Hey, Quick Update: I believe I have implemented a workaround so that posting is no longer affected. There is no work around for the e-mail issue. Justin

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Yeah I'm glad to see that the best computer help forum on the internet is back online! Make sure Jesus is your Saviour! To avoid conflict, always Google before posting.

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Several other sites were also affected yesterday. I'm not sure if it was the same issue, but a major cell phone forum that I frequent said their image server was affected by a fire, so if we turned off images in our control panel, the site worked SLOWLY. They seem to be up and running this morning also. Glad to have CN Back!! Musky If the voices inside my head paid rent, I'd be rich!

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Musky, If you mean howardforums, that was related to the same issue. Justin

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Hi Justin! Yes that is the forum I was referring too. I help people load ringtones on their phones without having to pay their providers for them. I'm a man of many talents! LOL Musky If the voices inside my head paid rent, I'd be rich!

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Yeah, It sure sounds like it :) Justin

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I would like to report that the delays I mentioned in this older thread started by OtheHill http://www.computing.net/answers/ha... (on my older 450mhz computer in 98SE with IE 6.x) are still there but are considerably shorter in duration today, even with Flash toggled on via Flash Switch.

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Tubesandwires, I am not disagreeing with you that restarting the server sped up the site. However, with the delays you are mentioning, I, personally, don't see how that can be (loading flash off an ad server not running on Computing.Net's server would be affected by a restart of Computing.Net's server). Now it might be true, but, because I can't see it, my skills would be insufficient to remedy it. That may very well be the case, as I don't exactly consider myself an expert on all things web. Maybe someone else who knows more than me might have some idea. Justin

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Thats interesting. I use a website called BGIOK thats also down at the moment because of 'power difficulties'. Is this site the only site hosted where that travesty happened or are there lots hosted there? Or maybe just its that time of year for things to start go BOOM. Medion MIM 2080 Toshiba T2130CT Macintosh Performa 450 All working wonderfully.

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Sorry I read the above replies particularly musky and yeah a fire is what's being described at the site I visit as well. Small world huh. Medion MIM 2080 Toshiba T2130CT Macintosh Performa 450 All working wonderfully.

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The Planet was reporting this on there forums all day yesterday (Australian EST). http://forums.theplanet.com/index.p... I kept up to date there about the downtime there. I'm glad the my favourite Oz forum sites were not hosted there as well... Artificial intelligence is no match for natural stupidity...

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Intel 80486, about 9,000 servers were hosted at this site, so says the linked article.

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Regarding response 13. That was just a comment, not a complaint - I fully realize there's nothing you can do about my problem, and that of others with similar slower computers, Justin. We appreciate all your efforts. Update. The delays seem to be the same today as they were before the outage. In any case, how long I have to wait until I can scroll down a thread is directly proportional to the amount of text in it.

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Tubesandwires, If its that big of a problem for you, hover over an in-text ad and click the ? ... On that page, you will see something about opting out of them. That should help out load times. Justin

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There is nothing like that in 98SE with IE 6.x. I should really start using my XP computer(s) more.

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Hi, Well, I don't know what to say, I guess you could add the ctxt.tribalfusion.com to your host file to deny it (however people do that to stop advertising, I'm not an expert on that). Other than that, I'm out of ideas. Justin

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I tried accessing a few of the longer threads on my 2.x ghz XP 3000+ computer, the fastest one I have. The delay is still there, it's just very much shorter, and easily ignored.

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Yeah, That makes sense. I guess the site doesn't support older computers as well. Justin

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I am on a laptop with a VIA C7 Esther 1500MHz processor and I wizz through this site with no problems... Medion MIM 2080 Toshiba T2130CT Macintosh Performa 450 All working wonderfully.

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