"Waiting for blahblah.com" and slow page loading.

Emp_Fab

Lately, I've noticed lots of websites take ages to fully load, with multiple messages in the bottom left status bar thingy (using Chrome) saying "waiting for facebook.com / twitter.com / whatever" - always sites that are not the one I'm waiting to view.

It's getting ridiculous now - pages are taking too long to load.

Is there anything I can do about it ?  I tried adding the likes of facebook.com etc to a hosts file pointing at 127.0.0.1, but that made no real difference.

Myranda

Tried clearing temporary internet files? Re-install of windows? That sort of thing?

Before re-installing windows I'd clear internet files, check the computer is otherwise running fine and do a reboot (and possibly turn off for a few minutes to let it cool down) of the router. If those don't work, uninstall chrome and do a clean re-install of that.

Then if all that doesn't speed things up noticeably back everything up and do a completely clean install of the OS and software - total formatting of main drive and all.

Somewhere in there should be an online speed test (Speedtest.net) before and after.

Also before and after 

press Start+R to open the run menu.

Type cmd [enter] - This will open a command prompt

Type ping <web address> (without the <>s) eg "ping www.thefretboard.co.uk"

Type tracert <web address> (without the <>s) eg "tracert www.thefretboard.co.uk"

The second of those will show if your ISP is routing things badly - if it is then *maybe* a phonecall could improve things

Emp_Fab

Thanks for the suggestions Myranda, but... I won't be reinstalling - it's not the OS or the routing table.  It's the browser waiting for replies from all the linked sites.  If I could get Chrome to stop doing that, I'd be sorted.

dogload

This website is extremely clunky using Chrome at work.

bertie

local cache (clear it out)

cookies

web site construction bloatware

add-ins and traffic/browsing grabbers (the main one, especially with FBook and google)

all add to download processing times

bertie

dogload said:

This website is extremely clunky using Chrome at work.

I think it must be your work network,  we use IE at work and its pretty poor using that, I also use chrome on the same lappy - and its pretty quick

Myranda

I still like the re-install everything... 

dogload

bertie said:

dogload said:

This website is extremely clunky using Chrome at work.

I think it must be your work network,  we use IE at work and its pretty poor using that, I also use chrome on the same lappy - and its pretty quick

More than likely,although it is a recent development. I'm probably being monitored.

Myranda

dogload said:

bertie said:

dogload said:

This website is extremely clunky using Chrome at work.

I think it must be your work network,  we use IE at work and its pretty poor using that, I also use chrome on the same lappy - and its pretty quick

More than likely,although it is a recent development. I'm probably being monitored.

Monitored by the NSA? By your IT department? 

Whose list are you on ?

mike_l

Myranda said:

I still like the re-install everything... 

It's Emp_Fab, it'll take until 2029 for him to get round to it....

dogload

Myranda said:

dogload said:

bertie said:

dogload said:

This website is extremely clunky using Chrome at work.

I think it must be your work network,  we use IE at work and its pretty poor using that, I also use chrome on the same lappy - and its pretty quick

More than likely,although it is a recent development. I'm probably being monitored.

Monitored by the NSA? By your IT department? 

Whose list are you on ?

I don't know. Just as long as it isn't Hall and Oates'

Emp_Fab

Myranda said:

I still like the re-install everything... 

Oh, so do I.  However, it's my work laptop with Win7/64 that I don't have any disc for and I can't join it to the work domain as I don't have the required account permissions.

holnrew

NoScript, DNTMe.

Ianpdq

Ccleaner ?

bertie

Emp_Fab said:

Myranda said:

I still like the re-install everything... 

Oh, so do I.  However, it's my work laptop with Win7/64 that I don't have any disc for and I can't join it to the work domain as I don't have the required account permissions.

if its a corporate laptop and being "properly managed"  Id wager its more likely additional security policies being applied by your company - in AV / intrusion detection/protection etc etc   -  Id still recommend a clean up tho

Emp_Fab

It won't be 'properly managed'.  'Poorly managed' more like.... possibly even 'Completely unmanaged' :-)

That's a thought.... I'll try it in safe mode.

Fazer

i use ghostery to block a lot of that extra linking crap, but you have to balance a little bit of ghostery processing time with the time savings on blocking the links.
also may have to white list certain items (simple enough to do) so it doesnt break pages

other than that maybe contact your isp in case its something to do with the dns servers type thing

chillidoggy

Have you tried moving from Wales to civilisation?

mike_l

chillidoggy said:

Have you tried moving from Wales to civilisation?

You're welcome to let him move to Margate.... :-\"

chillidoggy

Don't be daft Mike, I said civilisation!

monquixote

It might be crappy DNS. Try changing it to 8.8.8.8 which is Googles DNS and see if that helps. 

Is it possible you have a virus?