Posted on 07/21/2015 5:06:29 AM PDT by Chickensoup
I go to FB at least once a day to check on kids. After I visit I go to options and clear my files and caches. I also run Adblock (May the LORD bless it!(now I can go to Brietbart!))
Each time I go to FB it freezes my computer while the disk runs madly. How frozen, chickensoup? Frozen enough that it stopped a cd I was listening to dead in its tracks, only to start back up when unfrozen.
If I don't clear my caches and files there is no freezing.
Anyone else experience this?
AdwCleaner might fix those pesky ads for you:
https://toolslib.net/downloads/viewdownload/1-adwcleaner/
thank you, I’ll try it
No, never freezes for me.
I just disabled the flash.
I cannot get startpage to be my default search engine. Ideas?
Can you be more specific about what you are trying to do?
I think we have found your problem. MCafee IS notorious for being bloated and a kludge on computers. Save your money and use Microsoft security essentials it is free and will do the job better than McAffe...
Trying to make startpage my default. however I just realized that in order to make startpage my default I have to put it on the dropdown menu at the address bar. And I have deactivated that feature. So now I have it in favorites under search. I guess that is the best it can be.
I believe there was a thread a few days ago about this.
This may be a fix for you.
http://www.smartpcfixer.com/support/250/facebook-freezes
I just figured out how to make it an icon on my bar at the bottom of the screen! best yet!
There must be a name for that bar, and the bar above it?
Yes. I have it running on mine.
Its little icon similar to this: in my menu bar lets me access a few options (and read a plea for $$ -- it is shareware, not freeware.)...
Try, when you are in Facebook next, to go to the settings and see if you can find something where it is trying to sync photos etc. Also, run a google search for “facebook crashes pc” lots of hits when I just ran that search.
Try the free version of Malwarebytes.
Thank you I will
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