Problems using HD Library and Forum
Posted: Fri Jan 21, 2005 12:33 pm
When was the last time you rebooted your computer?
If you leave your PC on all the time there is always the possibility that some piece of data or info is being held somewhere in the system causing your problem. Turn your PC off and back on to reboot it.
Reset your cookies
Cookies collect data from a site to make your life easier. As an example if you told the forum to remember you every time you visit then your login user name and password is stored in the cookie. Other things can be stored as well and sometimes the data does not match up with the site creating intermittent problems. Bear in mind if you reset your cookies all automated logins will be lost so make sure you have a record of that information before proceeding.
Internet Explorer: At the top of the browser click tools and then internet options. The middle section is called Temporary Internet Files and click on delete cookies.
Resetting your files and history
Files are collected by your browser and stored to speed up the application. Unfortunately the website may change something in their code and this will not be corrected by the browser until you delete the files forcing the browser to reload them from the website next time you visit. The only damage caused by selecting this function is that your first visit to the websites you use may take longer than normal to load. History stores where you have been over a period of time, typically up to two weeks only. Since clearing this out has fixed some problems for what ever reason it is included here.
Internet Explorer: At the top of the browser click tools and then internet options. The middle section is called Temporary Internet Files and click on delete files. The bottom section is called History and click on clear history.
Your internet provider can cause weird problems
The internet works through a complex system of routers that was designed to circumvent any damage to the internet system in one location and reroute the information using different routers so everything keeps working. Due to spam many providers started incorporating spam filters in the routers and that data simply gets tossed never to be recovered. HDTV Magazine had a problem with AOL for about 9 months due to this. Those AOL users could not receive anything from the magazine and the only solution was for the subscriber to use a different provider. The best HD Library can do is list those internet providers that members have had problems with.
AOL
AOL - member used Internet Explorer browser rather than the AOL browser
If you leave your PC on all the time there is always the possibility that some piece of data or info is being held somewhere in the system causing your problem. Turn your PC off and back on to reboot it.
Reset your cookies
Cookies collect data from a site to make your life easier. As an example if you told the forum to remember you every time you visit then your login user name and password is stored in the cookie. Other things can be stored as well and sometimes the data does not match up with the site creating intermittent problems. Bear in mind if you reset your cookies all automated logins will be lost so make sure you have a record of that information before proceeding.
Internet Explorer: At the top of the browser click tools and then internet options. The middle section is called Temporary Internet Files and click on delete cookies.
Resetting your files and history
Files are collected by your browser and stored to speed up the application. Unfortunately the website may change something in their code and this will not be corrected by the browser until you delete the files forcing the browser to reload them from the website next time you visit. The only damage caused by selecting this function is that your first visit to the websites you use may take longer than normal to load. History stores where you have been over a period of time, typically up to two weeks only. Since clearing this out has fixed some problems for what ever reason it is included here.
Internet Explorer: At the top of the browser click tools and then internet options. The middle section is called Temporary Internet Files and click on delete files. The bottom section is called History and click on clear history.
Your internet provider can cause weird problems
The internet works through a complex system of routers that was designed to circumvent any damage to the internet system in one location and reroute the information using different routers so everything keeps working. Due to spam many providers started incorporating spam filters in the routers and that data simply gets tossed never to be recovered. HDTV Magazine had a problem with AOL for about 9 months due to this. Those AOL users could not receive anything from the magazine and the only solution was for the subscriber to use a different provider. The best HD Library can do is list those internet providers that members have had problems with.
AOL
AOL - member used Internet Explorer browser rather than the AOL browser