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

Posted on 02/27/2005 7:10:27 AM PST by 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


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1 posted on 02/27/2005 7:10:27 AM PST by ken21
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To: ken21

i'm using both foxfire and ie.

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


2 posted on 02/27/2005 7:12:16 AM PST by ken21 ( warning: a blood bath when rehnquist, et al retire. >hang w dubya.< dems want 2 divide us.)
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To: ken21
Sounds like you are loading images.

It's normal.

3 posted on 02/27/2005 7:12:26 AM PST by humblegunner
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To: ken21

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


4 posted on 02/27/2005 7:14:18 AM PST by kendu
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To: ken21

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? ________

 


5 posted on 02/27/2005 7:14:35 AM PST by buffyt (It is important to protect people from a local crime - what about an entire nation??????)
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To: ken21
running windows xp.

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

6 posted on 02/27/2005 7:16:15 AM PST by 1LongTimeLurker
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To: ken21
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.
7 posted on 02/27/2005 7:17:50 AM PST by 12.7mm
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To: kendu

low speed!

dial up.


8 posted on 02/27/2005 7:19:02 AM PST by ken21 ( warning: a blood bath when rehnquist, et al retire. >hang w dubya.< dems want 2 divide us.)
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To: ken21

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.


9 posted on 02/27/2005 7:19:36 AM PST by arasina (So there.)
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To: 12.7mm

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


10 posted on 02/27/2005 7:19:39 AM PST by 12.7mm
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To: 12.7mm

i see.

that's the logical solution.

thanks.


11 posted on 02/27/2005 7:20:15 AM PST by ken21 ( warning: a blood bath when rehnquist, et al retire. >hang w dubya.< dems want 2 divide us.)
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To: ken21

Apparently your shift key is busted too.


12 posted on 02/27/2005 7:20:52 AM PST by Tijeras_Slim (This ain't no party, this ain't no disco, this ain't no fooling around.....)
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To: ken21
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.
13 posted on 02/27/2005 7:20:57 AM PST by holymoly ("A lot" is TWO words.)
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To: arasina

gotcha.

thanks.


14 posted on 02/27/2005 7:21:04 AM PST by ken21 ( warning: a blood bath when rehnquist, et al retire. >hang w dubya.< dems want 2 divide us.)
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To: holymoly

i understand now.


15 posted on 02/27/2005 7:21:43 AM PST by ken21 ( warning: a blood bath when rehnquist, et al retire. >hang w dubya.< dems want 2 divide us.)
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To: 1LongTimeLurker

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.


16 posted on 02/27/2005 7:21:43 AM PST by Griptilian
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To: ken21
i have zone alarm which routinely notifies me of children coming and going into and out of the house

??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
17 posted on 02/27/2005 7:23:32 AM PST by keat
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To: Tijeras_Slim

*snurgle*


18 posted on 02/27/2005 7:23:59 AM PST by martin_fierro (Impetuous! Homeric!)
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To: ken21

Get more bandwidth you will be happy :o)


19 posted on 02/27/2005 7:24:05 AM PST by 12.7mm
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To: 12.7mm
Get more bandwidth you will be happy :o)

If he's like me, he may live in a area where broadband isn't available.
20 posted on 02/27/2005 7:27:27 AM PST by holymoly ("A lot" is TWO words.)
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