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audicoupej
New member
More than likely that count is off or there are just a ton of lurkers.
Liz@Autopia
Administrator
Thanks for the heads up. Our tech team is fighting the constant, endless battle against spammers. It should be resolved shortly.
RaskyR1
Rasky's Auto Detailing
Forums just aren`t what they used to be, which is sad.
Setec Astronomy
Well-known member
I was about to say, I think the high user count is some sort of attack, the forum has periodically not resolved for me in the past few days, including a few minutes ago.
Accumulator
Well-known member
There are often a few "Guests" lurking on the Health & Fitness thread. I kinda like that, hope somebody somewhere is getting something out of it.
GearHead_1
Long Time Member
I know that I personally have had several instances over the past few weeks where I can’t get to the forum. It gives me a messaged something down the line of “server too busy”. I suspect this is part of it.
Bill D
Hooked For Life
I’ve always been able to get on with Tapatalk
Accumulator
Well-known member
I`ve always been able to get on too (using...?whatever?).
Accumulator
Well-known member
Now it`s totally [messed] up, if this posts it`ll be after many unsuccessful tries.
Liz@Autopia
Administrator
Sorry everyone, they`re still working on it. Please bear with us, we`ll get everything sorted out as soon as possible.
Accumulator
Well-known member
Currently OK again... [Accumulator knocks on wood..]
That is incredible! I can`t believe that many ppl want to sell me sunglasses!!
Keep up the good fight Liz!!!
tom p.
Active member
Same as Setec, I`m seeing database error messages over the past week (?).
Hahahaha! That is awesome!!!
Liz@Autopia
Administrator
Thanks for your patience everyone! We are seeing guest counts back in the normal expected range and performance back to normal operations as well, so I believe we have the situation under control now. If anyone continues to experience errors or issues with loading the forum or logging in, please let me know. If you can`t get logged in here to send me a message, you can contact us through the usual customer service channels on the site.
Stokdgs
dansautodetailing.com
Well, that explains that error messages I`ve been getting recently. I thought it may have been something with Windows 7 operating system that I am still on
When I saw this thread, I did not consider it important or relevant, but now it is!
Thanks for alerting the Admins to this "problem" and Liz, thanks for your due diligence in keeping this forum operational and functioning for all of us Autopians, members and (some, but not all!) "guests".
OK, so I will hi-jack this thread (Again, Captain Obvious? What else is new!) on a related note: Has anyone upgraded from Windows 7 to Windows 10 on their personal computer and if so, what was involved? It would seem that "older" computers may not be able to run Windows 10 due to its more elaborate programming that requires more RAM of memory and higher computational processor speeds, SO not only did Microsoft obsolete (more correctly not technically support) an old, but reliable, Windows computer operating system, they also obsoleted older computers. (You are a hypocrite, Captain Obvious. Were you not the one whose father said, "If you want to run with the big dogs, you gotta pay like the big dogs! Just sayin`...)
Liz@Autopia
Administrator
We have two personal computers at my house, both Dells. One is an older very basic model (ie. minimal RAM) that came with Windows 7 out of the box as that was the latest and greatest version of Windows at the time of purchase. The other one is a bit newer with more RAM, better processor, bigger HD, etc. I don`t remember the exact specs off the top of my head but could find out for you. That newer one was purchased shortly after Windows 10 was first released, but I actually paid a little extra to get it with Windows 7 instead because I didn`t want to be a guinea pig at that time.
I did the Windows 10 upgrade on both machines about a month ago. The upgrade process was simple and straight forward on both machines, no hiccups and I was still able to get it for free. You just download from Microsoft and follow the prompts as it goes through the update process, no special skills required.
I will say that the older machine with minimal RAM is struggling a bit with Windows 10 as far as speed, but the newer machine with more RAM hasn`t had any noticeable problems. The older one is still perfectly usable for basic things like checking email, simple web browsing, social media use etc. but it definitely struggles more with larger or more resource intensive programs like for photo or video editing than it did with Windows 7.
Just my personal experience, your mileage may vary. B)