Do you also suddenly get google ads on top of threads? I am logged in so I am a little surprised. Additionally I participated in the last fundraising with a reasonable sum not to see ads. What is going on here? Is ILM entering the commercial phase now? Or am I making a mistake? Usually I use firefox and I am logged into my Gmail account at the same time (it is the same when I am not).
― it's the distortion, stupid! (alex in mainhattan), Wednesday, 31 August 2016 21:26 (nine years ago)
W10/Edge.
once i sign in, no ads for me !!?
i would check your system for malware/spyware shyte.
that said, to be honest, even if there were ads,
i would not complain given the amount of time i dig around this place and get enjoyment.
― mark e, Wednesday, 31 August 2016 22:16 (nine years ago)
it happens when you click a link that points to a different server.
if you see an ad, you will also see a 'Login' link rather than a Logout one.
So, login.
― Mark G, Wednesday, 31 August 2016 23:07 (nine years ago)
i think it has to do with malware, my virus program found something. thanks for the hint, mark e. i will report later. there is also this strange phenomenon that the logout does not seem to work occasionally.
― it's the distortion, stupid! (alex in mainhattan), Thursday, 1 September 2016 11:52 (nine years ago)
So my virus program moved a couple of strange social media programs on the verge of vira into the quarantaine but nothing has changed really. I still have the Google ad on top when I am logged into ILM. I have Windows 10 now which I have installed over Windows 7. Somehing is going wrong but ii don't know what. tThe computer has also become quite slow again and the Microsoft icons in the task bar have been repplaced by generic icons.
― it's the distortion, stupid! (alex in mainhattan), Sunday, 4 September 2016 08:22 (nine years ago)
i would run this in report mode, and see what it says :
https://security.symantec.com/nbrt/npe.aspx
i had to use this on my dads laptop, as he had downloaded various free monitoring utilities, and needless to say, they were nasty buggers to get rid of.
it may help.
re W10/performance.
well, this is a minefield.
i'll explain what i had to do to fix my sony vaio laptop as in taskmanager it was displaying 100% disk useage all time, thereby killing the performance.
- disabled all the sony viao utilities that came pre-installed as these were all in action at the same time as when the W10 utilies were running, causing massive disc contention.
the sony vaio applications were scheduled to run on start up and then every X minutes.
right mouse click on the windows icon > computer management > task scheduler
- switched off all appliction notifications.
- stopped the W10 Mail app from sync'ing up emails and use browser instead. the sync'ing process seemed to be incredibly thirsty, and would often get stuck.
this was in an earlier edition of W10, so it could have improved.
- stopped using the W10/Facebook app, as it was dreadfully slow and often crashed. just use browser.
- after you upgrade to W10, the start menu with the large tiles was populated with a ton of crap.
i read that the excess of icons can be pretty nasty of resource, so removed all the stuff i never use.
note : this is the large 'start' sidebar next to the list of applications.
- if you switch your laptop off at night, then when you start up in the morning the performance hit could be due to W10 checking for updates - W10 does this automatically during the night, and so, could be on catch up in the morning.
check your settings for W10 updates, as you can override the defaults to make it more suitable to your needs.
once i did all this, my laptop has been absolutely fantastic.
good luck.
― mark e, Sunday, 4 September 2016 09:31 (nine years ago)