On Internet Explorer, it doesn't freeze but graphics work properly. Example, go to any site with a moving weather radar and it won't load. Or any site where you have a box to search within the site, you can't type or click in the box. Also, say on yahoo.com homepage, the ads and other junk on the left and right sides don't show up but the headlines do and you can click them and to the sites.
I've run MS Essentials, Avira, Malwarebytes and CC Cleaner and nothing shows a virus. Malwarebytes did it's thing last night but tried it again just now and it froze before completion. Both it and Avira took way longer than normal.
I deleted the latest MS updates from yesterday. Ran the disk clean. And restarted at an earlier date. I've tried looking around within tools, settings and security and can't find anything amiss.
Anyone have any ideas to help?
No, I'm not interested in getting a mac or Linux.
Have you tried Opera?
Get a Linux Mint bootable live DVD. Try it and see if that helps.
Boot into Safe Mode with Networking. Then try it.
I mistakenly downloaded Chrome once on my W7 system. I ended up deleting the main program and then I had to search through my entire drive to anything that even sounded or spelled similar to Chrome. I wouldn’t wish Google’s Chrome on anyone.
Do you have some type of script blocker/ad blocker enabled?
Uninstall Internet Explorer and Chrome. Restart computer, re-install Chrome, install Windows 7 Updates, restart again.
You might run a memory check since it is affecting 2 browsers. Memory errors can cause some strange issues.
CGato
Look at windows update history. Did you load a video driver?
Did it ever work correctly in the past?
Sounds like something may be blocking scripts. You don’t indicate that you are running a scriptblocker, but you might check your security settings on the browsers to make sure they aren’t blocking scripts that you need.
Get rid of Google Chrome. It sucks.
Ok, thanks all. Guess it’s off to the shop.
The effort to make websites ‘mobile friendly’ is creating all kinds of havoc with various browsers.
I have to try to load some webpages in 2 or 3 or 4 different browser and even then I sometimes strike out. Scripting errors and videos that won’t play have become commonplace.
Some websites say I need to update the browser. I update the browser and it still won’t work.
Recently with a varient of Chrome I kept getting an error that I needed to update Flash. I updated the Chrome version of Flash and the browser still doesn’t recognize Flash as an add-on.
I recently updated the FireFox variant Comodo IceDragon and started getting scripting errors on various webpages. I uninstalled and returned to the previous version. The scripting errors went away.
It is getting to the point of being ridiculous that one has to have a half-dozen browsers just to view webpages.
How about more memory?
Also, try turning off ALL the bells and whistles—all the animations, etc., in Windows.
I suspect a flash or java script problem.
You may have a setting toggled in Chrome that is preventing one of them from running.
Use hair dryer to unfreeze.
Chrome allows malicious scripts. Don’t use Chrome. Don’t even have it installed on your PC.