Does anyone else's PC hang on these forums?

warehouse

I have noticed this using Google Chrome. I also have a little processor thing on the desktop that goes wild when I connect to this site.

fermi

When people get freezes, have you looked to see what processes are maxing out CPU/memory/disk read & writes etc to maybe cause it?

e.g. is it the browser, the operating system, or another piece of software like your internet security/antivirus going nuts?

Would probably be useful for anyone looking at this to know.

- Browser & version.
- Operating system and version
- Internet security, anti-malware, antivirus software and version.
- If you have any advert blocking software or browser extensions?

fermi

For example, I have no problems using.

- Browser: Firefox 12b5, Opera 11, Chrome 18
- OS: Ubuntu (12.04 devel)
- Adblocking: Adblock + for Firefox & Chrome

or

- Browser: Firefox 11 & IE8
- OS: Win XP SP3 (under a VM)
- AV & internet security: Latest Avast free.
- Adblocking: Adblock + for Firefox

Savvy_Sue

Thanks fermi, but could we have an Idiot's Guide please?

See, I know to do Ctrl-Alt-Del to see what applications are running, so I can kill off any which are 'stuck, and I can also make some sense of 'Performance' - if the CPU Usage History has a flat line near the top then I've got a problem!!!

However I've never managed to work out what the 'Processes' tab is telling me. There's a whole list of things there, most of which I have no idea what they are, and random numbers changing - but what does any of it MEAN, and how would I stop any of them if they are not currently running Applications?

barmonkey

fermi wrote: »

When people get freezes, have you looked to see what processes are maxing out CPU/memory/disk read & writes etc to maybe cause it?

e.g. is it the browser, the operating system, or another piece of software like your internet security/antivirus going nuts?

Would probably be useful for anyone looking at this to know.

- Browser & version.
- Operating system and version
- Internet security, anti-malware, antivirus software and version.
- If you have any advert blocking software or browser extensions?

if you look back through this thread and the other threads complaining of this issue you will see it effects many different operating systems, many different browsers and having (or not having) anti virus/maleware software makes no difference.

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/3866149

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/3902511

i have tryed it on many systems and have had the same fault on every system, even a brand new laptop that had no virus protection and had never befor been on the net,

EVERY other site works fine.

fermi

If you are going to track down exactly what is causing computers to hang, then you need to know what exactly is being effected.

The browser? The OS? Another 3rd party piece of software?

Once you know that, you have a better chance of working out what characteristic of the site is causing that conflict/problem.

Just saying that "my computer freezes on this site" is no help to anyone trying to find out why.

basil92

EQdnb wrote: »

Hi all,

I am using Chrome and every time I come onto the forums (not on every page though, tends to just be once a visit) my PC freezes for about 5 seconds and then continues as usual.

Does this happen to anyone else? Any ideas on what could be causing it or a solution. I don't remember it happening on any other sites.

Thanks in advance for any help.

Mine hangs/freezes for a while too. I use Firefox.

It has been doing this for quite a few weeks and pages take ages to load which is very frustrating:(

ETA after seeing Fermi's above post
Laptop : Firefox, Vista, Avast, TalkTalk BB:o

barmonkey

this thread has many systems already listed by others having the problems

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/3866149


i have tried

Laptop
IE 8 and Chrome
Vista
AVG anti virus
Wired 8mg Virgin broadband

Laptop
IE9 and Chrome
Windows 7 (brand new clean install)
No anti virus
Wifi 8mg Virgin broadband


also

brand new out of the box

Windows 7 laptop
IE9
no virus/maleware protection
first time on internet, conected via wifi to virgin 20mg cable


same problem with all systems, locks up for 10 to 15 secs on first visit after switch on, slow between pages.
took me nearly 25 mins to post 3 pictures last night.

fermi

I also tried the other day

Win 7
IE9
AVG
Sky BB

with no probs.

Got another lappy here that I can reboot into Vista ( :eek: which I try to avoid), so I'll give that a go in a sec.

fermi

Now on Vista (yuck).

IE8
AVG

No hangs or slowness, but will probably need to use it for a bit to be sure.

In fact, much to my chagrin, seems to a little bit faster. :sad: :rotfl: