Slow, slow, slow

[abunaitoo]

Yesterday was slow, but today is even slower.
Opening site, logging in, changing screens, reply to PM's, just about everything is slow.
It's the same on both my desktop computers.
Something going on???

[Winger Ed.]

Maybe your system is like me: It only works when it feels like it.:bigsmyl2:

[GhostHawk]

I've noticed it is slow as well.

[scattershot]

Yeah, seems to be getting worse.

[Hannibal]

Been like this for a week or so. Occasionally I get warnings that the site isn't secure also.

[Land Owner]

Couple of things (or three or four) to do:

Download and run SPYWARE BLASTER
Download and run CCLEANER
Download and run AVAST FREE ANTIVIRUS

At the very least:
Dump cache and browser history through CNTRL-ALT-DELETE

Following these, COLD BOOT (shut down, wait 30-seconds, turn on) your PC.

When I suspect malware or experience slow response, these, like Kaopectate, have kept my PC insulated and regular.

You are also in Hawaii, where The World is laser focused on reading about the fire, hundreds of local residents missing and presumed dead, The US President's visit, etc., so the personal PC bandwidth there is going to be slow until the World shifts focus in the next "Hocus Pocus" news cycle.

[JimB..]

Couple of things (or three or four) to do:

Download and run SPYWARE BLASTER
Download and run CCLEANER
Download and run AVAST FREE ANTIVIRUS

At the very least:
Dump cache and browser history through CNTRL-ALT-DELETE

Following these, COLD BOOT (shut down, wait 30-seconds, turn on) your PC.

When I suspect malware or experience slow response, these, like Kaopectate, have kept my PC insulated and regular.

You are also in Hawaii, where The World is laser focused on reading about the fire, hundreds of local residents missing and presumed dead, The US President's visit, etc., so the personal PC bandwidth there is going to be slow until the World shifts focus in the next "Hocus Pocus" news cycle.

All good advice, but in this case it’s at the server end.

[Daekar]

It's definitely server side, it's happening on all my devices regardless of location and connection.

[GhostHawk]

For sure server side, Youtube loaded in less than a second. Took 30 seconds to load a new page of threads here and about the same to open a thread in a new tab.

Someone messed with the pooch somewhere.

On the plus side after a slow start it picked up and was doing better this morning. TY

[uscra112]

Last night my browser would time out waiting. Sometimes I can blame my HughesNet, but there hasn't been ANY weather here at all.......

And all other sites are normal.

[super6]

I think the powers that be are fighting a hack on this site. I have no Ideal, I do not think our equipment is the problem. Happened to me this morning 2 blue screens and several bumps later all was well. The blue screens were after oh so slow loading. I saw a change in the quick links screens as well.

[abunaitoo]

I've had it time out a few times also.
I do run a clean/restore up once a month.
It does sometimes help.
I believe it's a gooberment conspiracy.
Like the schools, they know kids, these days, have a very short attention span.
If they don't get what they want, NOW!!!!, they just ignore it and and move on.
So gooberment is slowing down any site like this.
The WOKES are also doing it.
Sad times we live in these days.

[WILCO]

Brutal today.

[.429&H110]

As slow as this may be, it's still faster than my modem was in New Hampshire.

[abunaitoo]

I timed out once, then waited a while before I could get on.
It seems to be getting worse.
I still think it's the gooberments doing.

[abunaitoo]

I just noticed it got fast again.
I wonder that once you log on, and post a few times, it helps to remember who you are???
I closed the site, and went back on and it was still like normal.
Fast again.
I wonder if the gooberment read my last post, suspecting them of causing the problem????
They are watching us.
Be afraid, be very afraid.

[abunaitoo]

So I'm on my other desktop.
Timed out, then took a long time to come up, but couldn't do anything.
Finally it opened the Our Town page.
Something is going on.

[abunaitoo]

Noticed that if I'm logged on for an hour, things speed up.
It remembers me.
Kind of strange.
Never had this happen before on other web sites.

[Txcowboy52]

My phone has been working slow for the last two days. Internet signal shows to be good.

[abunaitoo]

Been on for a while now, and it's working fine.
Maybe it's just getting old and has a hard time remembering people on-line.
Happens to me more and more these days.

[myg30]

Morning all, same issue here on I phone being slow.
I did a search for the forum name, clicked on it, opened it and logged in.
Working as fast as could be now.
I will go back to my saved icon and see if it’s working

[MaryB]

just a server fart...

