John W. Colby
jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com
Mon Mar 7 10:05:14 CST 2005
Nope. I have spybot and Adaware running on my laptop (which is where I usually work, and am seeing this problem) and ran them last week. Nothing there (I use Firefox after all). Furthermore it is happening on "all of" my computers, at least I have documented it on several others. I also have NU running on ALL the computers. I have Sygate personal firewall on the laptop and a couple of others that demonstrate this problem. I shut off every computer in the house, unplugged all of the routers as well as the Vonage modem and the cable modem. Brought them all back up in sequence. The problem still exists. It looks like a timing issue of some sort, like FF is timing out just before the data comes back or something. Again, there are certain sites that it NEVER happens on (the big sites - MSNBC etc). I do a lot of research on things that interest me such as bypass oil filters, SIP panel homes etc. This means I am hitting servers for smallish sites and these seem to have the problem more than others. However again, if I just immediately hit the web site a second time the info pops up as if it was sitting in the queue. EVERY time this happens, the info is just right there the second time. If I was a conspiracy nut I'd say M$ tweaked a registry setting for firefox in one if their "automatic updates" to make it behave badly. ;-) I have been using FF for months now with NO problems. I found a "tweak" system that adjusts the settings that made it even faster. It was just awesome, then suddenly about two weeks ago I'm having to ask for pages twice. Not occasionally, DOZENS of times a day (no, I don't surf much). Some of these are sites I frequent (information list sites) and they too are having this problem. Once I get to the main page I can generally surf the sub pages with no problem it is just that "initial lookup". Most strange. John W. Colby www.ColbyConsulting.com Contribute your unused CPU cycles to a good cause: http://folding.stanford.edu/ -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Jon Tydda Sent: Monday, March 07, 2005 10:16 AM To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues' Subject: RE: [dba-Tech] Firefox not finding web site first try Sounds like a spyware problem to me... always worth checking first. Run more than one spyware scanner, then a virus scan, then try a disk cleanup and defrag. Cures all sorts of problems. If it doesn't cure it, start looking deeper. Jon -----Original Message----- From: John W. Colby [mailto:jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com] Sent: 07 March 2005 15:09 To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues' Subject: RE: [dba-Tech] Firefox not finding web site first try I am seeing it now with all of my applications. Outlook fails the first time I open it, then works fine. I have a vonage app that dials numbers for me, which I have to log in to. It fails the first time through, then works fine. John W. Colby www.ColbyConsulting.com Contribute your unused CPU cycles to a good cause: http://folding.stanford.edu/ -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of James Barash Sent: Monday, March 07, 2005 9:16 AM To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues' Subject: RE: [dba-Tech] Firefox not finding web site first try I've been having a similar problem with IE. Over the weekend, I had problems reaching a number of sites on the first try. I would just get the msn search page with the site I wanted to reach is the first choice. I assumed is was a DNS problem with my DSL service but maybe it was more widespread than that. Anyone else in the US Northeast having problems? James Barash -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of John W. Colby Sent: Saturday, March 05, 2005 8:43 PM To: Tech - Database Advisors Inc. Subject: [dba-Tech] Firefox not finding web site first try In the last perhaps 2 weeks or so firefox suddenly started failing to find many sites the first time I ask. I have to assume it is a timing issue with sites that don't respond immediately. I say this because some sites just always come back - msnbc for example. Other sites come back with a "not found" message. If I try a second time it IMMEDIATELY returns the info, and I mean with no delay AT ALL. This is totally bizarre. It is rarely if ever a real "the site is no longer there", yet it happens to me dozens of times a day. VERY irritating to say the least. Has anyone seen this? John W. Colby www.ColbyConsulting.com Contribute your unused CPU cycles to a good cause: http://folding.stanford.edu/ _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com The information in this e-mail is confidential and may also be legally privileged. 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