[QuilterInVA]

Have you downloaded IE 8? Solves many of those problems.

[EMW10173]

Originally Posted by murphmitch

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.

I've been on this forum for a short time and this is exactly what is occurring.

[JazzyPeggy]

I am having the same problems. And it appears to be the google ads causing it, at the bottom of the page you can see it's waiting on google ads.

[Suzanne 3FC]

Just to let you know, I have a tech looking into this and hopefully it will be resolved quickly

[sportmom]

It's working better for me as of today. It was really impacting my ability to get on here, so thanks so much for fixing it!

ETA: As of this posting, it's back. Still the google ads loading at bottom. I'll see if I can save it as a screen print and post it here or pm it to you.

[me4life]

must be ie cause i use firefox and never have a problem

[BillBlueEyes]

Lockup continues for me during the day when I use Internet Explorer 7.

Easy workaround: Hit [HOME] then [BACK] and all is forgiven.

Also works to hit [BACK] then [FORWARD]

ALso works to hit <an advertisement that overwrites the screen> then [BACK]
(It didn't work with a diamond ad that opened a new window.)

Seems that anything that distracts it from its last googlehead ad thingy gets life going again.

[sportmom]

I've found that if i hit refresh twice after i click on the link i can usually get a thread open. annoying, but it works. it's definitely the 'waiting on ad' message that the left bottom of the screen corner reads.

[Thighs Be Gone]

I have had this happen several times in the last few days.

[Windchime]

Originally Posted by sportmom

I've found that if i hit refresh twice after i click on the link i can usually get a thread open. annoying, but it works. it's definitely the 'waiting on ad' message that the left bottom of the screen corner reads.

That's what I've noticed, too. After several lockup-free days, it did it to me again this morning. After I close my browser and re-open it, it takes me several tries to re-connect to the site; I get taken to a Google Search page that says it cannot find this site if I try to reconnect too quickly. It's not just with IE; I have also had it happen with Firefox. Like others have mentioned, sometimes hitting refresh (F5) after clicking a link helps but it didn't work this morning.

[bunny43]

I was also experiencing 'freezing' up with IE7. I installed IE8 and it's still freezing and closing.

[Cie]

I use Chrome for 3FC and I just experienced what other people have been writing about. It froze so completely not even alt-ctrl-del would work. I had to pull the plug on the computer. Fortunately if a weird shutdown happens Chrome will restore pages that were open. So it is not just IE.

[witchyonadiet]

Yup - me too. It happens consistently with this forum and not with the other one I use.

[Rosinante]

I've just got used to it now. Extra calories burned reloading pages?

[Mudpie]

I thought it might be my computer but I've had it freeze to a point where I have to shut down completely on 3 computers. Apparently there are some problems with IE communicating with other programs, according to my computer tech aka DH.

Dagmar