# Computer Question
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-question/655544
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [April 12, 2013, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-question/655544 "2013-04-12T21:25:46Z")
**Posts on this page:** 16
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### Author:  [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)
#### Post date: [April 12, 2013, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-question/655544/1 "2013-04-12T21:25:46Z")
My laptop freezes up whenever I try to go to Facebook. Other websites work fine, but when I try Facebook, the damn thing freezes solid. This has happened five or six times in the last week.
Any thoughts, from those of you who are more computer-saavy than I?
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### Author:  [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)
#### Post date: [April 12, 2013, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-question/655544/2 "2013-04-12T21:26:58Z")
Have you tried any alternate browser?
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### Author:  [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)
#### Post date: [April 12, 2013, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-question/655544/3 "2013-04-12T21:29:03Z")
On my Firefox, it does that on certain social sites\* until I clear my cache or change cookies. No idea why.
\*facebook, yahoo with messenger open, google with chat on…
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### Author:  [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)
#### Post date: [April 12, 2013, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-question/655544/4 "2013-04-12T21:29:13Z")
I think it may be a Facebook problem. I’ve been using Google Chrome and have noticed my browser freezing specifically if I’m on Facebook. Doesn’t happen with any other site. No idea what the issue may be, though.
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### Author:  [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)
#### Post date: [April 13, 2013, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-question/655544/5 "2013-04-13T01:54:53Z")
It may mean that your computer is smarter than you are.
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### Author:  [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)
#### Post date: [April 13, 2013, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-question/655544/6 "2013-04-13T02:15:10Z")
Didn’t **samclem** post about a similar problem awhile ago?
I think it’s the SDMB software. It’s becoming sentient, and resents the time that mods and admins spend on other websites. SDMB is a jealous board; thou shalt have no other sites but it. :eek:
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### Author:  [@AaronX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AaronX)
#### Post date: [April 13, 2013, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-question/655544/7 "2013-04-13T06:38:41Z")
Try disabling JavaScript and any add ons you have?
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### Author:  [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)
#### Post date: [April 13, 2013, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-question/655544/8 "2013-04-13T13:27:12Z")
I will try clearing cookies and caches (although I do that fairly regularly), and see what happens. Then I’ll try disabling JavaScript (not sure how to do that?) and I’ll report back in a day or two.
Thnx for the ideas.
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### Author:  [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)
#### Post date: [April 13, 2013, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-question/655544/9 "2013-04-13T14:15:46Z")
I agree it’s a facebook problem. I have had similar troubles with it in the past few days or weeks.
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### Author:  [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patty_O_Furniture)
#### Post date: [April 13, 2013, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-question/655544/10 "2013-04-13T14:28:21Z")
> [@NoClueBoy](#):
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> On my Firefox, it does that on certain social sites\* until I clear my cache or change cookies.
What kind of cookies do you switch to?
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### Author:  [@Dog80](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dog80)
#### Post date: [April 13, 2013, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-question/655544/11 "2013-04-13T15:22:51Z")
It is probably some script or plugin that hangs and makes the whole page hang.
As a first step try updating Java and Flash
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### Author:  [@ethelbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ethelbert)
#### Post date: [April 13, 2013, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-question/655544/12 "2013-04-13T15:22:59Z")
As far as disabling Javascript is concerned, you might want to get [NoScript](http://noscript.net/), which lets you enable Javascript only for sites you trust (or more accurately, those sites that you can’t use without enabling it).
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### Author:  [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)
#### Post date: [April 13, 2013, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-question/655544/13 "2013-04-13T15:30:26Z")
I had a similar problem with a site that I run for our company. It worked on all computers but one.
This is IE 9. In any case, going to Tools\>Internet Options\>Advanced (tab)\>Reset Internet Explorer Options (a button). Fixed it right up.
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### Author:  [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)
#### Post date: [April 13, 2013, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-question/655544/14 "2013-04-13T18:04:16Z")
> [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](#):
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> What kind of cookies do you switch to?
peanut butter
I clear the cookies and let the site reload them. Means I have to log in again. Might not dhelp anything at all, but I do it periodically anyways.
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### Author:  [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)
#### Post date: [April 15, 2013, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-question/655544/15 "2013-04-15T00:55:00Z")
> [@enipla](#):
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> This is IE 9. In any case, going to Tools\>Internet Options\>Advanced (tab)\>Reset Internet Explorer Options (a button). Fixed it right up.
Hmm. That didn’t work. How do I disable JavaScript?
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### Author:  [@AaronX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AaronX)
#### Post date: [April 15, 2013, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-question/655544/16 "2013-04-15T04:11:14Z")
Depends on your browser. If you post it here people can tell you, if you’re in a hurry google your browser + disable JavaScript.