09-10-2011, 08:12 AM
It's really been ticking me off…
I'd open a webpage… fine, no problem, but the I'd click a link and a page would open, the url
would start slowly showing its blue progress and then stop.
This happened over and over. I'd end up looking at a notice that said, "you are not connected to the internet" or "the server couldn't be found."
There usually was a button saying. "network diagnostics," which led me to choices of different locations, which in turn led me back to having a connection and the page would load.
This occurrence happened more and more often, until I finally called Cox cable's high speed internet support. After a check was run on my equipment (modem and router) and connection, I was told that the problem lay with my computer. That was that, although in the process, I ran a broadband speed check and blew the socks off the young lady by hitting slightly over 30 Mbps (I think that's the right number?). That's a lot higher than I'm supposed to get, so I hope she doesn't turn me in and they throttle down my speed. btw, that's way higher than I usually see in the Speakeasy test. It's usually 17 to 22 Mbps.
Anyway, I figure if it's my computer, I should check it out by booting to a pristine install of Tiger that I still have on my original hard drive that came with my MacPro. I ran any updates and the gave it a shot.
No problems at all.
I was ready to bet that my issues were all due to a little app called "Hands Off." Anyone familiar with it?
I seem to remember that the issues started when I installed it, so after booting back to my main hard drive, I first used "AppZapper" to remove it. That didn't seem to work, because "Hands Off" kept showing up in the Activities Monitor list.
I finally employed "AppDelete" and that did the trick. No more "HandsOff!"
Sure enough, Safari is loading pages perfectly, now.
Unfortunately, my next challenge is figuring out why, when most links on a webpage work just fine, what to do about not being able to get important links like, "Buy it Now" to respond.
This happens every so often, most recently on Verizon's website. I had been navigating the site with no problem until, suddenly a link that just wouldn't respond. What a PIA!
I welcome ideas on this. I could understand it if none of the links on a site would work, but I just don't get why everything would work except just one "important" link?
I do feel like I'm getting somewhere since I worked out my first big surfing issue.
(hey! admins… where did most of the emoticons disappear to? I only see eleven)
I guess this is a lesson for me.
When I just clicked "preview" the page didn't load???
I had to do a complete restart to finally post this (actually, I don't know if this will post when I hit the "PostMessage" button)
I know that something is wrong, but at this point I thought I had "it" solved.
Please, someone get me out of this trap. :censor:
By the way, now everything is working again (for now?).
Help! SOS! etc!
I'd open a webpage… fine, no problem, but the I'd click a link and a page would open, the url
would start slowly showing its blue progress and then stop.
This happened over and over. I'd end up looking at a notice that said, "you are not connected to the internet" or "the server couldn't be found."
There usually was a button saying. "network diagnostics," which led me to choices of different locations, which in turn led me back to having a connection and the page would load.
This occurrence happened more and more often, until I finally called Cox cable's high speed internet support. After a check was run on my equipment (modem and router) and connection, I was told that the problem lay with my computer. That was that, although in the process, I ran a broadband speed check and blew the socks off the young lady by hitting slightly over 30 Mbps (I think that's the right number?). That's a lot higher than I'm supposed to get, so I hope she doesn't turn me in and they throttle down my speed. btw, that's way higher than I usually see in the Speakeasy test. It's usually 17 to 22 Mbps.
Anyway, I figure if it's my computer, I should check it out by booting to a pristine install of Tiger that I still have on my original hard drive that came with my MacPro. I ran any updates and the gave it a shot.
No problems at all.
I was ready to bet that my issues were all due to a little app called "Hands Off." Anyone familiar with it?
I seem to remember that the issues started when I installed it, so after booting back to my main hard drive, I first used "AppZapper" to remove it. That didn't seem to work, because "Hands Off" kept showing up in the Activities Monitor list.
I finally employed "AppDelete" and that did the trick. No more "HandsOff!"
Sure enough, Safari is loading pages perfectly, now.
Unfortunately, my next challenge is figuring out why, when most links on a webpage work just fine, what to do about not being able to get important links like, "Buy it Now" to respond.
This happens every so often, most recently on Verizon's website. I had been navigating the site with no problem until, suddenly a link that just wouldn't respond. What a PIA!
I welcome ideas on this. I could understand it if none of the links on a site would work, but I just don't get why everything would work except just one "important" link?
I do feel like I'm getting somewhere since I worked out my first big surfing issue.
(hey! admins… where did most of the emoticons disappear to? I only see eleven)
I guess this is a lesson for me.
When I just clicked "preview" the page didn't load???I had to do a complete restart to finally post this (actually, I don't know if this will post when I hit the "PostMessage" button)
I know that something is wrong, but at this point I thought I had "it" solved.
Please, someone get me out of this trap. :censor:
By the way, now everything is working again (for now?).
Help! SOS! etc!