[firefly1957]

I was having no issues then it started as I opened more tabs at Castboolits ....

[GhostHawk]

Much better this morning. TY

[45workhorse]

just a server fart...

Thanks that made my morning!:happy dance:

[abunaitoo]

Back to normal this morning.
Hope this has passed.

[abunaitoo]

Spoke to soon.
Was slow again just now.
I do notice that after a while, it gets better.
Now is not to bad.

[contender1]

It's been very, very slow for me as well for a few days now. Other sites & such,, normal speeds (which is still very slow compared to what my wife has at work. We live in a rural area, and very few options for internet.)

I just figured the server for this Forum is experiencing a glitch & such. I just quit trying to read & visit the sections I normally go to. I can't waste all day waiting for stuff to load. I've probably missed several things by now.

[Ben]

I tried several times today to get into the site.
No luck..........

[abunaitoo]

It worked as normal for me today.
I'm happy, happy, happy!!!!![smilie=w:

[sparky45]

Sloooooooooooooow.

[Gunload Master]

Did some tweeks. Let me know how its going.

[Texas by God]

Back to normal now. It seems.


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[Gunload Master]

Back to normal now. It seems.


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Please dont jinx it :)

[jsizemore]

A little slow until today. 2-3 minute delay when trying to download a new page.

[square butte]

Just now - 60 seconds to get on and 60 seconds to enter a thread or change page - And same to post this reply

[Gunload Master]

How bout now?

[deces]

There is probably too many advertisement banners blinking at the top of the page chewing up the bandwidth.

[sparky45]

STILL super slow.

[GhostHawk]

For several days it has been better. Now this morning at 8:40 CDT it was slow again. Still have not tracked it down.

Takes a full minute just to post a reply.

[MaryB]

Back to snail paced...

[sparky45]

Rockin today!!

[oley55]

The load and refresh speed has been all over the place lately and I have frequently had the site time-out on me, BUT even with these challenges this site absolutely rocks.

From what I can tell this is a "not a for profit" enterprise and I can not imagine what it takes to keep something like this thing afloat on a wish and a prayer budget. I for one am very thankful and accept both the good and not so good. I doubt upping your membership contributions would hurt and may just help.

[jsizemore]

30 second delay. Better than yesterday.

[bedbugbilly]

I'm still experiencing problems as well. This morning, it took forever to open up the site and then it was slow for about twenty minutes when I opened up different threads. For me, it seems to "come and go"

I'm not a computer whiz . . . but I clear my history daily or sometimes several times a day as someone mentioned doing that IIRC in one of the other threads about this issue. I have shut my computer down and rebooted it - still and issue.

I don't have this issue with any of the other sites I have bookmarked - they open up instantly. In fact, we just switched to another Internet provider who put in fiver optic and our internet is much faster than the Comcast Xfinity we switched from.

Odd that it seems to come and go . . . . last winter in AZ . . . we are on COX Communications there . . . I experienced the same issue at times. Some tried telling me it was our Internet service, but this site was the only one I had issues with??? We have more than ample service both here in MI and in AZ as my wife streams the TV and with that on, her using her iPad and on the Mac Laptop at the same time, there are no issues with other sites? a

So is this a "site issue"?????

I'm not "complaining" as I now issues can occur, just odd that there have been a number of threads complaining about the issue, but I don't believe I have seen any kind of response from the powers that be in regards to it?

[Gunload Master]

Basically ive been bandaiding this forum with this old software for a few years. I havent been a huge fan of the new forum software and the upgrades will really change the look and feel of this place. Unfortunatly all the backend server software that supports this old software is way outdated and not supported... so basically im between a rock and hard place. I either upgrade this forum or its going to keep getting worse. But i know the challenges associated with a big upgrade and i know you guys will still make it your home after the remodel!

[Big Tom]

At this point, I think the bigger risk is that people decide not to use the forum anymore in its current state. 30-60 seconds response time or a complete timeout is not really a valid alternative. I'd say go for it - change is a constant in life and people (even us older farts...) are able to adapt!

[super6]

Basically ive been bandaiding this forum with this old software for a few years. I havent been a huge fan of the new forum software and the upgrades will really change the look and feel of this place. Unfortunatly all the backend server software that supports this old software is way outdated and not supported... so basically im between a rock and hard place. I either upgrade this forum or its going to keep getting worse. But i know the challenges associated with a big upgrade and i know you guys will still make it your home after the remodel!


