topic Re: Beauty, QVC and Facebook in Electronics

Beauty, QVC and Facebook

Desi — Mon, 03 Feb 2025 20:05:03 GMT

Hi everyone. Is it my computer, or is anyone else having Facebook issues yesterday and today? I get reels at the top, then one group post, then blank blocks where the next posts should be. There is a little blinking like it's trying to load but nothing does appear. My mail and the forums here are fine. Can anyone shed some light, or know how I can fix it? I am helpless with tech so if you can help, please explain like I am a two year old! Thanks so much.

Re: Beauty, QVC and Facebook

Kachina624 — Mon, 03 Feb 2025 20:08:53 GMT

I haven't had any problems with Facebook.

Re: Beauty, QVC and Facebook

I am still oxox — Mon, 03 Feb 2025 20:09:08 GMT

Try re starting your computer

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Desi — Mon, 03 Feb 2025 20:29:37 GMT

Thanks, maybe it is me then.

I have restarted my computer, a number of times over the last two days. Doesn't help. We did lose internet Friday due to a pole being hit, but the next day everything was fine. Please keep any ideas coming. Thanks.

Re: Beauty, QVC and Facebook

Desi — Mon, 03 Feb 2025 20:48:53 GMT

Ok I got it to work for now, thanks for the suggestions! I did shut it yet again and when I turned it back, it wanted me to upgrade to Windows 11 which I declined. May upgrade at some point but afraid of what I don't know. What seemed to work is I hit a different Facebook from the one I was using (not sure what to call that).

Spoke too soon. It's not loading again.

Re: Beauty, QVC and Facebook

JudyL — Mon, 03 Feb 2025 20:53:28 GMT

@Desi - Maybe put your question in the Electronics forum. Lots of techy people there that might be able to help you.

Re: Beauty, QVC and Facebook

Tori3569 — Mon, 03 Feb 2025 21:05:30 GMT

@Desi wrote:
Ok I got it to work for now, thanks for the suggestions! I did shut it yet again and when I turned it back, it wanted me to upgrade to Windows 11 which I declined. May upgrade at some point but afraid of what I don't know. What seemed to work is I hit a different Facebook from the one I was using (not sure what to call that).
Spoke too soon. It's not loading again.

Your choice of course, but updates are not as unstable as they were a few years ago. If you don't update when the update for a device or operating system asks, you may have issues with various websites or apps. Most websites update very quickly now so you will lose some functionality if you're still using an older operating system. Again, your choice, but that's what's probably happening.

Re: Beauty, QVC and Facebook

Desi — Mon, 03 Feb 2025 23:04:37 GMT

Thanks, I may do that. That would be where I posted except I know from experience I get more replies in "beauty" than any of the other forums.

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Desi — Mon, 03 Feb 2025 23:06:57 GMT

I appreciate the info. I was wondering if Windows has the ability to mess with what I am doing to "encourage" my move. Yes I worry about how user friendly I will find 11 and whether I will lose access to the stuff I do on 10. I don't do much really but I hate change.

Re: Beauty, QVC and Facebook

Tori3569 — Tue, 04 Feb 2025 01:30:41 GMT

@Desi wrote:
I appreciate the info. I was wondering if Windows has the ability to mess with what I am doing to "encourage" my move. Yes I worry about how user friendly I will find 11 and whether I will lose access to the stuff I do on 10. I don't do much really but I hate change.

I'm not sure what you mean by "encouraging your move", but google windows 11 and look at some pictures or read about it.

Re: Beauty, QVC and Facebook

Desi — Tue, 04 Feb 2025 01:55:06 GMT

Making the things I do harder, like slowing down FB.

Re: Beauty, QVC and Facebook

We rescue cats — Tue, 04 Feb 2025 02:14:03 GMT

@Desi I'm having that exact trouble with Facebook, reels are displaying but nearly nothing else. To the point that I'm ready to just close the account. I've never had such horrid troubles with FB, and I don't have it on my iphone, just on my windows computers.

What did you do to get it fixed?

Re: Beauty, QVC and Facebook

Desi — Tue, 04 Feb 2025 04:40:14 GMT

Thanks so much for posting, I feel like I am going crazy since no one else is having issues! Yes, what you describe is exactly what I am experiencing. I unfortunately didn't fix it. It worked for a second and then back to nothing but reelz and blank pages. Do you have Windows 10 by any chance? I don't think that's the issue but I don't really know. Yes, it is so exasperating I am about to stop trying too. Didn't realize how much I check in on FB until I couldn't.

Re: Beauty, QVC and Facebook

Desi — Tue, 04 Feb 2025 06:08:03 GMT

Wayne, I did explain why I posted in beauty but fine, hopefully people will continue to help me here in electronics.

FB works just fine on my phone, but my phone is tiny and I have vision issues so I can't really look at anything on it for too long. Still don't know how to get it working on my laptop.

Re: Beauty, QVC and Facebook

We rescue cats — Tue, 04 Feb 2025 18:08:12 GMT

@Desi Same here!! FB working fine on my iPhone. I have Windows 11 Pro.

Re: Beauty, QVC and Facebook

chessylady — Tue, 04 Feb 2025 18:11:21 GMT

I opted out of all Meta products several weeks ago when they announced they were no longer fact checking. I haven't missed them at all.

Re: Beauty, QVC and Facebook

Desi — Tue, 04 Feb 2025 18:19:55 GMT

Thanks, guess switching to 11 which I am reluctant to do won't help anyway.

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Desi — Tue, 04 Feb 2025 18:20:38 GMT

Chesslady, is there a simple way to do that? I would give it a try. Thanks.

Re: Beauty, QVC and Facebook

mrshckynut — Tue, 04 Feb 2025 19:07:14 GMT

@Desi can you do a reset to a previous date where all was working

mrshckynut

Re: Beauty, QVC and Facebook

Desi — Tue, 04 Feb 2025 19:37:18 GMT

Hi, I could if you can tell me how, I didn't even know we could do that, lol!

I managed to close some of the Meta ads, but it says that doesn't stop them from doing what they do - we just don't see it anymore. Guess what, it's even worse after shutting them.