Wierd computer problem with VR.org

[Venturous Randy]

Several days ago I started having a computer problem that will not let me get on VR.org with one of my laptops. I have two Acer laptops, one I have had for about two years and another used one I got recently, both have windows 7. My older one is faster, but only on VR.org does it have a window come up that locks everything up. I have to do the Ctrl-Alt-Del to get to Start Task Manager, where I can close out VR.org and then I can go on to do other things. This is the only site that this comes up.

I ran a scan and everything is clean and have tried to restore to an earlier date, but it told me the restore was unsuccessful.

Anybody got any suggestions?

RandyA

[cowpuc]

Hey Randy, I wonder if switching browsers would help.. I had all kinds of weird stuff going on till I jumped to Firefox

Also, might wanna try dumping the cache - history, cookies and all that and doing a defrag on her, could just have a little constipation going on... If all else fails, get everything backed up that you wanna save and do a re-install...

Your a Venture Rider brother,, dont take no lip from no computer,,,,,,,, boy I hope it aint some stupid virus that we all got for talking bad about Harleys or 2nd gens or something - karma's funny that way..:rotf:

 

Little reminder bro, ya also might wanna clean the internals on the machine too, I have an old one that was giving me fits and found out I was over heating the old girl - thing had more lint than a dryer vent..

[Wizard765]

In Internet explorer you can do a reset which should take care of it. Go to "tools" then "Internet Options" In the new window that comes up go to the last tab and near the bottom is a button to "reset" When I do that the next screen has a check to remove personal data. It would mean that you would have to put in your username and passwords again anywhere that you have them saved. I usually do that as well.

[Guest tx2sturgis]

IE is buggy. Windows is buggy. Load up Linux.

 

Oh...just in case you dont want to swap out operating systems....just go to http://www.mozilla.org and get a copy of Firefox.

 

If you’re the stubborn type thinking its worth some time to fix your buggy IE...here are a couple of websites I googled up. It seems to be related to add-ons that you may have installed:

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/ie/forum/ie9-windows_7/webpage-object-error/a7d3db83-9d9b-4bbb-83f0-63332ed3f451

 

http://www.backspacetab.com/troubleshoot-message-from-webpage-object-error/

[Mike G in SC]

In Internet explorer you can do a reset which should take care of it. Go to "tools" then "Internet Options" In the new window that comes up go to the last tab and near the bottom is a button to "reset" When I do that the next screen has a check to remove personal data. It would mean that you would have to put in your username and passwords again anywhere that you have them saved. I usually do that as well.

 

Good idea. Can also get to it from Control Panel, Internet Options, if you do not want IE open while you do the same procedure.

 

Randy A, I can PM you some other Windows tools I have mentioned before.

Mike G.

[Venturous Randy]

OK, I think we may have it. I went thru the discussions from the website tx2 posted and it appears I have stopped the popup that was locking me up. Several of the ones noted was exactly the same problem. I ended up going into programs and features and uninstalling some privacy things.

Thanks everyone, especially tx2sturgis.

RandyA