Certain Sites Load VERY Slow or Not at All

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Are the internet settings the same on all of your computers and are they
running the same software? (ie antivirus,spyware etc)

"Don Cohen" wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I've got a very peculiar problem with my desktop computer. When I go to the
> Delorme website or support forums, pages are exquisitely slow to load, and
> the forum pages never complete loading fully. The problem doesn't seem to
> be with their site, since I can access these same pages just fine when using
> my laptop, or my daughter's computer, all plugged into the same cable-modem
> connection as my desktop, through a hub/switch.
>
> All 3 systems are Win XP Home/SP2, with all critical updates installed. The
> system having the problem is a 3 year-old Gateway 2.2 GHz Pentium 4, 1 gb
> RAM, with ample hard drive space available. Both SpyBot S&D and AdAware SE
> are run regularly, and have been run recently, along with NAV2005, and no
> virus, worms, spyware, etc. are found. It is running IE 6.0
>
> It is just these Delorme sites that exhibit this problem, with all other
> sites loading extremely quickly on my fast cable-modem. In face, PC PitStop
> usually clocks me in excess of 4000 kbps download most of the time.
>
> I have tried:
> Clearing the Internet Cache and History
> Deleting any Delorme-related Cookies
> Clean re-boot
> Empty Recycle Bin
>
> None of these have had any effect. I kind of recall having the same problem
> in the past with Delorme's pages, but it went away as mysteriously as it
> came, and at the time I assumed the problem was with their site.
>
> I'm at a loss as to what could be causing this behavior, and would
> appreciate any suggestions.
>
> --
> Don
> Photo Website at:
> http://www.dlcphotography.net
>
> [Remove the "lens cap" for email]
>
>
>
>

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Did your try to reset your DNS cache on the Gateway?

Start --> Run: ---> CMD ---> ipconfig /flushdns


"Don Cohen" <doncohen@lens-cap.alltel.net> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> I've got a very peculiar problem with my desktop computer. When I go to
> the
> Delorme website or support forums, pages are exquisitely slow to load, and
> the forum pages never complete loading fully. The problem doesn't seem to
> be with their site, since I can access these same pages just fine when
> using
> my laptop, or my daughter's computer, all plugged into the same
> cable-modem
> connection as my desktop, through a hub/switch.
>
> All 3 systems are Win XP Home/SP2, with all critical updates installed.
> The
> system having the problem is a 3 year-old Gateway 2.2 GHz Pentium 4, 1 gb
> RAM, with ample hard drive space available. Both SpyBot S&D and AdAware
> SE
> are run regularly, and have been run recently, along with NAV2005, and no
> virus, worms, spyware, etc. are found. It is running IE 6.0
>
> It is just these Delorme sites that exhibit this problem, with all other
> sites loading extremely quickly on my fast cable-modem. In face, PC
> PitStop
> usually clocks me in excess of 4000 kbps download most of the time.
>
> I have tried:
> Clearing the Internet Cache and History
> Deleting any Delorme-related Cookies
> Clean re-boot
> Empty Recycle Bin
>
> None of these have had any effect. I kind of recall having the same
> problem
> in the past with Delorme's pages, but it went away as mysteriously as it
> came, and at the time I assumed the problem was with their site.
>
> I'm at a loss as to what could be causing this behavior, and would
> appreciate any suggestions.
>
> --
> Don
> Photo Website at:
> http://www.dlcphotography.net
>
> [Remove the "lens cap" for email]
>
>
>

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Hi,

> Are the internet settings the same on all of your computers and are they
> running the same software? (ie antivirus,spyware etc)

Yup. All the systems are pretty much set up, configured and maintained the
same way.

Pretty puzzling...

Any thoughts welcome.


--
Don
Photo Website at:
http://www.dlcphotography.net

[Remove the "lens cap" for email]


