Anyone else having trouble with TPF site

smoke665 · Oct 26, 2016

Not sure if this is the right spot to post this, but is anyone else having problems with this site. Lately there are times when the site is really sluggish to load, other times it becomes unresponsive when trying to post replies or new posts. Closing the page and reopening seems to clear the problem till the next time.

KmH · Oct 26, 2016

No problems here.
Make sure your computer's Registry is cleaned up, your browsers various caches are emptied, and you don't have any virus or malware clogging up the works.
I would also recommend checking to be sure some other application isn't running in the background eating up CPU time.

MSnowy · Oct 26, 2016

Nope works fine at home and on my cell

table1349 · Oct 26, 2016

Not a problem for me. Have you been visiting "those sites" again?

smoke665 · Oct 26, 2016

gryphonslair99 said:
Not a problem for me. Have you been visiting "those sites" again?

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Nope don't go there. Use a corporate version on security, and just updated. So far no issue on other sites, just TPF. Even then it's very sporadic. I suspect it's either Chrome going flaky again (had to uninstall and reinstall about 2 months ago) or a WAN issue both have been problems in the past.

Didereaux · Oct 26, 2016

smoke665 said:
Not sure if this is the right spot to post this, but is anyone else having problems with this site. Lately there are times when the site is really sluggish to load, other times it becomes unresponsive when trying to post replies or new posts. Closing the page and reopening seems to clear the problem till the next time.

I am getting fairly frequent database access error returns. Usually early morning after their scheduled maintenance breaks. Should have kept a screen shot and reported, but figured the site was aware of the problem and would get to it. Not disastrous, just an occasional annoyance.

vintagesnaps · Oct 26, 2016

YES!!!!!!!! It's been terrible lately, just haven't posted about it. And it's mostly this site. I do have the computer freeze on a few other sites but this site is the worst - it's these video ads that run constantly.

One day it took a few attempts to log in. Then I noticed typing a post that every time the cursro froze, the martial arts ad/video stopped and froze; the video ad would start running and the cursor would move so I could type again. Pretty obvious what's causing it at least in part.

I don't have it on hardly any other sites I use so no, it's not me. or my computer, at least not totally.

smoke665 · Oct 26, 2016

Well good, seems I'm not the only one. I've noticed all the same issues as mentioned above. However I've noticed the cursor freeze on another forum site also.

Advanced Photo · Oct 26, 2016

No problem for me. My guess is your traffic is being routed through a bad connection and loosing a lot of packets there. What does the ping reveal about your connection, if you ran one?
I see the server is located in Austin Texas, so maybe if you are east of there you have to route through a bad portal...maybe?

astroNikon · Oct 26, 2016

it doesn't allow me to post at all.

astroNikon · Oct 26, 2016

astroNikon said:
it doesn't allow me to post at all.

Oh, nevermind.

Advanced Photo · Oct 26, 2016

Run a ping to the server and take a look at the results.

DarkShadow · Oct 26, 2016

I had a similar problem on TPF and some other sites as well on my mac and it would even run very hot, the culprit was adobe flash.I removed flash and problem solved.