Server Trouble

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Peterae	Re: Server Trouble « Reply #50 on: 2015-11-25, 06:28:01 »
Group: Administrator Hero Member Posts: 4698	Hi Farmhand Yeah it has happened to me a few times as well, it is annoying, i will look into it. Cheers Peter

Chet K	Re: Server Trouble « Reply #51 on: 2015-11-25, 15:02:40 »
Group: Ambassador Hero Member Posts: 4751	Peter We have a new member saying he can't access membership [says disabled] ?? I do miss that red "message Thingy" too, it truly was a Unique feature amongst the forums. I have to say the forum does look and read great !! thanks for all you do.

Peterae	Re: Server Trouble « Reply #52 on: 2015-11-25, 17:58:11 »
Group: Administrator Hero Member Posts: 4698	Chet Yes registration is indeed disabled, thats why i send out account opening emails when requested, are you saying he did not get an email from us to log into his new account. Cheers Peter

Farmhand	Re: Server Trouble « Reply #53 on: 2015-11-25, 22:36:20 »
Hero Member Posts: 564	I found that if I just click on where the drop down menu comes from then it remains while the mouse over happens, seems to work like that. ..

muDped

Re: Server Trouble « Reply #54 on: 2015-11-26, 06:59:03 »

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Hmmm. Has anyone reported any strangeness
in connection with uploading files as attachments?
I've made two attempts and in each case it appears
that the upload is progressing well; but then, when
it seems the upload is complete the Start New Topic
page comes up.

When I then go to the thread I attempted to upload
to to check and see - no new reply appears. It seems
to have gone into a black hole.

Hmmmm.

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Matt Watts	Re: Server Trouble « Reply #55 on: 2015-11-26, 07:05:08 »
Hero Member Posts: 809	I can confirm seeing the same muDped. I thought is was just the NSA putting their nose where it isn't needed.

Peterae	Re: Server Trouble « Reply #56 on: 2015-11-26, 17:50:32 »
Group: Administrator Hero Member Posts: 4698	Testing upload of attachment. pdf EP0099946A1.pdf (2785.5 kB - downloaded 169 times.)

Peterae	Re: Server Trouble « Reply #57 on: 2015-11-26, 17:51:34 »
Group: Administrator Hero Member Posts: 4698	Can you walk me through the process of what you did to get this happen, step by step, what sort of file did you upload, as i have uploaded a few things so far without problem. Cheers Peter

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Re: Server Trouble « Reply #58 on: 2015-11-26, 17:57:56 »

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Quote from: Peterae on 2015-11-26, 17:51:34

Can you walk me through the process of what you did to get this happen, step by step, what sort of file did you upload, as i have uploaded a few things so far without problem.

Cheers
Peter

pdf downloaded fine for me, and I am uploading no problem in standard png, jpeg.

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muDped	Re: Server Trouble « Reply #59 on: 2015-11-26, 20:32:21 »
Group: Tinkerer Hero Member Posts: 3324	Could it be that it was perhaps the size of the files? They were approaching 20MB. Oh well, the files were not that important and can easily be found on the web. Might have been too large... --------------------------- For there is nothing hidden that will not be disclosed, and nothing concealed that will not be known or brought out into the open.

Peterae	Re: Server Trouble « Reply #60 on: 2015-11-26, 20:46:09 »
Group: Administrator Hero Member Posts: 4698	No it would not be the size as the size is set to 500mb What was the file type. zip?? It's strange the start new topic page comes up If there's a problem then we need to sort it Cheers Peter

Peterae	Re: Server Trouble « Reply #61 on: 2015-11-26, 20:51:27 »
Group: Administrator Hero Member Posts: 4698	youve not got move this topic ticket i wonder, when you click reply just below the attachments option there are some clickable boxes, the only one that should be ticked is return to this topic.

muDped	Re: Server Trouble « Reply #62 on: 2015-11-27, 02:11:08 »
Group: Tinkerer Hero Member Posts: 3324	I see it now. Hadn't noticed that before as there hadn't been any difficulty before that I recollect. I'll try it with "Return to this topic" selected. --------------------------- For there is nothing hidden that will not be disclosed, and nothing concealed that will not be known or brought out into the open.

Matt Watts	Re: Server Trouble « Reply #63 on: 2015-11-28, 02:12:27 »
Hero Member Posts: 809	muDped, try logging out, clearing your browser cache and logging back in. I was having fits until I did that. I could post and it would just vanish.

muDped	Re: Server Trouble « Reply #64 on: 2015-11-28, 21:03:12 »
Group: Tinkerer Hero Member Posts: 3324	I'll try that also. Both FireFox and SeaMonkey (the two browsers I use) have provision for clearing the cache. Thanks for the tip. --------------------------- For there is nothing hidden that will not be disclosed, and nothing concealed that will not be known or brought out into the open.

