TGR Forums (Not Responding)

**Alaskan Rover** · 11-21-2011, 09:12 AM

Looks like there are still some attendant bugs in 'forums' part of website.

Today, everytime I try to go to www.tgr.com/forums, the system stops and I get a (Not Responding) message. I'm using Windows 7.

Same thing happens when I try getting to 'Forums' via the TGR main page and clicking on "Forums". The main TGR page seems to work fine, but it is the main "Forums" page that has problems (the one that lists ALL the various forums, not just the 80% of forums that show up under the 'Forums" header on the main page bar.

No matter which way, I try to access 'Forums' main page, 8 times out of 10 I get the "(Not Responding)" message. Right now I was able to get on as it I evidently lucked out with the 20% when it does allow me in.

I noticed there is now a new format in the "New Post" writing box...does this new format have anything to do with this problem?

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**tgrweb** · 11-21-2011, 05:04 PM

hmm- anyone else having this issue? Alaskan- can you try clearing your browser cache? we updated the vbulletin system yesterday

**ericrayl** · 11-21-2011, 05:20 PM

Yup, same issue here. Only on the forums main page, things work OK once past it. Only when using IE, firefox works OK

**Elkhound Odin** · 11-21-2011, 05:52 PM

Anytime I attempt to open the forum with internet explorer, it just locks the computer.
What's up with that?
I'm using Chrome, and it works fine. Problem is, I can't use chrome @ work.

**Tunco** · 11-21-2011, 06:00 PM

Put chrome on a usb.

**tgrweb** · 11-21-2011, 07:50 PM

Originally Posted by Elkhound Odin

Anytime I attempt to open the forum with internet explorer, it just locks the computer.
What's up with that?
I'm using Chrome, and it works fine. Problem is, I can't use chrome @ work.

What version of ie, gentlemen? we have tested on 9 and 8.

**ericrayl** · 11-21-2011, 08:02 PM

ie8 in my case, doesn't matter if I'm on 1 of 2 computers at home (XP and Vista) or work (Win 7).

Originally Posted by tgrweb

What version of ie, gentlemen? we have tested on 9 and 8.

**bern43** · 11-22-2011, 07:46 AM

Happening to me on the latest version of chrome.

**Elkhound Odin** · 11-22-2011, 08:05 AM

I'm running IE ver 8 at work. For some reason, my computer locks up whenever I try to open the main forums page. I got in this time by directly opening a post. So, it seems if I can get past the main page, things work.

**SailCat** · 11-22-2011, 09:59 AM

both computers I have running IE8 lock up on the main forum page.
I got through to the ski forum from a link on google and things have been working as long as I don't go to the main page.
the quick navigation bar at the bottom of the page is my new go to.
I am running win XP with all of windows updates installed (slow anyway)
the advertisements loading on the forum front page seemed to be the hangup - they loaded slow before the changes, now they don't load at all.
when I bypass the front page the adds seem to load a lot quicker.

**Alaskan Rover** · 11-22-2011, 10:24 AM

Originally Posted by tgrweb

hmm- anyone else having this issue? Alaskan- can you try clearing your browser cache? we updated the vbulletin system yesterday

I'm running IE 8, it looks like. My browser is set up to delete the cache after every session when I close the browser.

Looking into the "Internet Explorer (Not Responding)" deeper, I get this:

"Description:
A problem caused this program to stop interacting with Windows.
Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: AppHangXProcB1
Application Name: iexplore.exe
Application Version: 8.0.7600.16700
Application Timestamp: 4cd23213
Hang Signature: 4eb7
Hang Type: 32
Waiting on Application Name: iexplore.exe
Waiting on Application Version: 8.0.7600.16700"

if that's any help.

In my case, I'm running a Acer Aspire One netbook that only has 1 gig of memory and no way to expand to more memory. It's nearly brand new, but these, for some reason are capped at a 1 gig maximum memory.

Maybe this new version of VBulletin is more memory intensive, can that be it?

I'll try doing what sailCat does and bypass main forums page by clicking on a google link to whichever forum.

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**Captain Awesome** · 11-22-2011, 11:14 AM

Do your CPU utilization numbers spike, or is it just that IE hangs?

You might try disabling add-ons (you can do it through the menus, or run the file at this link, which will reset IE to a fresh config: http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9708413)

**SailCat** · 11-22-2011, 12:14 PM

^
one cpu goes to full in task manager. I get impatient and just kill IE after a minute or so.
what does the file above do?
I will try to disable add ons selectively (tools, manage add-ons) when I have some more time.

FIXED -YAY

**Captain Awesome** · 11-22-2011, 01:16 PM

The file above resets IE to a clean install, basically (http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/w...st-performance). Sorry, I should've clarified!

**DeepHelmet** · 11-22-2011, 02:46 PM

I'm running IE8 and have the same trouble with the forums page. Doesn't always freeze computer, but it takes forever (several minutes) to load. I disabled add ons and it helped a bit, but still very slow.

**tgrweb** · 11-22-2011, 03:07 PM

There was an issue from a recent update to VBulletin with IE7 and IE8 which we addressed today. It should be working smoothly again in those browsers.