forum trouble

[lamar]

I can not post or reply. help is needed

after, faiilng. several times today, it worked this time. crazy thing

still can't reply to posts

 

[SecondHandSmoker]

Have you tried emptying your browser cache?

 

[lamar]

Have you tried emptying your browser cache?

yes no help it is working half way now been bad three weeks till just now

 

[SecondHandSmoker]

Hmmm.. strange doings indeed.
Have you tried another browser?

 

[lamar]

Hmmm.. strange doings indeed.
Have you tried another browser?

I have used anything but waterfox for years..

 

[SecondHandSmoker]

I have used anything but waterfox for years..

Maybe they had a recent update that messed something up?

 

[noboundaries]

Whenever I start having problems, it's usually due to a needed Windows update, either to the OS or security features.

 

[lamar]

Maybe they had a recent update that messed something up?

good guess, but I don't get the latest updates immediately. I delay the latest to see how everyone else likes them.
I sure appreciate your help.

 

[SecondHandSmoker]

good guess, but I don't get the latest updates immediately. I delay the latest to see how everyone else likes them.
I sure appreciate your help.

You're welcome.
Yeah, I wait on updates too.
@noboundaries has a very valid point too.

 

[noboundaries]

Yep. No auto updates for me, either. The security updates are usually the culprit for website issues. The issues go away once I update.

 

[SecondHandSmoker]

The last time I did a "winders" update, it nearly bricked my 12 yo laptop.
Good thing I still remembered some dos command line stuff and BIOS...though, it took me a while.

 

[lamar]

The last time I did a "winders" update, it nearly bricked my 12 yo laptop.
Good thing I still remembered some dos command line stuff and BIOS...though, it took me a while.

aaah good old dos it was fun

 

[SecondHandSmoker]

aaah good old dos it was fun

Yeah!

 

[noboundaries]

The last time I did a "winders" update, it nearly bricked my 12 yo laptop

Yeah. I agree. One of my collateral jobs in the Navy was squadron QA officer. I learned to recognize patterns of failure. After three computers became bricks between September and January after updates, I stopped ALL automatic updates. That was a failure pattern. If I was a computer manufacturer and wanted people to justify a new computer, when is the perfect period to do so? Think about it.

I have one Windows 7 computer that I NEVER use online, refuse to update, and it chugs along fine for the one recipe program I use it for.

 

[SecondHandSmoker]

Yeah. I agree. One of my collateral jobs in the Navy was squadron QA officer. I learned to recognize patterns of failure. After three computers became bricks between September and January after updates, I stopped ALL automatic updates. That was a failure pattern. If I was a computer manufacturer and wanted people to justify a new computer, when is the perfect period to do so? Think about it.

I have one Windows 7 computer that I NEVER use online, refuse to update, and it chugs along fine for the one recipe program I use it for.

I certainly agree.
My 12 yo laptop is not "compatiable" with Windows 11 and I have no plans to buy a new PC just to have the latest new thing.
I really don't want to knock MS, but everything after XP seems to be junk.
I had a custom rig that ran XP Pro 64 bit (Anvil) before 64 bit became mainstream.
I wish I had kept that PC since it was stable mable.