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659597 2008-04-16 11:09:00 Last couple of days been experiencing long delays when clicking on links in OE7. I get the "Website found - waiting for reply" message and then a good two minutes wait before the target does open. This happens particularly with overseas news site emails such as NY Times and the Guardian. Anyone had similar experience? Thanks :sleep Scouse (83)
659598 2008-04-16 11:11:00 Wanna give us a link or 2??

I'll see how long it takes here

I would say the same for FF. Some sites either dont want to load, it keeps waiting. The only thing at the top says about:blank.

This usually happens if I click on a link like in here. Sometimes, I have to copy the link then paste it, for it to work
Speedy Gonzales (78)
659599 2008-04-16 11:30:00 I would be inclined to update your DNS servers.. My family had the same issue on multiple PCs until we switched to OpenDNS... Chilling_Silence (9)
659600 2008-04-16 11:35:00 Happens to me sometimes; I then stop the page from loading, and then refresh, which sometimes speeds up the site to display fully... kahawai chaser (3545)
659601 2008-04-17 09:44:00 Hi Speedy. Todays version.... DSE's email newsletter has a websiute....
www.dse.co.nz
I click on it in the newsletter and wait more than two minutes. If I paste the addy in to Internet Explorer - instant response.

Click on the address from this posting - same - instant response.
Just the link between OE and the address creating the delay.
Scouse (83)
659602 2008-04-17 10:07:00 Follow these steps

1) delete your temporary Internet files (IE) and cache (Firefox). Set the temporary internet files and cache to something reasonable -- 4-5 MB if cable or DSL, or 20 MB if dialup. By default, Windows uses 10% of your hard drive I think.

2) dump your System Restore points (turn off System Restore, which will dump them, then turn it back on). THEN, run your antispyware and registry checkers.

3) Check your Hosts file (C:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts -- delete anything other than
127.0.0.1 localhost
and other than anything for your local network that YOU have set up

4) IE -- go into Internet Options and reset to one of the "default" settings

5) Are you running any ad-blocking or javascript-blocking software?
It may be the reason to the problem
Blam (54)
659603 2008-04-17 11:34:00 Last couple of days been experiencing long delays when clicking on links in OE7. I get the "Website found - waiting for reply" message and then a good two minutes wait before the target does open. This happens particularly with overseas news site emails such as NY Times and the Guardian. Anyone had similar experience? Thanks :sleep

Had a few issues with NY Times too but seems to have sorted itself out. :stare:
beeswax34 (63)
659604 2008-04-18 21:41:00 Hi Folks. Blam6 - got as far as item 3, where there was an additional entry ":1 Local Host" but system would not allow me to save this after I deleted that item. I am the administrator and only user, but.... What would you open "hosts" with? Scouse (83)
659605 2008-04-18 22:35:00 notepad Speedy Gonzales (78)
659606 2008-04-18 23:44:00 host file is set to "read only" by default right click on it remove the tick beside read only, make your changes, reapply the read only attribute. beama (111)
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