computer problem

http://www.freerepublic.com/perl/post_article ^ | february 27, 2005 | moi

[ken21]

when i hit enter to post at fr there's a delay of 5-10 seconds. i look down at the lower left hand and it says:

connecting to free republic... transferring data from tinypic.com... transferring data from johntrapp.com... transferring data fromphotobucket.com... transferring data from homepage.mac.com...

none of those are my doings.

i have 6-month-old compaq, 64, running windows xp.

i have zone alarm which routinely notifies me of children coming and going into and out of the house.

i have ad-ware and use it weekly.

i have spybot and use it weekly.

they've eliminated a lot of stuff.

do i have problem?

thanks, ken

[ken21]

i'm using both foxfire and ie.

both have problems: grey boxes pop up and say that the address cannot be found.

[humblegunner]

Sounds like you are loading images.

It's normal.

[kendu]

high speed or dial up?
is sp2 for xp on there ?

[buffyt]

New Help Request Form From Your Computer Technology Department

 

 1. Describe your problem: ____________

 

 2. Now describe it accurately: _____________

 

 3. Speculate wildly about its cause: _______________

 

 4. Problem Severity: Minor __ Minor __ Minor __ Trivial __

 

 5. Nature of the problem: Locked Up __ Frozen __ Shoe in Monitor __  Beaten with a Club __

 

 6. Is your computer plugged in? Yes __ No __

 

 7. Is it turned on? Yes __ No __

 

 8. Have you tried to fix it yourself? Yes __ No __

 

 9. Have you made it worse? Yes __

 

 10. Have you read the manual? Yes __ No __

 

 11. Are you sure you've read the manual? Yes __ No __

 

 12. Are you absolutely certain you've read the manual? No __

 

 13. Do you think you understood it? Yes __ No __

 

 14. If "Yes," why do you still have a problem? ________

 

 15. How tall are you? Are you above this line? ________

 

 16. Are you sure you aren't imagining the problem? Yes __ No __

 

 17. Did anyone else see this problem? Yes __ No __

 

 18. It's probably a nice day. Why aren't you outside playing? ________

 

[1LongTimeLurker]

running windows xp.

That is probably your problem, my machines, which run OS X, have no such issues.

[12.7mm]

some our threads here access lots of different servers calling in items and images folks post up from all over the place. If ones down or slow it might lag.

[ken21]

low speed!

dial up.

[arasina]

If you are attempting to post on a page where others have inserted images that are relatively large kb, it may take some time to load them. That's what the references to 'loading from' are. It's not a computer problem on your end and they are not pop-ups.

[12.7mm]

oh and.... I really dont think what brand of operating system someone thinks is cooler than yours is the problem :o)

[ken21]

i see.

that's the logical solution.

thanks.

[Tijeras_Slim]

Apparently your shift key is busted too.

[holymoly]

Are you posting to a thread to which others have posted images, etc?

Tinypic.com is a free image host, which I and many others use at FR.

[ken21]

gotcha.

thanks.

[ken21]

i understand now.

[Griptilian]

Oh yes, OS X is perfect.
I pray to OS X, I worship OS X.
There will never be another operating system after OS X.

Oh please, lay off the kool-aid.

[keat]

i have zone alarm which routinely notifies me of children coming and going into and out of the house

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[martin_fierro]

*snurgle*

[12.7mm]

Get more bandwidth you will be happy :o)

[holymoly]

Get more bandwidth you will be happy :o)

If he's like me, he may live in a area where broadband isn't available.