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Old 20-03-2004, 11:29   #1
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Proxy Problem?

Hi, whenever I click a link on some forums I visit, instead of opening the thread, it opens the download box? As soon as I change the proxy, no problem, straight in. Can anyone help? As if its not already a hassle changing the proxy every 10 minutes, I now have to do it every 30 seconds
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Old 20-03-2004, 12:46   #2
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Re: Proxy Problem?

What area are you in
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Old 20-03-2004, 13:17   #3
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Re: Proxy Problem?

Not a proxy problem - I note changing proxy resolves the issue 'temporarily' for you suggesting you've used a number of them. If this were the case everyone would be enjoying these same symptoms and I'd imagine we'd have a lot more people jumping up and down.

Which browser? If IE reinstall the latest version to restore associations, registry entries and settings, if a Mozilla based browser try and reinstall using a supplied installer.

Sounds very very client side though, I can't see any way a proxy would do this, more to the point why only you would suffer - they just retrieve, store and forward html and images, and are unlikely to do much with forum pages as they are dynamically generated.
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Re: Proxy Problem?

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Hi, whenever I click a link on some forums I visit, instead of opening the thread, it opens the download box? As soon as I change the proxy, no problem, straight in. Can anyone help? As if its not already a hassle changing the proxy every 10 minutes, I now have to do it every 30 seconds
when you say 'download box' what exactly is it trying to download? is it a language pack/ plugin/ file download or something else?
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Old 20-03-2004, 16:52   #5
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Re: Proxy Problem?

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when you say 'download box' what exactly is it trying to download? is it a language pack/ plugin/ file download or something else?

Sorry, didnt explain myself properly, its only on my default proxy that this happens, as soon as I change to another one, the problem does not occur. It actually tries to download the thread Im trying to view, instead of letting me see it. Im In the St. Albans area, so am on the Luton Proxys
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Re: Proxy Problem?

The Luton proxy servers are totaly useless at the moment m8... Stay on another proxy that is not Luton based.
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Re: Proxy Problem?

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The Luton proxy servers are totaly useless at the moment m8... Stay on another proxy that is not Luton based.
thank you JustAnotherNoob and Stuartbe sure its only luton proxies though..

What sort of finanacial gain does proxies give a company?
Also What do they cost to set up from equipment to wages for maintenance?

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Re: Proxy Problem?

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Not a proxy problem - I note changing proxy resolves the issue 'temporarily' for you suggesting you've used a number of them. If this were the case everyone would be enjoying these same symptoms and I'd imagine we'd have a lot more people jumping up and down.

Which browser? If IE reinstall the latest version to restore associations, registry entries and settings, if a Mozilla based browser try and reinstall using a supplied installer.

Sounds very very client side though, I can't see any way a proxy would do this, more to the point why only you would suffer - they just retrieve, store and forward html and images, and are unlikely to do much with forum pages as they are dynamically generated.
not a proxy problem again client again is this not getting a little bit boring
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Old 20-03-2004, 21:38   #9
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Re: Proxy Problem?

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not a proxy problem again client again is this not getting a little bit boring
no more boring than your continual snipes
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Old 20-03-2004, 22:46   #10
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Re: Proxy Problem?

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no more boring than your continual snipes
At least if NTL listened there would be no need for anyone to snipe, the service would work properley.

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