I say go for it, I think we can adapt to a change. I am sure the membership will chip in.

[abunaitoo]

Slow, slow, slow again.
Was good for a little while.
I remember this happening the last time an upgrade was done.
Hope it gets fixed.
Hate to lose this place.

[GhostHawk]

Yesterday was beyond slow, refused to load at all. Unsure if it was a DOS attack or someone tripped over the power cord. But I did not get my fix at all last night and I am NOT happy about it. And I am looking at 31 post's is all I get this morning. (Blows Raspberry)

[Wag]

The indexes are blown. Needs a maintenance utility to be run.

--Wag--

[square butte]

This morning, only posts starting at 5:16 AM if I hit the today button - Everything lost before that. Yesterday evening there was just nothing there intelligible

[firefly1957]

Yesterday 8/31/23 I was on and this sight appeared to be working then it stopped the things I posted are not showing today at all it will be interesting if they turn up! I did check and they all came back as posted including the 2nd thread in the new Vintage rifle and range scope area.

[deltaenterprizes]

Totally crashed last night around 8PM CDT!

[Land Owner]

Still working reliably, fast, and accurate here - if that helps.

I am Old School, but not adverse to updates in software, platform look, performance, and the (perhaps) no-so-intuitive "adventure". I get by with the help of my friends. We help one another. Reading the instructions is also pretty helpful...

[Later Note] I definitely made a response yesterday to this CB link https://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?459650-308-Winchester-Cast-Bullet-Load-With-Blue-Dot, which no longer exists. So, the backup that is currently loaded has a date-time stamp prior to my response.

[Gunload Master]

Let me know speed issues after the foobar yesterday.

[abunaitoo]

Yep, was down yesterday.
Still slow now, but much better.

[alfadan]

Are you moving to zenforo (?) software?

[Gunload Master]

Thats an option im looking into. This software was great years ago, but their last versions have been junk.

[Minerat]

It's speedy for me right now, even back to normal feeling.

[Wag]

Seems to be working well now.

By all means, update the software. Let us know if you need more coin to make it happen.

--Wag--

[Shawlerbrook]

Same here, but with are lousy rural Internet I never know what’s the problem.

[redhawk0]

Not running well for me the past several days. I get frequent server timeouts. Hit the reload button and after about 3-4 times...then it connects again. This has been going on for about 10 days...but its been especially bad the past 3.

[MrWolf]

I did OK the first few posts then hit the stop sign. Still having issues.

Edit: This response kept timing out. Went to other web pages and came back after a few.

[MaryB]

Thats an option im looking into. This software was great years ago, but their last versions have been junk.

Fora seems to be pretty solid...HiPoint forum runs it

[abunaitoo]

Seem we're back again.
Logged on like normal.
Hope for the best.

[Gunload Master]

Tweaked more settings. Let me know about speed.

[farmbif]

speed is good for me now. but past couple days spent time writing my $0.02 worth on a few of the different discussions going on and none of them posted. whatever the matter its good that this community is still alive and well and the web site has not been sold off to some filthy rich investment banker that has no real interest in what we do or how we do it.

[deces]

Will the search bar be functional after the update?

[Good Cheer]

Not bad Saturday afternoon.

[Wag]

Sunday morning, working like normal.

--Wag--

[redhawk0]

Tweaked more settings. Let me know about speed.

It's been good for me today. No further issues.

Thanx for the tweaks.

redhawk

[deltaenterprizes]

Working fine today!

[super6]

Me to, Just like nothing ever happened! Will see how it goes from hear! Thanks. To all that worked to make this happen!

[Gunload Master]

Knock on wood :)

[Gunload Master]

Will the search bar be functional after the update?

Whats going on with the search bar?

[GhostHawk]

Last 3 days have been good for me. Thank you!

[abunaitoo]

Just checked in, and it's working fine.
Hope everything got fixed.

[firefly1957]

Labor day morning and the forum is working well .

[abunaitoo]

Seems to be back to normal now.
Was something fixed????
Did the gooberment stop messing with us????

[No_1]

I was online when it began acting up last night around 6:45 EST. I immediately contacted Willy who made some adjustments and things are running more in line with what we are accustomed to.

[abunaitoo]

Seems to be working fine now.