{"id":1471,"date":"2021-04-06T11:55:38","date_gmt":"2021-04-06T15:55:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tech.mountdesales.net\/?p=1471"},"modified":"2021-04-06T11:55:41","modified_gmt":"2021-04-06T15:55:41","slug":"websites-are-flaky-on-my-computer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tech.mountdesales.net\/?p=1471","title":{"rendered":"Websites are flaky on my computer!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Here are some things to try when your web browser starts acting flaky, or just weird:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:19px\"><strong>Reboot the thing<\/strong> &#8211; it&#8217;s not just a joke. Rebooting can fix a variety of ills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:19px\"><strong>Download and install the Edge browser <\/strong>[<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/edge\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/edge<\/a>]. See if your machine is still unhappy&#8230;. or download Firefox, Chrome, Opera, Vivaldi&#8230;. there are dozens of others. If the site works in a different browser but not your preferred one, that indicates something has gone wonky with just your browser.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:19px\"><strong>Clear the cache in ALL of your current browsers<\/strong> <br \/>Chrome: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/accounts\/answer\/32050\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/support.google.com\/accounts\/answer\/32050<\/a>\u00a0 <br \/>Firefox: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/support.mozilla.org\/en-US\/kb\/how-clear-firefox-cache\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/support.mozilla.org\/en-US\/kb\/how-clear-firefox-cache <\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:19px\"><strong>Make sure Chrome and Firefox are updated<\/strong><br \/>Chrome: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/chrome\/answer\/95414\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/support.google.com\/chrome\/answer\/95414<\/a><br \/>Firefox: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/support.mozilla.org\/en-US\/kb\/update-firefox-latest-release\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/support.mozilla.org\/en-US\/kb\/update-firefox-latest-release<\/a> ]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:19px\"><strong>Make absolutely sure all of your Windows updates have been applied: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.laptopmag.com\/articles\/update-windows-10#:~:text=How%20to%20Update%20Windows%2010%201%20Select%20the,an%20available%20update%2C%20it%20will%20begin%20downloading%20automatically\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.laptopmag.com\/articles\/update-windows-10#:~:text=How%20to%20Update%20Windows%2010%201%20Select%20the,an%20available%20update%2C%20it%20will%20begin%20downloading%20automatically<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here are some things to try when your web browser starts acting flaky, or just weird: Reboot the thing &#8211; it&#8217;s not just a joke. Rebooting can fix a variety of ills. Download and install the Edge browser [https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/edge]. See if your machine is still unhappy&#8230;. or download Firefox, Chrome, Opera, Vivaldi&#8230;. there are dozens &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/tech.mountdesales.net\/?p=1471\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Websites are flaky on my computer!<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1471","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p42ogX-nJ","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2090,"url":"https:\/\/tech.mountdesales.net\/?p=2090","url_meta":{"origin":1471,"position":0},"title":"Loading PDFs from Schoology to Notability","author":"tech","date":"03\/25\/2025","format":false,"excerpt":"\u200bAnytime one browser has trouble with downloads or just acts flaky when getting a file from Schoology to Notability on your iPad, here are some things to do: 1) Quit out of all your running apps except the one you need. 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