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  • stevo1210
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    • Oct 2006
    • 4156
    • Australia

    #1

    Mission critical

    I need to register for some courses in university that fill up pretty damn fast. My friend will be doing this for me though, he will be multitasking with two hands with his laptop and mine.
    This is mission critical for 10 minutes. If my browser freezes or alike then I lose my spot at the university enrolment for 2 subjects.
    This is an online registration system which is designed for Firefox and IE. Which one is more stable? firefox or IE? I usually use chrome so I don't know about the pair.
    Seeing as it's mission critical, should I disable all plug-ins on those browsers in case say flash player or alike acts up?
    Don't find love, let love find you. That's why its called falling in love, because you don't force yourself to fall, you just fall. - Anonymous
  • toastygoodness
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    • Jul 2005
    • 813
    • United States

    #2
    Re: Mission critical

    yup. except those needed. also try not to use wireless, and be on the site ahead of time. register for those two classees for first

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    • stevo1210
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      • Oct 2006
      • 4156
      • Australia

      #3
      Re: Mission critical

      I do have an issue with my AVG antivirus though. Sometimes when I'm doing something it decides to do a bloody scan. This then either slows the system down dramatically or freezes it. Any way to disable this AVG from doing random scans?
      Don't find love, let love find you. That's why its called falling in love, because you don't force yourself to fall, you just fall. - Anonymous

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      • mockingbird
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        • Dec 2008
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        #4
        Re: Mission critical

        Firefox 4.0 Beta 11.

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        • toastygoodness
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          • Jul 2005
          • 813
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          #5
          Re: Mission critical

          just shut down avg before you start the whole process.

          DEFINITELY not a beta browser. if you really wanna be safe from all compatibility problems, use IE in compatibility mode.

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          • seanc
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            • Nov 2008
            • 1319

            #6
            Re: Mission critical

            Firefox 3.
            Uninstall AVG, install Microsoft Security Essentials.

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            • weirdlookinguy
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              • Sep 2007
              • 1638

              #7
              Re: Mission critical

              Use IE with all extensions disabled. It may not be "cool", but EVERYTHING is designed to work with IE.

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              • stevo1210
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                • Oct 2006
                • 4156
                • Australia

                #8
                Re: Mission critical

                This tutorial registration thing gets kinda quirky with IE even though it was designed for it. Me and my friends (well all of us anyway) used Mozilla firefox for last semesters registrations without any harm. Though we also had a Google chrome browser opened just in case.
                Don't find love, let love find you. That's why its called falling in love, because you don't force yourself to fall, you just fall. - Anonymous

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                • stevo1210
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                  • Oct 2006
                  • 4156
                  • Australia

                  #9
                  Re: Mission critical

                  By quirky I mean extremely slow even with the extensions disabled. Sometimes even locks up on me so I'd rather not take the risk. Is Firefox 3.6 okay?
                  Don't find love, let love find you. That's why its called falling in love, because you don't force yourself to fall, you just fall. - Anonymous

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                  • Scenic
                    o.O
                    • Sep 2007
                    • 2642
                    • Germany

                    #10
                    Re: Mission critical

                    firefox with all plugins disabled (including flash)

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                    • ratdude747
                      Black Sheep
                      • Nov 2008
                      • 17136
                      • USA

                      #11
                      Re: Mission critical

                      chrome. faster and stable.
                      sigpic

                      (Insert witty quote here)

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                      • toastygoodness
                        Badcaps Veteran
                        • Jul 2005
                        • 813
                        • United States

                        #12
                        Re: Mission critical

                        chrome isn't always stable and compatible. if you have the spare RAM, firefox 3. otherwise IE in COMPATIBILITY MODE. if its slow, its usually because of IE8's new engine. use IE7's engine and it should be fast again.

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                        • mockingbird
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                          • Dec 2008
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                          #13
                          Re: Mission critical

                          Chrome is over-simplified, like most of the other stuff Google vomits out. It's for people who want their food chewed for them, like geriatrics.

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                          • stevo1210
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                            • Oct 2006
                            • 4156
                            • Australia

                            #14
                            Re: Mission critical

                            I have a question with the java and flash bit. How do I know if a site requires any of these plug ins to work or not? I don't want to end up at the last minute finding out I need java or flash for the damn thing to work otherwise I'm more screwed than a gutless wonder PSU. LOL
                            Don't find love, let love find you. That's why its called falling in love, because you don't force yourself to fall, you just fall. - Anonymous

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                            • toastygoodness
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                              • Jul 2005
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                              #15
                              Re: Mission critical

                              go on the site right now. if java is required the process will start and you'll see the annoying tray icon in the bottom corner. if flash is required, right click a lot until you see flash's menu. if it doesn't appear after clicking in almost all the cardinal areas, it most likely doesn't have flash. you can also use the view source method or plugin watch, but i can't remember if the plugin viewer will show you if it is actively running on the page or just turned on.

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                              • Scenic
                                o.O
                                • Sep 2007
                                • 2642
                                • Germany

                                #16
                                Re: Mission critical

                                another hint may be watching the taskmanager.

                                whenever something like flash is in a website, there's a process called "plugin-container.exe" (part of firefox ; killing plugin-container.exe in the taskmanager will kill flash in firefox when you're on youtube for example)

                                plugins were seperated from the browser like this to prevent the whole browser from crashing if a plugin f*cks up..
                                doesn't quite work right yet though as my firefox still crashes every now and then on flash-bloated websites..

                                PS: i'm kinda into Opera at the moment. takes a while to get used to and set it up the way you want it, but damn this thing is stable
                                if flash crashes, all that happens in opera is that you get a box with a "!". browser continues to work just fine (as if nothing happened), and flash is restarted when you refresh the page..

                                in other words: it actually does what firefox tries to implement with the plugin container, but didn't quite get working yet

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                                • toastygoodness
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                                  • Jul 2005
                                  • 813
                                  • United States

                                  #17
                                  Re: Mission critical

                                  definitely opera, but i'm worried that sites taht aren't very well-written don't work too well in it, otherwise opera ftw.

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                                  • Wizard
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                                    • Mar 2008
                                    • 2296

                                    #18
                                    Re: Mission critical

                                    Kill AVG by suspending it (there should be a option) and go for a test drive on that school registeration system.

                                    Cheers, Wizard

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                                    • stevo1210
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                                      • Oct 2006
                                      • 4156
                                      • Australia

                                      #19
                                      Re: Mission critical

                                      Well this is the only thing I saw in the technical section of the site...

                                      "Are cookies enabled on your browser? They need to be enabled, and are by default for Netscape and Explorer browsers."

                                      Cookies by default?
                                      Don't find love, let love find you. That's why its called falling in love, because you don't force yourself to fall, you just fall. - Anonymous

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                                      • Wizard
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                                        • Mar 2008
                                        • 2296

                                        #20
                                        Re: Mission critical

                                        This is precisely why I wanted you to keep browswer setting by default and disable any other items like AVG. More especially on weak CPU computers.

                                        Cookies is what holds basic information of the current view of the webpage. But not true ownship info is stored.

                                        Cheers, Wizard

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