Smudge	Re: Server Trouble « Reply #65 on: 2015-11-29, 14:49:17 »
Group: Professor Hero Member Posts: 2434	I'm using Chrome and and on this new server my pages take forever to load up. Actually Chrome times out and it takes three reloads to get the page up. Smudge

Peterae	Re: Server Trouble « Reply #66 on: 2015-11-29, 20:43:11 »
Group: Administrator Hero Member Posts: 4698	Hi Smudge Thats really weird, it cannot be the server because i have not had any problems, server speed seems fine, i just tried Chrome as well and that is working ok, maybe worth you trying to clear your cache as well. Cheers Peter

Smudge	Re: Server Trouble « Reply #67 on: 2015-11-30, 11:24:12 »
Group: Professor Hero Member Posts: 2434	I cleared my cache and things got even weirder, had trouble logging on. Time out problem still there, so I tried Internet Explorer. Same problem there, it times out and then I have to reload and I get the page on about the third attempt. Could it have anything to do with my AV, I have Norton? Smudge

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Re: Server Trouble « Reply #68 on: 2015-11-30, 16:05:01 »

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Quote from: Smudge on 2015-11-30, 11:24:12

I cleared my cache and things got even weirder, had trouble logging on. Time out problem still there, so I tried Internet Explorer. Same problem there, it times out and then I have to reload and I get the page on about the third attempt. Could it have anything to do with my AV, I have Norton?

Smudge
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Hi Smudge

It is possible that you are short of RAM, Norton will need around 1Gb alone, I had a similar problem some months back when my AV got bigger with updates and scaning new servers before connecting.

regards

Mike

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Re: Server Trouble « Reply #69 on: 2015-11-30, 16:42:28 »

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It's turtles all the way down

I have no trouble logging in with Mozilla Firefox. The threads open quickly and pages load fast.

I have a problem unrelated to the new forum i.e. my task manager shows me banging 100% cpu usage, with a lower value of 70 % at times. I have eliminated all startup programs and am only running Firefox and the windows wireless program.

Running Nod32 and Malwarebytes shows no background ad or virus programs.

The problem is a lot worse when logging on to OU.com with all their ads and embedded stuff. Firefox actually stops responding on that site.

Any suggestions appreciated.

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Peterae	Re: Server Trouble « Reply #70 on: 2015-11-30, 17:42:33 »
Group: Administrator Hero Member Posts: 4698	ION So you should be able to see what's gobbling up the 70% on the processes page it breaks down which programs are using which %. Smudge Sorry i don't understand what's going on with your set-up

ion

Re: Server Trouble « Reply #71 on: 2015-11-30, 17:54:49 »

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Quote from: Peterae on 2015-11-30, 17:42:33

ION
So you should be able to see what's gobbling up the 70% on the processes page it breaks down which programs are using which %.

Smudge
Sorry i don't understand what's going on with your set-up

That's what I don't understand, only a couple of processes in the processes tab using around 3%, system idle showing 92 to 97% yet the CPU usage in the performance tab is much higher, like 50%. Doesn't add up.

By the way the new look and feel of the site is very nice and easy to navigate. Thank you for all your hard work making the transition and sorting all the details out.

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wattsup

Re: Server Trouble « Reply #72 on: 2015-11-30, 19:04:51 »

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@ION

Maybe check in your registry but be careful this is not for the uninitiated.

Open the registry by going to Start then click on run.

Type "regedit".

Then go to the first location here......
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS\CURRENTVERSION\RUN

Whatever you see in the right pane that is not familiar to any programs you recognize, delete the line(s). Actually I would delete everything since this is the way I run my computer all the time.

Do the same at this location.
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS\CURRENTVERSION\RUN

Then exit regedit and reboot, then return to these locations and see if anything was added again. Right down the name of the file. Do a search on Google to see if it is any type of malware.

If there is nothing added in these two locations, great.
You may want to jot down the files that were in these locations before you delete them.

Let us know how it went.

wattsup

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Re: Server Trouble « Reply #73 on: 2015-11-30, 20:21:32 »

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Quote from: wattsup on 2015-11-30, 19:04:51

@ION

Maybe check in your registry but be careful this is not for the uninitiated.

Open the registry by going to Start then click on run.

Type "regedit".

Then go to the first location here......
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS\CURRENTVERSION\RUN

Whatever you see in the right pane that is not familiar to any programs you recognize, delete the line(s). Actually I would delete everything since this is the way I run my computer all the time.

Do the same at this location.
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS\CURRENTVERSION\RUN

Then exit regedit and reboot, then return to these locations and see if anything was added again. Right down the name of the file. Do a search on Google to see if it is any type of malware.

If there is nothing added in these two locations, great.
You may want to jot down the files that were in these locations before you delete them.

Let us know how it went.

wattsup

Thanks for the registry tweaks, Wattsup. I am not too familiar with what is good and not good for registry entries, same for running processes. I keep seeing new things pop up in processes tab, and believe it may be malware, although I run Malwarebytes regularly to check, and also Eset Nod32. I also use CCleaner to cleanup the registry on a regular basis.

I just now upgraded the memory in the machine, I'll see if that helps.

Sometimes I boot the machine into Ubuntu 14.02, which does not seem to have the same problems as Windblows XP.

As far as computers go I'm good on the hardware end, but not that savvy on the intracacy of registries tweaks and inner operation of memory etc. and don't know what to look for when these type problems crop up.

I do believe it may be some type of malware that is not easily cleaned, because the machine always ran well in the past. It is a low end Acer laptop 1.47 GHz with now 1 GB of ram.

I think I will upgrade to a better machine at some point. I do have a number of much better desktops in operation, but like to use the laptop "on the couch".

Thanks to all for the help and advice.

Sorry to have derailed the thread. I would gladly move to a computer help thread if there is one.

Edit: made the registry deletions and it seems to have improved performance, now CPU usage is sitting at a few percent with only occasional bangs to 100%.

« Last Edit: 2015-11-30, 21:48:12 by ION »

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Farmhand	Re: Server Trouble « Reply #74 on: 2015-11-30, 21:13:53 »
Hero Member Posts: 564	You can "back up" sections of or the entire registry before deleting any keys, if you want.