something wrong with this board

**martindwilson** · 12-23-2007, 08:34 PM

Admins

i am having lots of trouble with this board. 45 seconds plus to access a page. this section shows no posts even tho several are indicated in main menu.
this is not my pc/isp(sky/easynet). i have tried from work same thing(I work for BT and they have a massive connection to internet) and from my mates pc who uses another isp(virgin).I am in the U.K.
Any one else having same problems?

**shg** · 12-23-2007, 10:40 PM

It is indeed painfully slow, Martin. Something needs rebooting, more memorory, or more disk space.

**protonLeah** · 12-23-2007, 11:37 PM

I'm using the OPERA browser on a home PC running Windows XP (+1 GB memory) and a 56k dial-up connection. The Forum pages usually load in 2-3 seconds (including downloading most of the zipped files).

**oldchippy** · 12-24-2007, 06:14 AM

Originally Posted by martindwilson

Admins

i am having lots of trouble with this board. 45 seconds plus to access a page. this section shows no posts even tho several are indicated in main menu.
this is not my pc/isp(sky/easynet). i have tried from work same thing(I work for BT and they have a massive connection to internet) and from my mates pc who uses another isp(virgin).I am in the U.K.
Any one else having same problems?

Hi Martin,

I'm having the same problems - I think the Administrators gone home for Christmas!

lsmft · 12-24-2007, 06:15 AM

I have enjoyed looking over the posts on your website for some time now since I learn just from reading other's questions and replies.
Just recently, it has started taking about 2 minutes for my computer to open this website, or move to another post on this site. However other websites seem to be opening ok. Is this an issue with my computer or your website?
Thank you.

**oldchippy** · 12-24-2007, 06:20 AM

Same here

http://www.excelforum.com/showthread.php?t=627832

It'll probably take you a few minutes to follow this link!

**broro183** · 12-24-2007, 06:41 AM

Merry Christmas

ditto for me, I've almost read 1/2 a book while waiting for a few posts to load (up to 6 minutes at a time)!
See you in the New Year - hopefully Admin have any problems fixed by then.

Rob

**corinereyes** · 12-24-2007, 07:03 AM

Guys,

Same thing here. It's so slow and some fonts in this forum appears to be bigger, its not my laptop because in other forum sites its appearing to be working ok.

lsmft · 12-24-2007, 07:58 AM

Originally Posted by oldchippy

Same here

http://www.excelforum.com/showthread.php?t=627832

It'll probably take you a few minutes to follow this link!

Thanks oldchippy,
I feel better now thinking it may NOT be my computer.
This website plus the educational links that you have put together for us has been a "Godsend" over the past months and I as well as I'm sure many others here want you to know how much we appreciate your help.
I want to wish a Merry Christmas to you and all the helpful folks at EXCELTIP.COM

**VBA Noob** · 12-24-2007, 08:11 AM

Hi all,

I've sent Joseph Rubin a e-mail about this problem. Hopefully he will take a look after Christmas.

Merry Christmas everyone

VBA Noob

**oldchippy** · 12-24-2007, 11:49 AM

Hi VBA,

It looks like he's fixed it before Christmas for us - Thanks JR

**ChemistB** · 12-27-2007, 05:23 PM

Is it just me or has the server been difficult to access the last few days???
I get errors more than connections lately.

ChemistB

**VBA Noob** · 12-27-2007, 05:41 PM

ChemistB,

I've added your post to this thread as forum being play up for a few days now.

VBA Noob

**corinereyes** · 12-28-2007, 04:29 AM

Hello Admins/Moderators,

I'am still having problems with this forum, yesterday i can't access it and always it prompts me with "Server Busy, Please try again, "Network error", "Program Error occured" etc... Is the site under construction? Hope they fix it soon.

Thanks! HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL!

**VBA Noob** · 12-30-2007, 05:21 AM

Hi all,

The site Admin are aware of the problems, and hope to solve the issues soon

VBA Noob

**ChemistB** · 01-07-2008, 12:15 PM

January 7th and it's still pot-luck whenever I click on a forum, thread or reply button as to whether I'll get an error or not. Any word on a fix? Thanks and Happy New Year.

ChemistB
PS. Attempt #3 to post a reply. LOL

**VBA Noob** · 01-10-2008, 09:10 AM

Hi all,

Joseph believe's the problem has now being resolved. Please post back here if you are still experiencing a problem

VBA Noob

**royUK** · 01-11-2008, 03:28 PM

I got a database error this afternoon.

**VBA Noob** · 01-11-2008, 03:58 PM

Thanks Roy,

I've had 4 database errors today. It's better than it was but still slow

Joseph sent me this today

We made some improvements, between them upgrading the RAM. Please let me know if it helps

I will feed back the database errors

VBA Noob

**solnajeff** · 01-11-2008, 05:27 PM

Hi

Site is still very slow, following a link maybe up to 2 minutes, and coupled with errors makes it very difficult to use. I hope that something can be done to improve the speed.

Regards

Jeff

**VBA Noob** · 01-11-2008, 05:43 PM

My link stop responding for about 25 mins. When I got back it was empty which suggests there still major issues.

I've sent Joseph another e-mail

regards

VBA Noob

**royUK** · 01-12-2008, 02:59 PM

I have had a lot of problems posting today, this morning when there was not many members around as well.

**VBA Noob** · 01-12-2008, 03:11 PM

Thanks Roy,

Ron Coderre,oldchippy,Leith Ross have also mentioned issues in PM's or in threads

VBA Noob

**oldchippy** · 01-12-2008, 04:52 PM

Hi,

Just to update, had no problems for the last 2 hours this evening. Seems to be working fine here in sunny Worcester.

**NBVC** · 01-16-2008, 12:57 PM

Today's yet another bad server/database day.... I am having to wait for resetting many times today....

...how is this being looked into... I can't believe it can take this long to correct the problem

**martindwilson** · 01-17-2008, 04:56 PM

up to its old tricks again! database errors/page cannot be found
took 6 attempts just to open this thread

**VBA Noob** · 01-17-2008, 04:58 PM

Hi martindwilson,

FYI

Joseph forward NBVC comments to his support team yesterday and is awaiting there reply.

VBA Noob

**oldchippy** · 01-17-2008, 05:59 PM

Hi All,

I'm still have problems also, it took about 8 goes to even get in this evening - very frustrating

**NBVC** · 01-21-2008, 11:52 AM

Well, today it's seems to be running just fine... I have had no delays nor any crashes.....

I hope that means it is fixed.

Thanks Joseph and thanks VBA Noob for your attention to this issue.

**NBVC** · 01-21-2008, 05:59 PM

Well, I might have spoken to prematurely....

In the last hour or so, I have had a few database errors, requiring many refreshes before kicking back in to the Forum....

**oldchippy** · 01-22-2008, 06:52 PM

Well 6 members and 66 guests, looks like a lots of users are having trouble logging on. Is there some "dark force" out there sabotaging this forum?

**NBVC** · 01-30-2008, 09:25 AM

I can't believe it has been more than 1 month and still no real improvement... in the last hour I got booted out 4 times.

When, oh when will this be fixed?

**martindwilson** · 02-13-2008, 09:24 AM

again today i cant browse pages,get internal server error.

**NBVC** · 02-13-2008, 10:01 AM

Originally Posted by martindwilson

again today i cant browse pages,get internal server error.

me too!

**EdMac** · 02-14-2008, 08:08 AM

Seems to be geting worse and worse - database problems, pages not loading etc and it seems that usage of the site is going down as a result.

Is it connected to all those nastly little pop-ups and ads that have appeared?

Ed