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[Nifty]

@dickiebird : which browser version are you on? It is definitely something specific to your computer since the majority of people aren't having that problem. Maybe you have something blocking cookies or otherwise causing a problem like a plugin or something on your browser?

Regarding the time issue: Y'all have the date / time setup in your profiles correctly and it is still showing up incorrectly?

 

[dickiebird]

I don't know what browser version I'm on, but I do know it worked as I explained before this change, and I'm still using the same browser as before, and it also works on the other sites I use with this software.

THANX RICH

 

[Nifty]

Unfortunately, without knowing which browser and version you are using and having other people report the same problem, there's no way for us to start troubleshooting. It's kinda like calling your Dr. on the phone and saying "I'm having a hard time walking." ... but that's all the info the Dr. has to go on. There are almost an infinite number of things that could be causing the problem.

All I can suggest at this point is to try a new version of Google Chrome or Firefox. Both are free and excellent browsers!

 

[897tgigvib]

Rich, there are some ways to be able to tell which browser you are on.

First, a good idea to know what the "browser" is. When you go on the internet, your computer uses a "program", and that program is all the stuff that is "around" the webpages you look at. So, the browser includes your scroll bars, and the stuff at the top such as those arrows for going back a page, the refresh button, and the box or boxes that show the website's address.

Second, we can narrow down what your browser is. You should know what brand of computer you have. If there is a picture of an apple on your computer, you'll have a certain set of browsers that are probably different than if there is no picture of an apple on your computer.

If there is no embossed apple on your computer, we can narrow it down some more.

When you turn on your computer to go on the internet, do you click an icon thing that has an e in the middle of it? If you do, your browser is one of the versions of "internet explorer"

If you click an icon that has a colorful fox with a fiery mein looking picture in it, then you are a firefox browser. Usually people who have firefox know it because most folks add it or have someone add it for them.

Did you have someone help you set your computer up? If so, how long ago? Those can help you narrow it down some because they come up with new versions every few years, especially internet explorer browsers.

Or, is the icon you click a colorful circle of green, red, and yellow, surrounding a blue circle in the middle? If so, that would be a google browser.

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But I am going to guess you have an internet explorer browser. The abbreviation for it is IE. So the next thing to narrow down is which version of IE do you have.

To do that, ask, when was your computer last set up by a person who did major work on it?
Or, when was the computer purchased new if it has never been worked on?
Knowing when it was set up or purchased will usually narrow it down to one of 2 versions of IE.
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There are other ways to know what browser you have. The ways I just said are only my own Neanderthal ways of thinking.

 

[bobm]

Well ... I have a Samsung laptop ( about 4 months ago ) originally with Windows 8. Last Saturday had a problem with the little black box that Comcast had installed as I couldn't get onto the internet. Comcast sent out a tech. who installed a new black box. Didn't work quite right so he fiddled with the computer for over 2 hrs. reprogrammed some and installed chrome. Worked great the rest of Sat. . Then come Sunday early am., windows installed Windows 8.1. This site was all screwed up. I called my son, he is very good with computers as he worked for a company diagnosing/ fixing problems while in college . He fiddled with it for about 2 hrs. and worked just great until Mon. morning when I would read a post and then go to another, the chrome would not allow me to go to the next post. Switched to Internet Explorer, read that post and another freeze up. ETC. Today , the same problem + now this site is so slow to load like molasses in January. Other sites don't have any of these problems.

 

[Ridgerunner]

Or, is the icon you click a colorful circle of green, red, and yellow, surrounding a blue circle in the middle? If so, that would be a google browser.

Marshall, there you go confusing us again! That’s not just Google, that’s also Chrome. Just teasing, of course.

I don’t know if Google has more than one browser, but when people talk about the browser Chrome they are talking about Google Chrome. Just to point out how easy terminology can confuse some people, like me. Nifty calls it Chrome, you call it Google, and I think you’re both talking about the same thing.

 

[Nifty]

@bobm : We've been having some server slowness today, so that could be part of the problem. We're digging it to try to figure out what's causing it!

Goodle has just one web browser for desktops: Chrome https://www.google.com/intl/en/chrome

You can find the browser version by going up to the top right of your screen and looking for "Help", and then something like "About Firefox". Clicking that will give you your browser and version.

 

[dick]

Well I fixed it!!!!!!!!

From the gardener formely known as Dickiebird!!!!

THANX RICH

People say I'm getting crankier as I get older. That's not it. I just find I enjoy annoying people a lot more now. Especially younger people!!

Oh, did I mention, I HATE CHANGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[897tgigvib]

Yea, why do they still make pennies, nickels, and dimes?

Oh, and your avatar is in better focus on this one.

 

[digitS']

Yay!

Rich, you should see me burning DW's videos onto a dvd tonight! I've got 1 dinky video on a disc & can't seem to add anything else to it. And, I may have put a whole bunch of them on another disc that will only play on the computer & not the teevee!

No, you shouldn't see me - I'm like a dog chasing his tail! How am I supposed to remember how to do this from one winter to the next?!

Steve