Weird browser behaviour
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Weird browser behaviour
Only recently (the last few days) when browsing PPRuNe I have had to click the 'back' button on my browser (IE7) 2-3 times to go back just one page! I've been watching pretty closely and this seems to be related to these wee (Ads by Google) advertisements that have been appearing under the personal information of late -it looks as though they have to go 'back' before the main page will go back! There's been no changes on my system here locally for some time (months) so this would appear to be a server issue? Has anyone else experienced this? Can anyone offer a fix for this frustrating recent behaviour?
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Yep and its got something to do with the google ads or something.
Here is the fix
Go to
on your PC and you will find a file called "hosts".
Open this file with NOTEPAD
the text will look something like this
then add in directly below the last line this
127.0.0.1 pagead2.googlesyndication.com
Then save the file how it is.
Close any Internet Explorer apps and re start IE again.....BINGO!
Here is the fix
Go to
C: \WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc
Open this file with NOTEPAD
the text will look something like this
# Copyright (c) 1993-1999 Microsoft Corp.
#
# This is a sample HOSTS file used by Microsoft TCP/IP for Windows.
#
# This file contains the mappings of IP addresses to host names. Each
# entry should be kept on an individual line. The IP address should
# be placed in the first column followed by the corresponding host name.
# The IP address and the host name should be separated by at least one
# space.
#
# Additionally, comments (such as these) may be inserted on individual
# lines or following the machine name denoted by a '#' symbol.
#
# For example:
#
# 102.54.94.97 rhino.acme.com # source server
# 38.25.63.10 x.acme.com # x client host
127.0.0.1 localhost
#
# This is a sample HOSTS file used by Microsoft TCP/IP for Windows.
#
# This file contains the mappings of IP addresses to host names. Each
# entry should be kept on an individual line. The IP address should
# be placed in the first column followed by the corresponding host name.
# The IP address and the host name should be separated by at least one
# space.
#
# Additionally, comments (such as these) may be inserted on individual
# lines or following the machine name denoted by a '#' symbol.
#
# For example:
#
# 102.54.94.97 rhino.acme.com # source server
# 38.25.63.10 x.acme.com # x client host
127.0.0.1 localhost
127.0.0.1 pagead2.googlesyndication.com
Then save the file how it is.
Close any Internet Explorer apps and re start IE again.....BINGO!
Yip,
Happening to me to, and only on this site. Pleased to know that it's not my computer.
It's a right PITA. I agree we shouldn't have to go digging into our computer to fix it. A sticky telling users what was going on would have been nice too.
Happening to me to, and only on this site. Pleased to know that it's not my computer.
It's a right PITA. I agree we shouldn't have to go digging into our computer to fix it. A sticky telling users what was going on would have been nice too.
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J430 you beaut! This fix just kills the Google ads stoney-cold dead -I love it!!! They are a prize PITA, inelegant and IMO an unnecessary imposition on the enjoyment of this site. Your fix is a classic.
I can't but agree with other posters' though... it does seem less than ideal that we have to make a change to our OS locally to fix an issue imposed on us by the administrators of this site. Obviously there must be plenty of other people out there with the same issue, assuming their local systems to be at fault. The administrators here must be aware of this issue and so should either move to rectify it at server level or remove these ads forthwith.
I can't but agree with other posters' though... it does seem less than ideal that we have to make a change to our OS locally to fix an issue imposed on us by the administrators of this site. Obviously there must be plenty of other people out there with the same issue, assuming their local systems to be at fault. The administrators here must be aware of this issue and so should either move to rectify it at server level or remove these ads forthwith.
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Yep, it's happening here too!!! I just thought it was my laptop and wireless access. Am pretty computer-savvy, but not sure if I want to go fussing around with code stuff to fix it - may just wait and see if the administrators can fix it?!?!? And put up with it until then. Then again, maybe I'll try.......................
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Have a go Darkness -it's a doddle.
I hope the admins will act appropriately and leave this thread here where most people are likely to see it, rather than move it to an esoteric computer-specific forum visited only by geeks. This is info that needs to be readily available to everyone.
I hope the admins will act appropriately and leave this thread here where most people are likely to see it, rather than move it to an esoteric computer-specific forum visited only by geeks. This is info that needs to be readily available to everyone.
