Is it just me or is the site sloooooow?

[TonyM]

For the last couple of days I've been experiencing extremely slow page load times on the forum, I'm not having the problem on any other sites and I've tried IE 7, Firefox and Opera with the same results. Anyone else?

[kingfisher]

TonyM

I was having the same problem but it seems to be a little better today.

[spanky]

YES, really slow for me also.

I just loaded new s/w for my digital movie camera to stream the video to my computer... I was worried that some malicious code got in from there.

I'm at least glad to see it seems to be outside of my computer.

[Svenwulf]

agreed, super slow. maybe all the new accounts?

[zyzzyva57]

Hope this is not over-kill, but here is what I do:

I have found it helpful DAILY if you use Windows to do the following:

(1) Run Disk Cleanup
(2) Then reboot

Remember, Windows never discards anything without you being pro-active about completely deleting something, e.g., the TrashBin
If you listen to streaming audio, boy, does things build up

Weekly, do a Defrag, even if Defrag says you do not need it

It will cost you around $30 but I run this program to let it do "1" and "2" above as well as tuning up the registry and internet and many other things in one run
http://pcpitstop.com/

Weekends I run the following FREE programs:
http://www.ccleaner.com/

I also find this helpful:
http://www.download.com/3000-2086_4-10242244.html

http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,12...l?tk=nl_sbxcol
I use the program mentioned to find Duplicate Files--BUT BE CAREFUL, SO DO THIS: CLEAN OUT YOUR RECYCLE BIN, THEN WHEN YOU DELETE DUPLICATE FILES YOU CAN FIND THEM IF YOU HAVE ANY PROBLEMS AFTER A REBOOT

[TonyM]

Z, if it was common to all of the sites I visit, I would look inwardly for the problem. It just seems that there are intermittent periods of slow page loading here. Maybe it has to do with some troll counter-measures Thierry is implementing?

[zyzzyva57]

I am not having any problems here, but do try what I suggest in Steps 1 and 2 and let me know what you find

Windows really can do some spooky stuff with the way it saves everything

[bahroor]

slower than usual, a little better today...

thats what happens when jack registers 48 accounts

[Albert0373]

Originally Posted by bahroor

thats what happens when jack registers 48 accounts

Hahahah; and agreed, much better loading times today.

[Thierry Martin]

According to the stats I have the servers are working fine, and way under capacity. Please let me know if you have any more slowness issues. I haven't seen anything like that myself. Sometimes one server among the 10 or 20 it takes to transmit a site from point A to point B can cause problems, through no fault of our own.