I use the newest version of IE and have a subscription to 3FC & I lose this site all the time & have to close my browser & reopen it to get back on. I just figured the site was busy at the time. This is the only website I have issues with.

It happens frequently to me as well. I'll be browsing along just fine and all the sudden the page times out and I get either a Dell search page (if I"m using IE) or a Firefox page that says "Oooops, the server stopped responding" or something along those lines. Using a different browser usually doesn't make a difference for me.

I'm having he same problems with this forum as well.

I have never had more problems than I have with Microsoft programs, be it surfing the web or doing other things. IE is terrible, it always locks up and is unresponsive on my computer at work regardless of the site.

Firefox, however, is wonderful and works great on that same computer. Firefox also has a really great Ad blocker. I almost never see ads with Firefox. It's really nice.

Under another user name I was a long-time user of 3FC (love it) and had issues when I had another computer so I didn't use it for awhile but with the computer I have (old and still dial-up because that's all I can get), I am now able to access 3FC ok again with my new user name.

However, even in the past and again with this name, I find that the no ad subscription significantly eliminates problems with 3FC.

I've had more problems lately with another site than with 3FC as long as I have the no ad subscription.

I've never used Firefox, don't desire to.

SAME HERE! It is so frustrating! And as Angie is always reminding me after I yell at her to "fix this stupid computer"..."IT only happens with your fat chicks dear"

I'm looking into it, and appreciate all of the input! Hopefully we can get it resolved quickly. It's tricky because I"m unable to duplicate it on this end. I've tried 3 computers and it all works fine for me. I'm still watching tho!

Happens to me often but only on the weekends......maybe related to the traffic??

I did a websearch and it might have to do with Vista interacting with the website. I have lockage too, and have noticed it only on the computer that has Vista on it. It might not be a 3FC problem, but a Microsoft problem.
Kira

I don't have Vista and it happens to me frequently. Some days are much worse than others.

It's about 60% of the time for me now. It doesn't matter the time of day though, I'm frequently on here at low-traffic times (on UK time) but it still happens. Or doesn't.

I still think it is something in the operating system that interacts with the pop-up attempts such as casselmedia. Even if you block the popups it happens as all these sites are trying to open up even if they are not successful. Systems locking is fairly commonplace, if you do the websearch, and it seems to be as a result of too much info trying to be processed by the system (with all the animations/links/etc. going on nowadays). I don't think this is a 3FC problem.
Kira

I have had it happen to me also. I have vista and I use IE.

It almost never happens to me on this site with Firefox, but happens on Livestrong all the time... It used to happen to me multiple times daily on IE.

Add me to the list of people having problems with this forum. I think it may have something to do with the ads loading? My IE will freeze and at the bottom of the screen it says "Waiting for google.ad. (insert extra jargon)"

Or the other theory is high traffic. But it's very annoying. I have to keep closing the browser and starting over.