Recalling downloaded articles

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Each morning I go through a number of websites and download articles I wish
to read later in the day at my convenience. About 25% of the time, my
computer will freeze when I recall an article and ctrl/alt/delete will not
clear it causing me to have to reboot. Many times a recalled article will
freeze even though I successfully downloaded and read a number of articles
from the same website.

I am sure it has something to do with either my anti virus or firewall but
I'm not sure how to correct it. Any suggestions?
 
Many web pages today are made up of elements that come from many different
servers not owned by the publisher of the web site you are viewing,
employing many different technologies and licensing agreements, not all of
which were designed to be recreated on a user's own computer.

It has nothing to do with your antivirus software or your firewall. If you
attempted to download something containing a virus, your antivirus software
would identify the virus for you. And a firewall - when performing its role
as a firewall, and not the other features that are tacked on to firewalls
these days - does not prevent access to web servers unless you have blocked
that access yourself.

To increase your chances for success, download the 'formatted for printing'
version of a web page, since it usually contains much less script.
 
Ted, thanks for your response. I will almost always download the "formatted
for printing" selection but many times, that also hangs up. I also will
download as both "web page, complete" and "web page, HTML only" but still
encounter the freeze problem.

The problem almost always has to do with articles on either the Wall Street
Journal web site or on MSN.com....seldom on other sites....and only
sometimes on those two.
 
I've never downloaded from MSN.com but I frequently download from WSJ's web
site (for personal use only, of course). I have never had a problem d/ling
from WSJ, however, I strip out all the code so what I'm left with is an
article consisting entirely of text and hyperlinks. Can't go wrong with
that.

To accomplish this I download the print version to my desktop and then
delete the accompanying folder containing all the images and scripts. I then
open the web page in an HTML editor - I use archaic but humble Front Page
Express - and strip out all the scripting and fancy HTML tags. If there is a
particular graphic I want to keep with the article I enter its URL into the
text through FPE.

There is likely a better way to do this, but I have gotten to know the
format of WSJ's web pages so well that I can perform all these tasks in a
matter of minutes. Without scripting or HTML tags (other than bold or
italic) I have a page that looks close enough (for me) to the original and
loads without a hitch. It's the scripting and fancy programming that are
frustrating you.
 
I will investigate Front Page Express. What you post makes much sense. I
did not encounter this with my previous PC with Windows 98 and since I am
completely new to XP, I thought my problem might be a conflict within the
system. Thanks again for your input.
 
My pleasure. There may well be a more convenient way to accomplish what I
do, and your post has given me the impetus to find it.
 
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