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    100 % CPU on the Yahoo Home Page

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by Cap, Mar 7, 2010.

  1. Cap

    Cap Notebook Consultant

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    I use yahoo for my home page with Internet explorer 8. Just recently noticed everything on the yahoo page being slow to load so I checked task manager and found that its using 100% of my cpu on the laptop in my sig. The cursor in the yahoo search box is blinking like crazy too. No other page I load is doing that. Also if I go to my yahoo email cpu returns to minimum usage. So the problem seems to be only on the yahoo home page. I use full versions of SuperAntiSpyware and Avira but neither are detecting anything wrong.

    What do you guys think? Is is a bug?
     
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  2. moral hazard

    moral hazard Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Some flash on the page maybe?

    Can you try another browser?
     
    moral hazard, Mar 7, 2010
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    What happens if you do a shutdown and restart?
     
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  4. Cap

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    I tried multiple restarts but that didn't work. I installed Firefox and the yahoo home page cpu usage is back to normal. I might just stay with Firefox now. :D I'm guessing its a Internet explorer problem. Thanks.
     
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  5. yejun

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    Yahoo homepage does same thing on my laptop. It uses 100% of one logic thread.
     
    yejun, Mar 7, 2010
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  6. Cap

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    yejun, yeah but do you know why the Yahoo homepage is using up a 100% CPU only in Internet explorer? In Firefox I'm using 2 to 5% CPU.

    I uninstalled IE8 and reinstalled it but that didn't help either. It is possible that I had this problem for a while or even all along and didn't notice it.
     
    Cap, Mar 8, 2010
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    It's not just IE; Yahoo sometimes bogs down for me also and I use Firefox most of the time. Firefox doesn't do this on any other web pages when I'm browsing so I have to believe the issue is yahoo.com related and not my computer or browser.
     
    yuyi64, Mar 8, 2010
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  8. Shyster1

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    It could be a malfunctioning ad script - have you had any alert windows pop up saying that a script on the page is taking too long to run and asking if you want to terminate the script or not?
     
    Shyster1, Mar 8, 2010
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    gerryf19 I am the walrus

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    I'm with moral hazard...I've seen flash objects bring browsers to their knees due to corruption in the flash activex

    download the flash uninstaller from here;
    http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/141/tn_14157.html

    run it, then reinstall it, and see if the problem goes away.
     
    gerryf19, Mar 8, 2010
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  10. yejun

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    I don't use either yahoo or ie8 normally, so I don't know why. But Yahoo seems fine today.
     
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  11. Cap

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    gerryf19, took your advice and that was the fix I needed. Thanks! :)
     
    Cap, Mar 9, 2010
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  12. gerryf19

    gerryf19 I am the walrus

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    [​IMG]
     
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  13. Shyster1

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    How's about without all that yucky white background?

    [​IMG]​
     
    Shyster1, Mar 9, 2010
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  14. yejun

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    It looks worse.
     
    yejun, Mar 9, 2010
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  15. Shyster1

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    One vote against, one vote for.
     
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  16. moral hazard

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    Looks the same.
     
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  17. Shyster1

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    One fer, one agin, and ..., well ok, one and a half fer, and one and a half agin.
     
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  18. gerryf19

    gerryf19 I am the walrus

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    Is that Better?
     
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  19. Shyster1

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    In a word? Yes. [​IMG]
     
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  20. Shyster1

    Shyster1 Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Better make that

    [​IMG]​
     
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