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Problem with Yahoo... v. v. slow. HELP!

  • 15-09-2006 12:08pm
    #1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,753 ✭✭✭


    I have http://uk.yahoo.com/ set as my home page and over the last few days it's taking ages to load, at least 2 or 3 minutes! :eek:

    It's the same if I type in yahoo.com...
    It's the same if I'm signed in or not...
    If I change my homepage to Google it loads as usual.

    Can anyone help, please? What could the problem be? I'm stumped! :o

    (I'm on Clearwire wireless broadband BTW)

    thanks for any advice!


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 6,131 ✭✭✭subway


    go to "start" > "run" > type cmd into the box and click run

    the type
    tracert uk.yahoo.com

    then post the results


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,753 ✭✭✭sudzs


    Thanks!

    O.K., did that. This is what I got...

    'tracertuk.yahoo.com is not recognised as an internal or external command,operable progrmme or batch file'


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,491 ✭✭✭Foxwood


    sudzs wrote:
    Thanks!

    O.K., did that. This is what I got...

    'tracertuk.yahoo.com is not recognised as an internal or external command,operable progrmme or batch file'
    You need a new keyboard - your space bar is broken!

    :D


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,753 ✭✭✭sudzs


    Yes, and me 'A' key is on the blink aswell! :rolleyes:


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 6,131 ✭✭✭subway


    subway types : tracert uk.yahoo.com
    sudz types : tracertuk.yahoo.com

    you missed a space ;)


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,753 ✭✭✭sudzs


    oh yeah, oops! :o

    Have done that now and there's lots of stuff there that I don't understand!

    Is there a particular bit you need you need??


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 6,131 ✭✭✭subway


    all of it is important.
    it will highlight any issues in your connection to yahoo


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,753 ✭✭✭sudzs


    This is it....

    and actually, it's just http://uk.yahoo.com/ now, www.yahoo.com is o.k now. And thanks for taking the time to help out a techno-phobe! :)



    Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
    (C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

    C:\Documents and Settings\Sara O'Neill>tracert uk.yahoo.com

    Tracing route to www.euro.yahoo.akadns.net [217.146.186.51]
    over a maximum of 30 hops:

    1 29 ms 33 ms 29 ms 85.134.128.1
    2 40 ms 28 ms 33 ms fe-0-0-0_0.bdr001.dublin.clearwire.ie [85.134.25
    5.13]
    3 48 ms 32 ms 28 ms mm3078.dublin1.eu.level3.net [212.187.194.65]
    4 25 ms 28 ms 33 ms 213.242.106.30
    5 31 ms 33 ms 51 ms gi-1-3.bas2.ird.yahoo.com [217.146.191.139]
    6 29 ms 33 ms * www.vip.ird.yahoo.com [217.146.186.51]
    7 32 ms * 32 ms www.vip.ird.yahoo.com [217.146.186.51]

    Trace complete.

    C:\Documents and Settings\Sara O'Neill>


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,491 ✭✭✭Foxwood


    sudzs wrote:
    This is it....

    and actually, it's just http://uk.yahoo.com/ now, www.yahoo.com is o.k now. And thanks for taking the time to help out a techno-phobe! :)

    C:\Documents and Settings\[redacted]>tracert uk.yahoo.com

    Tracing route to www.euro.yahoo.akadns.net [217.146.186.51]
    over a maximum of 30 hops:

    1 29 ms 33 ms 29 ms 85.134.128.1
    2 40 ms 28 ms 33 ms fe-0-0-0_0.bdr001.dublin.clearwire.ie [85.134.25
    5.13]
    3 48 ms 32 ms 28 ms mm3078.dublin1.eu.level3.net [212.187.194.65]
    4 25 ms 28 ms 33 ms 213.242.106.30
    5 31 ms 33 ms 51 ms gi-1-3.bas2.ird.yahoo.com [217.146.191.139]
    6 29 ms 33 ms * www.vip.ird.yahoo.com [217.146.186.51]
    7 32 ms * 32 ms www.vip.ird.yahoo.com [217.146.186.51]

    Trace complete.

    C:\Documents and Settings\[redacted]>
    There's nothing wrong with that tracroute.

    Do you get the same delays going to http://ie.yahoo.com or http://217.146.186.51 ?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,753 ✭✭✭sudzs


    Very strange... :confused:

    Could it be some sort of virus?? Though I did a full scan and checked for updates and did a spyware scan aswell.

    I suppose I could change my homepage but it's handy for others in the house who use Yahoo mail. (And I can't bear the US Yahoo!)


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,753 ✭✭✭sudzs


    Foxwood wrote:
    There's nothing wrong with that tracroute.

    Do you get the same delays going to http://ie.yahoo.com or http://217.146.186.51 ?

    And yes, same delay on http://ie.yahoo.com/ and just got "document not found" on the other one.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,491 ✭✭✭Foxwood


    sudzs wrote:
    Very strange... :confused:

    Could it be some sort of virus??
    It's unlikely. It's actually more likely to be a problem with the adserver that Yahoo are using - the page may not display properly until the ads are loaded.
    I suppose I could change my homepage but it's handy for others in the house who use Yahoo mail. (And I can't bear the US Yahoo!)
    You could always try the Australian one, if you want non-US english language home page!
    http://au.yahoo.com

    By the way, have you tried an aternative browser? And have you cleared your browsers cache?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,753 ✭✭✭sudzs


    Foxwood wrote:

    By the way, have you tried an aternative browser? And have you cleared your browsers cache?

    Yikes! :eek: What does that mean???


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,491 ✭✭✭Foxwood


    sudzs wrote:
    Yikes! :eek: What does that mean???
    Alternative browser means go immediately to www.GetFirefox.com and download and install it. Try using it instead of IE - it has numerous features that you like as you get to use them, and it is generally considered more secure than IE.

    In Internet Explorer, go to Tools/Internet Options, and under "Temporary Internet Files" in the middle of the page, click on "Delete Files". This will clean out the cache which is probably cluttered up and doing more harm than good.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,753 ✭✭✭sudzs


    Thanks for that!

    Though I think I'll stick with Internet Explorer for now... maybe I'll get more adventerous at a later date! ;)


    I've cleared the files but no difference to Yahoo. :(

    And I clicked on you link for the Aussie Yahoo and guess what... slow as a wet week aswell! :rolleyes:


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,491 ✭✭✭Foxwood


    sudzs wrote:
    Though I think I'll stick with Internet Explorer for now... maybe I'll get more adventerous at a later date! ;)
    You're being adventurous by sticking with the less than secure IE. You be much less adventurous, and much less likely to have to sort out problems with Firefox.

    Even if you don't use it for anything else, download Firefox now and see if you can open your Yahoo home page. That will tell you whether you have a networking problem or a browser problem. It won't take much more time to do that test than to post another message here.


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