The last major Windows 10 update wiped my /etc/hosts file as well.
Before that I was getting slow loads and crashes with Chrome. Moved to FireFox, much better. Rochelle WebCam still works better with Chrome.
I started to have lots of problems with this site a couple of days ago... very slow responses and random lockups... even after a page had loaded completely, it would suddenly not scroll up or down to see more of the page, then it would work again then lockup again. Very frustrating! I tried all sorts of things to discover what the problem was. Then I began to notice it on other sites as well...
I then found some advertisers that I thought I had blocked using the Windows "Hosts" file. I checked that file and it was empty! The original file had hundreds of entries in it, many were there from when I installed Windows (i.e.: it came from Microsoft that way... they had added sites to it that were known to cause problems, often known malware distributors). I happened to have a copy of the file elsewhere, where I keep the previous copy in case I really screw things up in adding things to it. I put that back over this new empty copy and all the problems went away.
Unfortunately, I forgot to look at the date/time on the file to know when it was altered/replaced, so I don't know if it was part of a Windows 10 update or if something else happened.
Semper Vaporo
Pkgs.
The Amazon pop up problem has disappeared and the edit function seems to be usable again. Thanks to the folks behind the scenes, who fixed these problems.
As some may know from a removed posting that the moderator thought had political implictions, I appeared to havr been hacked. Fortunately, local experts helped resolve the problem. I now also have the latest Firefox with Hebrew-English Windows 7, and with Kalmbach's update, no problems remain. Would like the use of the edit button, however. Kalmbach popups are not a problem for me, and I see no other kind.
My iPad has this same Amazon popup problem, but I have not been able to resolve it in settings, since there is no cookie blocker. I will now look for an app that will do it.
I'm running Win 7 Professional 64 bit. I have had no problems with unwanted things showing up.
Norm
Im having problems with Windows 10 and Firefox Quantum (57.0.2). When opening a post the upload of all the unnessecary staff starts before the post opens. Usually the forum then times out.
I'm using Opera now for the Trains forum and it works.Regards, Volker
Windows 10, Chrome--works for me this morning.
Johnny
Windows 10, Edge, and Chrome.
No problems.
Dave
Lackawanna Route of the Phoebe Snow
Credit where credit is due: no later than yesterday (Christmas Day!) Kalmbach had resolved any access problems with Firefox Quantum on Macs, at least on my older Mac; in fact the site now loads quicker and cleaner than I ever recall it did, and I see no obtrusive content that can't be quickly and more-or-less intuitively closed using a large X on the pop-up that opens.
I am assuming that the folks with the "Amazon virus" have selected 'disable popups' and 'do not track' in their browsers, and have at least checked to see if any Kalmbach site is listed in the exception list for pop-ups. I do not mind the occasional full-page ad from a Kalmbach publication on a Kalmbach-provided site, so won't advise you block all pop-ups from them, but if they allow third-party provider pop-ups without opt-in (which I won't frequently provide), particularly modal ones (which must be clicked somehow to get them to go away), I would keep all pop-ups blocked and load a 'stronger' blocking tool or utility if needed.
Yes, I have had the Amazon "virus" taking over the "Trains" screen.
It discourages me from enjoying the "Trains" site.
My computer is running Windows 7 with the lastest version of Firefox, I have no issues there.
I use Chrome on my smartphone, and I do get ads popping up in new windows with it, although my fat fingers may be tapping one of the ad links instead of what I mean to hit.
Greetings from Alberta
-an Articulate Malcontent
Goodtimingy I get an Amazon “You Won A Gift Card"
By any chance did you sign up for the "Newsletter"? The terms and conditions specify "By signing up you may also receive occasional reader surveys and special offers from Trains magazine"
Could be you are receiving the occasional "special offer". If you have recently viewed items offered for sale at Amazon, your special offer might be tailored to your specific circumstances by the cookie monster.
I use ad blocker software so I have no such problem, but I do get tired of waiting for pages to load here while seeing the advisory "waiting for fonts.googleapis.com"
(devious how they pull that little trick off in the first place by furnishing royalty-free fonts for use by the makers of forum software, just so they can collect analytics from the people whos browser ultimately loads tem)
Lets face it, Google, Amazon, Monkeysoft, and Facebook will not rest until they own our web sanity.
I suppose that's better than the YouTube practice of late - "your video will return after this message..."
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I run Windows 10. I wish I had stopped it when I discovered it had decided to "upgrade" from 7 all by itself, but that is another story. I use Chrome. I have had no issues of the type described. I do get the screen-covering ads that Model Railroader plops up now and then. I find them annoying as I click on something and am trying to go through the process of getting whatever on my screen, then the pop-up makes that draw to a halt until I click out of it.
selector ATLANTIC CENTRAL And then there is Windows 10 and Chrome, where there are no issues with this site..........but I know I will be told how wrong I am......... Sheldon I wouldn't dream to telling you that you're wrong, Sheldon. However, I have Win10 running, and I'm using Edge. When I go to edit a post here on the trains.com set of fora, I have to click on the specific area to be modified in the text twice. The first time, the cursor jumps back to the beginning of the text. Only a second click gets the cursor to the right spot. Apart from that, everything works very well. I have gotten a pop-up recently, but I almost never get them using Edge. In fact, I believe that lone pop-up took place when I used a link in an email, and I'm still using Windows Live Mail. It opened in Edge.
ATLANTIC CENTRAL And then there is Windows 10 and Chrome, where there are no issues with this site..........but I know I will be told how wrong I am......... Sheldon
And then there is Windows 10 and Chrome, where there are no issues with this site..........but I know I will be told how wrong I am.........
Sheldon
I wouldn't dream to telling you that you're wrong, Sheldon. However, I have Win10 running, and I'm using Edge. When I go to edit a post here on the trains.com set of fora, I have to click on the specific area to be modified in the text twice. The first time, the cursor jumps back to the beginning of the text. Only a second click gets the cursor to the right spot.
Apart from that, everything works very well. I have gotten a pop-up recently, but I almost never get them using Edge. In fact, I believe that lone pop-up took place when I used a link in an email, and I'm still using Windows Live Mail. It opened in Edge.
Am I living right, or what?
selector When I go to edit a post here on the trains.com set of fora, I have to click on the specific area to be modified in the text twice. The first time, the cursor jumps back to the beginning of the text. Only a second click gets the cursor to the right spot.
I've noticed that too with Windows 10. On the first click it goes wherever it wants to, and on the second click it goes where I want it to. That's with Edge or IE-11.
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"A stranger's just a friend you ain't met yet." --- Dave Gardner
I have not tried Edge yet, very happy with Chrome. No problems on this forum at all, except the ones we know are in the forum software - no spellcheck and linking problems within the forum.
But I seldom have any desire to link to other threads, so no big deal for me.
Could this have anything to do with the setup, or security provisions, for the 'view every issue of MR free for 24 hours' promotion I now see?
Must be stopped at the border by Border Agents then! They do not miss a trick to collect duties and taxes.
My iPad is not clear. Annoying as all get out.
iPad is clear of any issues.
Far more irritating, updating to Firefox 57 on Mac results in complete failure of the site Javascript controls ... whether or not I have JS toggled on or off. Suspect this may be related to other posters' seeing their post formatting control box disappear.
Hopefully this is a transient issue going to mandatory https and not a sign of bold new commercial opportunities coded by Bangalore.
Stuck posting by phone in the meantime.
I had the same problem yesterday (Saturday). Very irritating.
Maybe it is just me, but whenever I come to this site only I get an Amazon “You Won A Gift Card”. Tales up the whole screen on my IPad. Anyone else?
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