Hello all.

I'm hoping someone can help.

About 6 weeks ago I updated from Win XP to Win 7. 

Last night when I closed down I was told that there were 16 updates to be installed. I waited till they were installed and it switched itself off. All good so far.

Then this morning when I turned on again it said it was doing `something` for a few seconds and then loaded as normal. Still all good.

I use Google and up until this morning when I clicked on the `homepage` (top left of the screen) I was presented with a full screen of `news`, `features` `various video clips`, `celebrity gossip` `financial news`, and much much more...all accessible from the one screen...full off pictures and colour.

BUT, this morning, presumably something to do with all those updates, when I click the same `Homepage` button I'm presented with a white screen full of bland words and no photos or colour.

(I've taken a photo of my `new` screen and I'll try to add it here)

Can anyone tell me what's going on.

Many M<any thanks.

Regards

Mike.

 

Sorry about the positioning of the photo above...I'm not much cop at the technology stuff

when it was starting up, it was probably applying new settings to the registry. Not sure what the problem is with your home page though.

Refresh it?

You often get that type of layout if the page hasnt loaded correctly - ie timed-out, usually a refresh will give you the correct page - assuming that there isnt a major problem with the website causing it.

 

And as above, the churning and time wasting is it applying all the changes to the programs; be grateful, I remember one update taking upwards of 15 minutes to sort itself out on boot-up.

Refresh it?

Thank you...but I don't seem to have a `Refresh` button. If I right click on the page, I get the option to `Reload` but clicking that does absolutely nothing!

The refresh button should be at the right end of the address bar. It's a circular arrow.

Thank you so very much LGM.

The button (circular arrow as you said) was on the left rather than the right, and it didn't work the first time...but did the second time.

I'm delighted and again THANK YOU.

Regards

Mike.

The refresh button should be at the right end of the address bar. It's a circular arrow.

Or press F5

Or Ctrl + F5 does a complete reload of that page and clears any cached versions of it.

exactly the same happened to me this morning it might have been a problems with there website . I am running windows 8 with no updates

Aaargh the white screen of death....

 

Actually like said switch if off and on again.

Try a few other web pages just to check.

 

If it's still doing something funny maybe an IE update has gone wrong. Microsoft has been rolling out the update to IE10 recently.

 

IMHO download Firefox, it's better than IE anyway. Or Chrome if that's your poison and you're happy for Google to know your inside leg etc.

M$ botched last weeks Tuesday bugfix, and introduced a raft of new bugs, so watch out for further problems.

Aaargh the white screen of death....

 

Actually like said switch if off and on again.

Try a few other web pages just to check.

 

If it's still doing something funny maybe an IE update has gone wrong. Microsoft has been rolling out the update to IE10 recently.

 

IMHO download Firefox, it's better than IE anyway. Or Chrome if that's your poison and you're happy for Google to know your inside leg etc.

I thought Windows only came pre loaded with IE so people had a means to download a better browser :think:

AND access the old "Windows Update" site, which will/would only play ball if you are/were using IE.

 

Sorry for the current/past tenses, I havent used WIn Update for years, and dont even know if it still exists; I just remember it wouldnt work properly if you werent using some flavour of IE.

Yes, it still needs Internet Exploder to access it!

A lot of sources would suggest dumping IE and using Firefox. http://www.ez-download.com/mozilla-firefox/?kw=firefox&subid=EZFFUS&cust=firefox&type=firefox&lptype=bing&utm_campaign=EZFFUS&fwd=1

Much safer and more stablethan Idiot exposure .

Anyone else using Chrome on XP or Win8 noticed it's become very slow lately?

 

You'd think it was caching the whole ficking net!

A lot of sources would suggest dumping IE and using Firefox. http://www.ez-download.com/mozilla-firefox/?kw=firefox&subid=EZFFUS&cust=firefox&type=firefox&lptype=bing&utm_campaign=EZFFUS&fwd=1

Much safer and more stablethan Idiot exposure .

 

Its not just that, it is also because there are some very good add-ons that enhance security and make browsing a more pleasant experience.

 

My add-on list includes an hourly weather update system, a world clock and an instant translator, as well as ABP+,Noscript, TACO, and Flagfox for extra security.

Adblock+ is very effective. I'm so used to it now I get a bit of a surprise when I see an advert.

 

No Script is also very effective but is a bit of a pain to start with and if you're not very technical might be more of a hindrance. Good AV would probably be better.

NoScript stops loads of stuff that would go straight through most AV programs, because it blocks ALL scripts, not just malicious ones. It is amazing how many un needed scripts try to run on many websites, I have come across some (non porn) websites where 15-20 scripts try to run as the page loads; everything from ad servers to web trackers.