>
> "Don Cohen" wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I've got a very peculiar problem with my desktop computer. When I go to
>> the
>> Delorme website or support forums, pages are exquisitely slow to load,
>> and
>> the forum pages never complete loading fully. The problem doesn't seem
>> to
>> be with their site, since I can access these same pages just fine when
>> using
>> my laptop, or my daughter's computer, all plugged into the same
>> cable-modem
>> connection as my desktop, through a hub/switch.
>>
>> All 3 systems are Win XP Home/SP2, with all critical updates installed.
>> The
>> system having the problem is a 3 year-old Gateway 2.2 GHz Pentium 4, 1 gb
>> RAM, with ample hard drive space available. Both SpyBot S&D and AdAware
>> SE
>> are run regularly, and have been run recently, along with NAV2005, and no
>> virus, worms, spyware, etc. are found. It is running IE 6.0
>>
>> It is just these Delorme sites that exhibit this problem, with all other
>> sites loading extremely quickly on my fast cable-modem. In face, PC
>> PitStop
>> usually clocks me in excess of 4000 kbps download most of the time.
>>
>> I have tried:
>> Clearing the Internet Cache and History
>> Deleting any Delorme-related Cookies
>> Clean re-boot
>> Empty Recycle Bin
>>
>> None of these have had any effect. I kind of recall having the same
>> problem
>> in the past with Delorme's pages, but it went away as mysteriously as it
>> came, and at the time I assumed the problem was with their site.
>>
>> I'm at a loss as to what could be causing this behavior, and would
>> appreciate any suggestions.
>>
>> --
>> Don
>> Photo Website at:
>> http://www.dlcphotography.net
>>
>> [Remove the "lens cap" for email]
>>
>>
>>
>>

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Hi Yves,

> Did your try to reset your DNS cache on the Gateway?
>
> Start --> Run: ---> CMD ---> ipconfig /flushdns

Interesting thought; something I wasn't aware of. I just flushed it
successfully, and retried the sites, but no difference, unfortunately.

What setting could there be that would just be effecting only these
websites? It's not like it can't access them, or can't find them. It finds
them just fine, but loads them as if I were on a 14.4 k DUN on 50 year-old
phone lines.

Thanks for the reply and suggestion. Any other thoughts welcome.

--
Don
Photo Website at:
http://www.dlcphotography.net

[Remove the "lens cap" for email]


>
>
> "Don Cohen" <doncohen@lens-cap.alltel.net> wrote in message
> news:%23c$$v%23NpFHA.3004@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
>> Hi,
>>
>> I've got a very peculiar problem with my desktop computer. When I go to
>> the
>> Delorme website or support forums, pages are exquisitely slow to load,
>> and
>> the forum pages never complete loading fully. The problem doesn't seem
>> to
>> be with their site, since I can access these same pages just fine when
>> using
>> my laptop, or my daughter's computer, all plugged into the same
>> cable-modem
>> connection as my desktop, through a hub/switch.
>>
>> All 3 systems are Win XP Home/SP2, with all critical updates installed.
>> The
>> system having the problem is a 3 year-old Gateway 2.2 GHz Pentium 4, 1 gb
>> RAM, with ample hard drive space available. Both SpyBot S&D and AdAware
>> SE
>> are run regularly, and have been run recently, along with NAV2005, and no
>> virus, worms, spyware, etc. are found. It is running IE 6.0
>>
>> It is just these Delorme sites that exhibit this problem, with all other
>> sites loading extremely quickly on my fast cable-modem. In face, PC
>> PitStop
>> usually clocks me in excess of 4000 kbps download most of the time.
>>
>> I have tried:
>> Clearing the Internet Cache and History
>> Deleting any Delorme-related Cookies
>> Clean re-boot
>> Empty Recycle Bin
>>
>> None of these have had any effect. I kind of recall having the same
>> problem
>> in the past with Delorme's pages, but it went away as mysteriously as it
>> came, and at the time I assumed the problem was with their site.
>>
>> I'm at a loss as to what could be causing this behavior, and would
>> appreciate any suggestions.
>>
>> --
>> Don
>> Photo Website at:
>> http://www.dlcphotography.net
>>
>> [Remove the "lens cap" for email]
>>
>>
>>
>
>

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The problem below is unchanged. Any other thoughts on the origin of this
problem greatly appreciated.

Briefly, when I try to access www.delorme.com or http://forums.delorme.com
the sites are found, no error messages are generated, but they load
extremely slowly. The forums site never completes loading, and eventually
times out. See the original post, quoted below, for further details.

I have tried:

ipconfig /release then ipconfig /renew
ipconfig /flushdns
emptied IE Cache
powered down computer, switch and cable-modem; unplugged cable-modem and
then powered up all devices
deleted all Delorme cookies

I am at a loss as to what could be causing this.

Any suggestions appreciated.

