Problem with Yahoo

[steelroe]

Overv the past 2 weeks have had a problem when using Yahoo. The page does not update each time I go to http://www.yahoo.co.uk, i.e if i use it today and again in 2 days time it will display the news etc for today. I tried my desktop and that works fine, so must be a setting on my laptop or something
When I type in www.yahoo.co.uk the following address is display once the page loads http://m.uk.yahoo.com/

Anyone have any ideas.

[Baldrick]

Sounds like corruption of your browser cache. Try clearing it and restarting your browser.

[gfalls]

Use Firefox, if you're not already. MSIE sux..

[Baldrick]

[CJ]

Use Firefox, if you're not already. MSIE sux..

I'm more of an Opera fan (the browser, not the music!) myself, its more lightweight than IE of Firefox..

Rory, I'm with Baldrick, clear the browser cache first...

CJ

[steelroe]

Cheers for the replies guys.

Remind me again how to clear the cache (Disk clean).

[colm_mcm]

chearing the browser cache is just deleting cookies isn't it?

[Muad_dib77]

cookies and temporary files..

I've installed "Crap Cleaner" it's free tool avail from here..

http://www.ccleaner.com/

you can set it to clean every time your machine starts up - frees a pile of disc space thats otherwise full of MS crud..same guys do defraggler which is a neat free defragger tool...

[Baldrick]

chearing the browser cache is just deleting cookies isn't it?

No, not quite. Every time you view a page on the web, you first download the HTML code to your own hard disk (the cache). Your browser then examines the HTML and downloads all images, flash etc. referenced in the HTML, again to your hard disk and renders the page according to the HTML (and CSS and Javascript). For efficiency purposes, if you visit that page later, your browser examines the contents of the cache and only downloads the items which are different from those in your cache. In Steelroe's case, there's a possibility that the information in the cache is corrupt and the browser is not downloading the updated information.

As per CJ and Gfalls, Firefox, Opera or Google Chrome are far better browsers than Internet Explorer. Chrome is especially fast.

[Baldrick]

cookies and temporary files..

I've installed "Crap Cleaner" it's free tool avail from here..

http://www.ccleaner.com/

you can set it to clean every time your machine starts up - frees a pile of disc space thats otherwise full of MS crud..same guys do defraggler which is a neat free defragger tool...

Agreed... CCleaner (formerly Crap Cleaner) is excellent. I can vouch for it. I've been using it for years. There's also an option to clean your registry of unneeded clutter (your registry is accessed hundreds of times a second, so any unnecessary items can have an impact on your machine's performance. Again, I've used this option for years without problems and can vouch for it's safety. There are better registry cleaners out there, but this is free and safe.

[Muad_dib77]

oh yeah ..worth mentioning..I use it on my big machine, my media server, my laptop, my work laptop and Gers laptop as well...come to think of it ..I really ought to donate them a little bit of dosh..

[Dragonheart]

I use 'Cleanup', is the other one better?

[Baldrick]

I use 'Cleanup', is the other one better?

I used 'Cleanup' for a while about 10 years ago (I think). Nothing wrong with it then, but I think CCleaner has left it behind. It is highly regarded in the industry. Check for updates every time you use it and it'll recognise any new applications loaded on your system. I currently have six browsers on my system. On updating, it recognises newly installed browsers and clears the cache for all of them. It also recognises newly installed applications e.g. Office 2007 and deletes the crap left behind by it. I'd strongly recommend it. I reckon it's currently the best out there (and it's free).