Windows 10: web browsing problems

Discus and support web browsing problems in Windows 10 Network and Sharing to solve the problem; I noticed in the past few days that images in Wikipedia articles are not loading [blank rectangles are shown in their place]. The text is there, but... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Network and Sharing' started by OgnZ, Apr 4, 2020.

  1. OgnZ Win User

    web browsing problems


    I noticed in the past few days that images in Wikipedia articles are not loading [blank rectangles are shown in their place]. The text is there, but not the images.


    Tried this w both Edge and Firefox both installed on my computer - result is the same.

    Browsed the same Wikipedia articles from a different computer through the same internet connection - pages displayed with no problems, images were all there... [so, the issue is not with the internet connection]


    When entering upload.wikimedia.org the depository for most images Wikipedia uses in the browsers, I get 'connection timed out' or 'can't reach this page'.


    Guidance/assistance would be appreciated


    thanks

    :)
     
    OgnZ, Apr 4, 2020
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  2. Kursah Win User

    [Solved] Web Browsing Timing Out Frequently But Downloads Unaffected

    Google DNS is a good thing to test, which is why it is commonly suggested. *Wink web browsing problems ;)

    As I explained before, ISP DNS servers can cause issues, go down, and not be updated to your device providing DNS. If you want to go a step further, login to your router and set the DNS servers uses and provides over DHCP to the Google DNS and remove the ISP DNS servers. Be done with it.

    I also strongly recommend OpenDNS servers for safer browsing, especially if you're not into browsing malicious, porn or questionable sites. 208.67.222.222 and 208.67.222.222. Those are what I use at home...effective DNS filtering to keep many bad sites that are flagged with malware out of your home network and web browsers. Free and effective.

    At this point if its working, I'd say use it for a day and see if issues come back...if so then the other things I suggested might be worth looking at.

    Quick DNS 101

    DNS = Domain Name Servers... what it does is take what you type in your web browser, or for ping, or some name domain request...take Techpowerup.com. DNS takes that and looks into an index/cache to find out what address it is...say 123.123.123.123 and then sends the reply to the ping session, web browser, etc. so you can go to Techpowerup.com.

    DNS is like a phone book, you look up a person's name for their phone number to call them and connect. DNS does that for web sites and services. It is critical for web site usage where everyone can remember domain names, but not IP addresses.

    *Toast :toast:
     
    Kursah, Apr 4, 2020
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  3. Web browsing problems


    Hi!
    Lately I'm facing serious problems accessing web pages (e.g. gmail, youtube, etc), using Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox. The message that I'm getting back is to check the firewall and proxy. I have deactivated Windows defender & firewall and there is no proxy server checked in the LAN settings.

    Please help *Sad! Any suggestions / solutions?

    Thank you in advance *Biggrin, Georgios
     
    georgiosdk, Apr 4, 2020
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  4. smko Win User

    web browsing problems

    Nokia E7 web browsing issues

    Hi!



    There are a couple of problems with otherwise great browsing:



    • Reading web sites like m.hs.fi (newspaper) where the whole of text block (title and text body) is web link, it is very difficult to browse the page upwards or downwards by swiping without activating the links
      (resulting in downloading a linked article and moving there).
    • Controlling the font size of web pages from browser options does not work on most of the web pages I read (m.hs.fi,
      m.kauppalehti.fi, for example) only a few allow this (such as
      m.yle.fi,
      www.bbc.co.uk/news/mobile
      ).
    • How to get the bookmarks be the start page? I mean the local file, not storing the bookmarks to the web?
     
    smko, Apr 4, 2020
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