This is difficult to articulate, since it's quite strange. But various aspects of different websites refuse to work. Three examples:
1) GOG website, I am logged in, I click to favourite a game, and the log-in box pops up asking me to log-in again. I do so and it crashes back to the homepage without favouriting the game I want. I try again, process repeats. The favourite button and check-out buttons refuse to work. It keeps asking me to log-in despite my being logged in, and my username at the top of the screen.
2) Barclays Bank - I go through their whole convoluted log-in process, only to hit the final button and for it to crash back to the main page, with one of several error codes. For whatever reason, my computer and the Barclays website refuse to co-operate.
3) UK government websites pertaining to your driving license. I wanted to check if I'd gotten a ticket, filled in my details, and it refused to move to the next screen, claiming it timed out. I had to use my bloody mobile phone to check this. This seems related to previous problems, because a lot of seems similar to time out issues. Anyway, no UK government website works on my laptop.
There are other websites where similar problems occur. Some interactive aspect of the website, be it the log-in box, or a specific button that does something, refuses to work. If I had to make a guess, I think it might be Java related? I don't even know if all these problems have the same root cause - bottom line is, my laptop seems to be ****ed!
Websites which mostly work OK: Bordersdown, eBay.co.uk, PayPal, Kickstarter, CreateSpace, Amazon, Google Translate, Netflix, MobyGames, Hotmail, several others.
I am running Firefox Quantum 63.0.1 (64-bit) on a Windows 7 laptop.
I tried disabling all Firefox add-ons, and running Forefox in safe mode. Same problem.
Barclays website gives instructions to clear the cache and cookies for these specific error codes. I've done this a hundred times, lost all my log-ins as a result, and the problem STILL persists. Wiping the cache does nothing.
I tried using Internet Explorer, which I never use for anything, same problem.
I tried disabling my firewall and real-time system protection, but the problem still persists.
The only solution to this is to use a different computer. Which I hate having to do. This laptop is my work horse, and it's what I take with me when travelling - I absolutely NEED it to work for these things.
Does anyone have any idea what it could be? Even where to start looking? So far I've concluded it can't be my browser or add-ons, because I disable them and have tried IE, same problem. And it can't be my firewall or system protection, because I disabled those too. It seems to be something in the guts of the Operating System. Could it be Java? I always update it and the problem does not occur on other computers.
How do I even find out what this problem is?
1) GOG website, I am logged in, I click to favourite a game, and the log-in box pops up asking me to log-in again. I do so and it crashes back to the homepage without favouriting the game I want. I try again, process repeats. The favourite button and check-out buttons refuse to work. It keeps asking me to log-in despite my being logged in, and my username at the top of the screen.
2) Barclays Bank - I go through their whole convoluted log-in process, only to hit the final button and for it to crash back to the main page, with one of several error codes. For whatever reason, my computer and the Barclays website refuse to co-operate.
3) UK government websites pertaining to your driving license. I wanted to check if I'd gotten a ticket, filled in my details, and it refused to move to the next screen, claiming it timed out. I had to use my bloody mobile phone to check this. This seems related to previous problems, because a lot of seems similar to time out issues. Anyway, no UK government website works on my laptop.
There are other websites where similar problems occur. Some interactive aspect of the website, be it the log-in box, or a specific button that does something, refuses to work. If I had to make a guess, I think it might be Java related? I don't even know if all these problems have the same root cause - bottom line is, my laptop seems to be ****ed!
Websites which mostly work OK: Bordersdown, eBay.co.uk, PayPal, Kickstarter, CreateSpace, Amazon, Google Translate, Netflix, MobyGames, Hotmail, several others.
I am running Firefox Quantum 63.0.1 (64-bit) on a Windows 7 laptop.
I tried disabling all Firefox add-ons, and running Forefox in safe mode. Same problem.
Barclays website gives instructions to clear the cache and cookies for these specific error codes. I've done this a hundred times, lost all my log-ins as a result, and the problem STILL persists. Wiping the cache does nothing.
I tried using Internet Explorer, which I never use for anything, same problem.
I tried disabling my firewall and real-time system protection, but the problem still persists.
The only solution to this is to use a different computer. Which I hate having to do. This laptop is my work horse, and it's what I take with me when travelling - I absolutely NEED it to work for these things.
Does anyone have any idea what it could be? Even where to start looking? So far I've concluded it can't be my browser or add-ons, because I disable them and have tried IE, same problem. And it can't be my firewall or system protection, because I disabled those too. It seems to be something in the guts of the Operating System. Could it be Java? I always update it and the problem does not occur on other computers.
How do I even find out what this problem is?
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