New BYC death on slow connections, slow computers; site crashes and hangs web browser...

[AmyWho]

I accidentally hover all the time. I have 4 cats, 4 chickens, and a musician for a boyfriend. I'm regularly interrupted and have not yet trained myself to re-position my mouse before looking away for 3 seconds or more. The ads are skinny and tall on the right hand side, because that's where most people keep there cursor. It's a trap.

 

[obeloinkment]

I just wanted to chime in with something other than a snarky video... I have a first generation Mac Pro built in late 2007. It has a medicore graphics card as it used to be a server, and is powered by 2 dual-core Xeons. I use a semi dated version of Mac OS (10.6.8) and Google Chrome. My internet connection is a modest 1.5Mb. I honestly have never had any problem with any ad on this site, and it runs really fast on my 6 year old computer. If you're having performance issues with the site, you might look into your computer being infected with a virus or other malware, because I can tell you it's zippy here for me. I can boot into windows 7 and give it a shot from there, but I suspect the results will be similar.

If you're really experiencing crippling issues with the ads and you're 100% sure your computer is free of malware or viruses, you might just pick up a nice little plugin like Ad Block Plus which should put an end to your woes and enable you to truly get something for nothing.

Here's a link: https://adblockplus.org

For my part I'd like to thank the wonderful people who have set up this site and keep it running, it's an amazing resource and I feel very lucky to have it.

 

[Valk]

I just wanted to chime in with something other than a snarky video... I have a first generation Mac Pro built in late 2007. It has a medicore graphics card as it used to be a server, and is powered by 2 dual-core Xeons. I use a semi dated version of Mac OS (10.6.8) and Google Chrome. My internet connection is a modest 1.5Mb. I honestly have never had any problem with any ad on this site, and it runs really fast on my 6 year old computer. If you're having performance issues with the site, you might look into your computer being infected with a virus or other malware, because I can tell you it's zippy here for me. I can boot into windows 7 and give it a shot from there, but I suspect the results will be similar.

If you're really experiencing crippling issues with the ads and you're 100% sure your computer is free of malware or viruses, you might just pick up a nice little plugin like Ad Block Plus which should put an end to your woes and enable you to truly get something for nothing.

Here's a link: https://adblockplus.org

For my part I'd like to thank the wonderful people who have set up this site and keep it running, it's an amazing resource and I feel very lucky to have it.

 

[boskelli1571]

I live in an area where there is no cell service also. However, I use Mozilla firefox to load all my programs/websites etc. They have a FREE add-on that blocks ads and I do mean blocks them. I am not bothered by any ads on this site or others. I highly recommend you change to them if you can. btw - I think this site is extremely useful & fun. Thanks & kudos to those who run it for us chicken lovers! Sue

 

[Valk]

Notice that some folks who have nothing meaningful to contribute to the issue at hand other than pimping paid membership and calling others ungrateful and complainers are themselves non-paying members. LOL

I am a non-paying member of the forum and I would never complain about it. Did you mean I was pimping paid membership?

Edit: Ah, after decoding that sentence I see what you're saying. I just thought it would be okay to remind people that this is a free service that no one is forced to use, and to cut BYC some slack.

 

[carrieb62]

Notice that some folks who have nothing meaningful to contribute to the issue at hand other than pimping paid membership and calling others ungrateful and complainers are themselves non-paying members. LOL

I'm grateful for everything. Even a bad day alive is better then a good day dead. I think the Lord for that each morning when I don't wake up dead.

So let's get down to business.
I'm not having popups. People who are getting popups have some kind of advertising & tracking spyware infesting their puters, not BYC's fault.
Followed Ivan3's links and Nifty-Chickins detailed instruction but it didn't help me any.
My puter is not a Ferrari but it's not a Model T puttin along on the interstate either.
Running XP with IE 8 on wireless dsl connection, supposedly one of the faster connections that CenturyTel offers. Network status is 54mbps.
75 gb drive
12 gb used space
61 gb free space
.99 gb ram
Only add-on running is Java Sun Microsystems
11 startup items. All AVG antivirus and systems related.
I run a bare bones lean clean machine, no resource hogging programs installed. No MicroSoft Office, Word, Outlook, dancing baby screensavers etc installed. Don't game, porn, email or Skype on it. Dump cache & defrag regularly.
Pretty sure that ad causing my grief is the one at the top & bottom right in the topic threads. Before it runs a video bogging my puter some of the url are:
http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/simgad/13491871357336609013
http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/simgad/4205721410776130453
http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/simgad/16673576424451362657
http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/simgad/7232891201934442605
I can't copy the url when the video starts because when I right click it for properties it says (I assume it's from Google):
Settings
Global Settings
About Adobe Flash
I don't mouse over it or interact with it. At random times it simply starts playing video & sound. I can be in the bathroom or kitchen and hear my puter start playing music and a woman start talking about Dr Martin shoes etc. Seems the ad is buggy because it skips & freezes up and sounds like gibberish.

Not everything Niftychicken asked for but hopefully enough info to solve this issue. Thanks!

Hi there, how old is your computer? I'd like to make a suggestion if you don't mind... I see your RAM, which stands for Random Access Memory it only .99 which is basically 1GB (gigabyte).
RAM is memory that used to store data waiting to be processed by a computer's CPU (central processing unit). There is a lot more data on video & webpages nowadays than what there was 2-3 years ago. When there are multiple things happening at the same time on your computer waiting to hit the CPU, and if your RAM is too small, it can get bogged down like you described. It's like the RAM is a funnel - you pour something into the funnel too much & too fast at the same time it hits the top quickly and you have to stop and wait for it to go though. Am I making sense? Anyway, maybe if you try doubling your RAM for 1GB to 2GB this may help. Yes, I'm a little bit techno geek!

 

[earlybird10842]

Hey--I had all these issues with BYC-- and more. Sometimes I would type at 30 WPM and the letters on the screen could only show up at 15 WPM. The pop-up ads sucked up all my internet. It was TERRIBLE. It had only happened in the past few months--since I started using it last August, it had gotten slower for me every month, and every internet explorer software update I did, it just got worse. Some other websites were like this, but ad-heavy BYC was by far worst. Cleared Cookies--worse. And now I couldn't remember my password.
Then, I switched to chrome. SO MUCH BETTER!!! Google chrome never does any of these things. I thought it was my ssslllooowww windows 7--it was internet explorer.

 

[carrieb62]

I have 2 computers both on right now - 1 four year old Windows 7 as the operating system, using Google Chrome
1 eight year old Linux (Zorin) as the operating system, using Google Chrome

Can you guess which one is slower at loading the internet pages? If someone gives me the correct answer I will tell you why LOL

 

[Valk]

I have 2 computers both on right now - 1 four year old Windows 7 as the operating system, using Google Chrome
1 eight year old Linux (Zorin) as the operating system, using Google Chrome

Can you guess which one is slower at loading the internet pages? If someone gives me the correct answer I will tell you why LOL

I was going to jump in with the obvious answer, but you didn't mention the hardware specifications of each machine. There's only so much an amazing operating system can do.

 

[carrieb62]

I was going to jump in with the obvious answer, but you didn't mention the hardware specifications of each machine. There's only so much an amazing operating system can do.

Oh crap LOL hold on....

1). Intel Pentium Dual CPU 2.40GHz
RAM 3GB
64 bit Operating System

...and now I have roll my chair over to the other computer!!!