Computer question

[huskie]

I posted this over on the GB but to no response. Hoping some one here can help me




while here on lit. I am constantly haveing to hit the Windows Refresh button so I can view all post or see if i have NEW pm's...... I have wondows XP now here where I work. I do NOT have this problem at home with that computer. I'm thinking it must be some kind of setting for the Wind. XP version?? anyone know?

 

[RawHumor]

So at home, even if your screen is just sitting idle (hasn't been refreshed recently), you get notifications of new PMs and see new posts?

It sounds like it's constantly refreshing itself somehow.

 

[huskie]

So at home, even if your screen is just sitting idle (hasn't been refreshed recently), you get notifications of new PMs and see new posts?

It sounds like it's constantly refreshing itself somehow.

when ever I change from one screen to another (at home) yes, it refreshes automaticaly..... but here........ it doesn't always do that. I go to a new screen, then hit refresh and see what thread has been posted to last.... I go to that thread, then have I have to refresh or I can view who posted last or sense the last time I viewed that post.... make sense?

 

[OldnotDead]

Caching

Your work network may have set all the browsers to cache (store in local/server memory) recent web pages and if you go to the same url, it loads the page from memory rather than go all the way to the host server to get the latest version. This is a method some networks use to reduce the load on their internet connection.

IF you can ask, I would start with your system admin to find out how the internet access is set up. Depending upon policy, you may be able to override the caching and load new pages without having to load and then refresh. If you cannot ask, you can look at your preferences on your web browser and, if allowed, change the settings to load new pages rather than from cache.

Good luck,

 

[huskie]

Re: Caching

Your work network may have set all the browsers to cache (store in local/server memory) recent web pages and if you go to the same url, it loads the page from memory rather than go all the way to the host server to get the latest version. This is a method some networks use to reduce the load on their internet connection.

IF you can ask, I would start with your system admin to find out how the internet access is set up. Depending upon policy, you may be able to override the caching and load new pages without having to load and then refresh. If you cannot ask, you can look at your preferences on your web browser and, if allowed, change the settings to load new pages rather than from cache.

Good luck,

Thank you. I'm not a network but I'll try going to our web browser see if I can change the setting to load new, in preferences......

 

[Blavek]

oldnotdedis on to something I use ns71 and mozilla and there is some smart cacheing technique they seem to use so it loads both from memory and from the web which save me nasty load times on dialup