Gmail "not connected" under Win7

[Merlin66 (Ken)]

This is beginning to get up my nose!
I have three laptops running similar software and on the same wireless internet connection.
NEVER a problem with the two XP machines in accessing gmail but with the Win7 - I get "frozen" gmail screens every few minutes....
What the devil!!!!

[04Stefan07 (Stefan)]

Originally Posted by Merlin66

This is beginning to get up my nose!
I have three laptops running similar software and on the same wireless internet connection.
NEVER a problem with the two XP machines in accessing gmail but with the Win7 - I get "frozen" gmail screens every few minutes....
What the devil!!!!

Are you trying to access gmail through a web browser or an email client (such as outlook)?

[Merlin66 (Ken)]

IE9 on the Win7 and IE8 on the other two.

[astroron (Ron)]

Working for me OK, my browser is firefox.
Cheers

[04Stefan07 (Stefan)]

Originally Posted by Merlin66

IE9 on the Win7 and IE8 on the other two.

I just tried on my Windows 7 machine that has IE9 and I was able to sign in and going through my email seemed fine.

Here are a few things you can try.
- Restart IE9
- Clear the cache and restart the browser

If none of that works I suggest using another browser (I use Chrome) to access gmail.

[Merlin66 (Ken)]

Yeah, mine worked 100% of the time up until last week...maybe one of those "overnight updates" to Win7?????
Now it freezes at least three/ four times an hour....

[koputai (Jason)]

I've had the same issues with gmail lately, under IE9 on WIN7, and IE8 on XP. I suspect Google is making changes quite often that aren't supported by IE versions.

I installed Chrome and it worked fine (funny that). After a few days I tried IE again and it was working fine on both machines. Google keep saying that IE will soon be an unsupported browser.

Cheers,
Jason.

[LewisM]

I use gmail exclusively almost - on Win7, using Firefox and Chrome.

Someone still uses Internet Explorer????? Mein Gott in Himmel!!!

[04Stefan07 (Stefan)]

Originally Posted by LewisM

I use gmail exclusively almost - on Win7, using Firefox and Chrome.

Someone still uses Internet Explorer????? Mein Gott in Himmel!!!

at the image.

[Merlin66 (Ken)]

yes, I do still use IE......
Hmmm
It's not just today, but has been happening regularly for the last couple of weeks....
No, I'm not going to Chrome....

[LewisM]

LOL - I like Chrome in all honesty. Fast, reliable, crashes less often than Firefox (though the new Firefox seems very stable).

Heck, I would rather use Maxthon than IE (not that it is THAT different anyway!)

Horses for courses

[04Stefan07 (Stefan)]

Originally Posted by LewisM

LOL - I like Chrome in all honesty. Fast, reliable, crashes less often than Firefox (though the new Firefox seems very stable).

Heck, I would rather use Maxthon than IE (not that it is THAT different anyway!)

Horses for courses

I much prefer Chrome too. It's crazy how they are up to version 25!

[MikeyB (Michael)]

Originally Posted by 04Stefan07

I much prefer Chrome too. It's crazy how they are up to version 25!

And all without any need to separately download and/or reinstall or even restart, since Version 1! Upgrades just happen smoothly and uneventfully in the background.

[Rob_K]

Originally Posted by Merlin66

yes, I do still use IE......

No, I'm not going to Chrome....

That was my opinion too Ken, almost like you're being blackmailed into it by Google shifting the goalposts! But, I gave in and went to Chrome yesterday. All the glitches that had been affecting my browsing in recent times disappeared. Faster, more convenient page too with the drop-down box favourites across the top. I like it.

What's with IE? I'm not a tekkie I'm afraid, but is IE defunct? (insert caveman smilie here).

Cheers -

[John0z (John)]

I went to Chrome when I got my android phone. It makes it easier to use the same app on different platforms. Chrome will still crash, but then that is because I often have 50+ chrome sessions running, then have to kill the one that is hogging all the cpu - i.e. the facebook session.