--
Don
Photo Website at:
http://www.dlcphotography.net

[Remove the "lens cap" for email]

"Don Cohen" <doncohen@lens-cap.alltel.net> wrote in message
news:%23c$$v%23NpFHA.3004@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> Hi,
>
> I've got a very peculiar problem with my desktop computer. When I go to
> the
> Delorme website or support forums, pages are exquisitely slow to load, and
> the forum pages never complete loading fully. The problem doesn't seem to
> be with their site, since I can access these same pages just fine when
> using
> my laptop, or my daughter's computer, all plugged into the same
> cable-modem
> connection as my desktop, through a hub/switch.
>
> All 3 systems are Win XP Home/SP2, with all critical updates installed.
> The
> system having the problem is a 3 year-old Gateway 2.2 GHz Pentium 4, 1 gb
> RAM, with ample hard drive space available. Both SpyBot S&D and AdAware
> SE
> are run regularly, and have been run recently, along with NAV2005, and no
> virus, worms, spyware, etc. are found. It is running IE 6.0
>
> It is just these Delorme sites that exhibit this problem, with all other
> sites loading extremely quickly on my fast cable-modem. In face, PC
> PitStop
> usually clocks me in excess of 4000 kbps download most of the time.
>
> I have tried:
> Clearing the Internet Cache and History
> Deleting any Delorme-related Cookies
> Clean re-boot
> Empty Recycle Bin
>
> None of these have had any effect. I kind of recall having the same
> problem
> in the past with Delorme's pages, but it went away as mysteriously as it
> came, and at the time I assumed the problem was with their site.
>
> I'm at a loss as to what could be causing this behavior, and would
> appreciate any suggestions.
>
> --
> Don
> Photo Website at:
> http://www.dlcphotography.net
>
> [Remove the "lens cap" for email]
>
>
>

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Virus check + MS Anti-spyware (beta) free for d/l from MS site.

Jim

"Don Cohen" <doncohen@lens-cap.alltel.net> wrote in message
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> The problem below is unchanged. Any other thoughts on the origin of this
> problem greatly appreciated.
>
> Briefly, when I try to access www.delorme.com or http://forums.delorme.com
> the sites are found, no error messages are generated, but they load
> extremely slowly. The forums site never completes loading, and eventually
> times out. See the original post, quoted below, for further details.
>
> I have tried:
>
> ipconfig /release then ipconfig /renew
> ipconfig /flushdns
> emptied IE Cache
> powered down computer, switch and cable-modem; unplugged cable-modem and
> then powered up all devices
> deleted all Delorme cookies
>
> I am at a loss as to what could be causing this.
>
> Any suggestions appreciated.
>
> --
> Don
> Photo Website at:
> http://www.dlcphotography.net
>
> [Remove the "lens cap" for email]
>
> "Don Cohen" <doncohen@lens-cap.alltel.net> wrote in message
> news:%23c$$v%23NpFHA.3004@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> > Hi,
> >
> > I've got a very peculiar problem with my desktop computer. When I go to
> > the
> > Delorme website or support forums, pages are exquisitely slow to load,
and
> > the forum pages never complete loading fully. The problem doesn't seem
to
> > be with their site, since I can access these same pages just fine when
> > using
> > my laptop, or my daughter's computer, all plugged into the same
> > cable-modem
> > connection as my desktop, through a hub/switch.
> >
> > All 3 systems are Win XP Home/SP2, with all critical updates installed.
> > The
> > system having the problem is a 3 year-old Gateway 2.2 GHz Pentium 4, 1
gb
> > RAM, with ample hard drive space available. Both SpyBot S&D and AdAware
> > SE
> > are run regularly, and have been run recently, along with NAV2005, and
no
> > virus, worms, spyware, etc. are found. It is running IE 6.0
> >
> > It is just these Delorme sites that exhibit this problem, with all other
> > sites loading extremely quickly on my fast cable-modem. In face, PC
> > PitStop
> > usually clocks me in excess of 4000 kbps download most of the time.
> >
> > I have tried:
> > Clearing the Internet Cache and History
> > Deleting any Delorme-related Cookies
> > Clean re-boot
> > Empty Recycle Bin
> >
> > None of these have had any effect. I kind of recall having the same
> > problem
> > in the past with Delorme's pages, but it went away as mysteriously as it
> > came, and at the time I assumed the problem was with their site.
> >
> > I'm at a loss as to what could be causing this behavior, and would
> > appreciate any suggestions.
> >
> > --
> > Don
> > Photo Website at:
> > http://www.dlcphotography.net
> >
> > [Remove the "lens cap" for email]
> >
> >
> >
>
>

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Hi Jim,

> Virus check + MS Anti-spyware (beta) free for d/l from MS site.

Thanks for the reply. But as per my original post, I'm already running
NAV2005, as well as AdAware SE and SpyBot S&D.

The problem resolved itself spontaneously on my system, and on the system of
another user experiencing the same problem, at the same exact time, so
apparently there was something funky going on at Delorme's site. Why it
only effected one of my computers is still a mystery...

--
Don
Photo Website at:
http://www.dlcphotography.net

[Remove the "lens cap" for email]