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i assume the option is everyone sing up for a $5 per month account or just put up with the ads. Web sites like this just dont run themselves, the e-business model that is being used here is the standard forum supscrition model used across the web, it is great that there are free accounts and thus this creates the need for advertising. Google advertising is one of the most sucessful forms of revenue for many web services such as pprune and why google make $6b per year. it is also one of the best ways to market your company. i would show my brilliance with all the stats under the sun but - i think i would be shot down.
good luck to pprune, everyone here whinges if people fly for free these guys are just trying to make a buck too.
thats my 2 cents anyway
good luck to pprune, everyone here whinges if people fly for free these guys are just trying to make a buck too.
thats my 2 cents anyway
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I think you are missing the point here lk978: the revenue-raising advertisements are causing an issue that obviously leads most people to assume there to be a fault within their own computer. Nobody objects to anyone trying to make a coin -we all do that in one way or another. However when our efforts to raise schekels cause problems for a number of our customers, it is necessary to revisit our decisions and where necessary make improvements -or risk losing those customers. That is the point of this thread.
These Google ads are causing a number of users issues within their browsers. That is the issue that needs to be sorted. It has nothing to do with how Danny chooses to raise revenue on his site, beyond the fact that in its current iteration, there is a fault that needs rectifying.
These Google ads are causing a number of users issues within their browsers. That is the issue that needs to be sorted. It has nothing to do with how Danny chooses to raise revenue on his site, beyond the fact that in its current iteration, there is a fault that needs rectifying.
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With the greatest of respect, why are you dumb bastards (I mean this in a caring and sharing way) still using Microsoft products???
Switch to Firefox - a free open source browser, and your problems (and virii attacks) will disappear. Might as well get Thunderbird email software at the same time.
Download from www.mozilla.org you'll thank me.
Switch to Firefox - a free open source browser, and your problems (and virii attacks) will disappear. Might as well get Thunderbird email software at the same time.
Download from www.mozilla.org you'll thank me.
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haha YesTAM 
This particular dumb bastard still uses Microsoft because someting like 97% of my customers still do too... I need to be seeing what they are seeing, as they are seeing it. Firefox is OK (I have it here and even use it occasionally) but I don't like the way it displays some things and I don't have the time to spend trying to figure out another piece of software and customise it to do what IE already does -out of the box.
This particular dumb bastard still uses Microsoft because someting like 97% of my customers still do too... I need to be seeing what they are seeing, as they are seeing it. Firefox is OK (I have it here and even use it occasionally) but I don't like the way it displays some things and I don't have the time to spend trying to figure out another piece of software and customise it to do what IE already does -out of the box.
This particular dumb bastard still uses Microsoft because someting like 97% of my customers still do too... I need to be seeing what they are seeing, as they are seeing it. Firefox is OK (I have it here and even use it occasionally) but I don't like the way it displays some things and I don't have the time to spend trying to figure out another piece of software and customise it to do what IE already does -out of the box.
IE is terrible, with its proprietry coding and bloat in general.
www.opera.com user for years here, wouldn't think of using anything else. Years ahead of IE in pretty much every way.
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Good one J430
Just did your fix. Easy. But why should I have to do it? I noticed PPrune was down for website maintenance recently and the funny behaviour only ocurred after this?
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Glad it helped. For those not to savy, its really not hard. Its no harder than editing a letter in MS Word or something. Just remember you need to use Notepad not Word no change it.
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Shock! Horror!
Why are you guys even using the "back" button?
Using the "back" button can be an extremely inefficient way of doing your browsing - especially if the page you are going back to is laden with ads and popups.
Open the link you wish to go to in a new browser window, or on a "new tab" if you are using IE7. Then, when you have finished viewing it, just close that window (or tab). The original page will still be somewhere on your screen so you won't have to reload it.
In fact, over a slow connection (such as dialup), you can be reading one topic whilst several others are loading - the key is to open the pages in new windows (or new tabs). On expensive connections (such as via a mobile phone), you really should open all the pages first (via separate browsers, or tabs), then disconnect, then spend the next 30 minutes or so doing the reading.
On IE browsers prior to IE7, right click on the link you wish to go to and choose "Open in new window". On IE7, right click and choose "Open in new tab". Read the page then close it. No need to reload the original page!
Guys, come on!
Using the "back" button can be an extremely inefficient way of doing your browsing - especially if the page you are going back to is laden with ads and popups.
Open the link you wish to go to in a new browser window, or on a "new tab" if you are using IE7. Then, when you have finished viewing it, just close that window (or tab). The original page will still be somewhere on your screen so you won't have to reload it.
In fact, over a slow connection (such as dialup), you can be reading one topic whilst several others are loading - the key is to open the pages in new windows (or new tabs). On expensive connections (such as via a mobile phone), you really should open all the pages first (via separate browsers, or tabs), then disconnect, then spend the next 30 minutes or so doing the reading.
On IE browsers prior to IE7, right click on the link you wish to go to and choose "Open in new window". On IE7, right click and choose "Open in new tab". Read the page then close it. No need to reload the original page!
Guys, come on!