IE hangs when browsing Codeguru

[exterminator]

Today I have been facing frequent hangs in the CG IE windows.. Is anyone else experiencing the same? I usually open all threads in a forum and then browse them but it is even happening when I have 2 or 3 open.. There is nothing specific about the pages that freeze. Rest of the browsing is fine.

I use IE 6.0.

[Brad Jones]

I've not had any issues using firefox. Ad performance seems normal (not high), so I'm not sure what the issue is.

Anyone else having trouble?

[Andrex]

DEFINITELY YES, something is VERY wrong with these forums.

Firefox crashed so many times that I use only IE for being here. IE also stops responding after a few pages navigated. Maybe this has something to do with the flash plugin. I have all latest versions and patches for both IE, Windows and Firefox.

Yesterday I was browsing the forums for hours and I had to uninstall my Kerio firewall, because of constant crashes and disconnections.

I'll cross my fingers for this post to appear before everything is screwed up again.

EDIT: Like with the topic starter, problems seem to appear only when opening >1 pages.

[Brad Jones]

EDIT: Like with the topic starter, problems seem to appear only when opening >1 pages.

More than one tab or more than one open window? (Just trying to run my system in the same manner....

Brad!

[Andrex]

In IE, either by opening one or more windows. In Firefox, opening a single tab can cause a crash as well.

Of course in Firefox I only use 1 window... that's the idea behind it.

[Siddhartha]

Do the problems in IE happen only when CG is opened in multiple windows, or also with other websites?

I don't use IE anymore, but when I had issues with it in the past, clearing the cache often helped me... Just try it...

[exterminator]

CG with multiple open windows. Not found this with other web sites.. will try that out..

[golanshahar]

I am facing the same problem I am using IE6.0.2900.2180 win xp sp2.

Suddenly IE freezes it happens only with CG site I have to kill IE in order get out from this freeze mode.

PS: just a shot in the dark, probably it has something to do with those ads

Cheers

[exterminator]

If it is the ads then I would take a blunt guess to the AMD one. The one where you hover it occupies about one third of the screen and I need to hover out of that area to hide it. Just a guess, though.

[Sarevok]

I experience this sometimes. When opening CG my browser (IE6) just hangs. I thought it was just my pc but after learning that it's not just me who've experienced this... something must be wrong then

[dglienna]

I think it's the atdmt site. Problems with two tabs both showing the same ad, I would guess.

[gstercken]

I have the same problems (with the latest IE 7 beta), and AFAICT, it's always related to those new AMD ads.

See my separate thread on this topic. (If I ever manage to compose it, given the way those ****ing ads render my browser unusable... )

[Andrex]

Well I disabled the Shockwave Flash activex from the "Manage add-ons" list and problem's gone.

The loss of Flash is not big deal since I only use IE for CG and MSDN. (MSDN pages are better displayed on my cell phone than on FireFox)

[exterminator]

I have browsed Codeguru rigorously today with about 20 open windows... and no crashes or anything occured.. it is working fine..

Since I started this .. I thought I update on the status... Though I am not sure what has happened.. there may be changes from the CG side (ads modified/replaced/anything else) or the suggestion by Siddhartha worked!

Regards.

[exterminator]

Sorry, I was wrong... it is still happening.