap. Thanks guys!

BTW, PC threads like this are always a chuckle. "My Chevy is broken. How do I fix it?" "Get a Ford! Or a Toyota!" LOL
 
toxcrusadr said:
Well it completely crapped out for a day or two, which is why I didn't get your answers sooner. Email wasn't loading either. Pretty much back to normal now, although AK crapped out on the first load attempt. I'll try some of your suggestions asap. Thanks guys!
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Have not had it completely crap out like that, but am still having the problem intermittently on AK. There's obviously something that tries to load on some pages IE does not like. I did a Google search or the problem. Several reports of it happening on various web sites as far back as 2008.

All other sites I go to throughout the day work fine.

BTW, PC threads like this are always a chuckle. "My Chevy is broken. How do I fix it?" "Get a Ford! Or a Toyota!" LOL
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I've noticed that too!
 
My browser does this constantly. Sometimes I cant even use the computer and I just have to shut it down, wait 30 minits, then re-start. Its very aggrivating, and it will load pages really slow or will claim to load them and sit thier all day with a patially loaded page.
 
Clearly the ISP in my case, our neighbor said he had the same problem.

Woofer, I don't know what your issue is, but it does sound aggravatin!
 
Wooferman93 said:
My browser does this constantly. Sometimes I cant even use the computer and I just have to shut it down, wait 30 minits, then re-start. Its very aggrivating, and it will load pages really slow or will claim to load them and sit thier all day with a patially loaded page.
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Have you done all the typical cleanup stuff, CClean, Malwarebytes, SUPERAntiSpyware, etc.?

Also, one other thing to check is your browser cache size. By default, Windows sets this really big and if you have a high speed connection there isn't any good reason I know of to allocate more than maybe 20 to 25MB. I've seen Windows set this to 1GB (1024MB) if there is a large HDD in the system.

Then, while a sort of a PITA, it sometimes seems to help if you turn off and restart your modem and any routers you may have in the system.
 
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