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by YankeeJim | December 17, 2010 at 02:04 pm
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Anybody out there having Google Chrome crashes? I have Dell Computer with Windows 7 and Norton Security and PC Tools that I use to keep it tweaked, and Google Chrome crashes all of the time. I am on NowPublic, Facebook, employ Google search engine, and use Open Source writer. I sometimes use MS Office tools as well.
I use GoogleTalk and Gmail. The crashes seem to occur after transition from Gmail to websites. I do a lot of picture downloading and navigating. Yet, for a long time, I had no problems.
I shifted from Internet Explorer to Google Chrome because I used to get a lot of Explorer crashes and security problems. Google Chrome performed well at first, and now it sucks as bad as Microsoft.
When I search for solutions, I see there are many others having the same problem. PC Tools and other registry cleaners came into business apparently due to this type problem.
So, what’s up? I have done what I can do and am about ready to move to the other room, the Apple room, if you will.
Hey, don’t give me a new product until you fix what I have.
“December 15, 2010 7:01 AM PST
Chrome 9 beta to bring faster, fancy graphics
Mozilla and Microsoft have been racing to see which will be the first to release a production-quality browser with hardware-accelerated graphics, but at the current rate, it could be Google's Chrome 9 that crosses the finish line first.
Google likely will be issuing Chrome 9 in beta form soon. It had been planned for Tuesday, but Anthony LaForge, a Chrome technical program manager, pushed it back. "The crash rate [of] 400 crashes per million page loads on the browser is simply too high," he said in a mailing list message
Hardware acceleration isn't a simple either-or situation, but rather a long list of possible ways a graphics chip can speed up the task of painting pixels on a screen. Among aspects that can be accelerated: SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics); 2D graphics drawn with the new Canvas feature; font rendering; video decoding and resizing; the graphical formatting, transitions, and transformations of CSS (Cascading Style Sheets); WebGL for 3D graphics; and compositing different elements of a Web page into the single view a person sees.
Chrome is due for at least some of them--compositing, WebGL, and 2D Canvas, for example. However, it's very much a work in progress: accelerated 2D Canvas is disabled in Windows XP, and a second phase of 2D Canvas acceleration is currently scheduled for Chrome 11.
Read more: http://news.cnet.com/...20-264.html#ixzz18PPWv19B”
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at 15:37 on December 17th, 2010
Is it me?
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"thirty-aught-six" (not verified)at 18:20 on December 17th, 2010
Had many of the same issues. Got rid of Norton and installed Comodo Internet Security FREE. Comodo has anti-virus and program defense.[I found it best to disable sand box] Install and Disabled win7 firewall. Comodo operates in real time and doesn't conflict with other Win7 built in security like Windows Defender and browser security build ins. If it doesn't work for you, you can always reinstall Norton. When unistalling Norton make sure you have completely removed all traces of Norton/Symantec. It's prolific and writes files all over the drive. Hope this helps.
at 05:23 on December 18th, 2010
Wow, Norton Security, yes, that makes sense because PC Tool consistently identifies about six issues sourced to Norton. I will try Comodo as you suggest.
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.Prakash.at 18:55 on December 17th, 2010
Me too. The freeze and crash are too frequent. But the funny part is me too have Comodo , and even then the miseries of chrome continues.
at 21:17 on December 17th, 2010
Just thought to mention before you attempt any major surgery, make sure you have everything backed up and a restore point created first. Might get ugly !
Maybe check for any performance issues first. Windows 7 has some simple and advanced programs to find problems.
Try, Control Panel_Performance Information and Tools_Advanced Tools ( upper left side )_Performance issues will be on top of page.
Also see: Google Chrome crashes (Windows)
at 22:08 on December 17th, 2010
Also make sure to use the latest stable version and not a beta version. Beta versions can be quite buggy.
at 05:25 on December 18th, 2010
Sufficiently intimidated to wait until after the holiday to do this.
at 07:57 on December 18th, 2010
Tactical approach:
1. Run PC Tools on start up -- repair
2. Limit the number of apps running at the same time, i.e. don't run Gmail, Search, NowPublic, and Facebook at the same time
3. Be deliberate and you will still have to repair, though you may not crash
4. Norton Security is suspect
at 10:27 on December 18th, 2010
One would think that Google would complain about being trashed by Norton.
at 03:46 on December 21st, 2010
From Norton
Welcome to Symantec support for Norton Security Suite.
I see that we’ve had a great deal of correspondence on this issue already and I’d like to apologize for the time and energy you have expended in an attempt at resolution. I want to assure you that I recognize your frustration and am committed to helping you resolve this matter.
To fix this issue, I would suggest you to reset the Google Chrome browser and check for the issue:
1. Open Google Chrome browser.
2. Go to Tools > Options.
3. In the Google Chrome Options window, click “Reset to defaults” button on “under the hood” tab.
4. A pop-up will appear asking you confirm this action. Click “Reset to defaults” to revert back Google Chrome to default settings.
I hope changing the browser settings would resolve the issue completely. If you still have the same issue, we need to check whether Norton is causing the issue. In order to check, you will need to completely uninstall and reinstall the Norton. Please let us know whether the issue has been resolved after changing the browser settings. If not, we will provide you the steps to uninstall and reinstall the Norton Security Suite.
If you wish to have a live session with our technical support representative you can also contact our chat support through the below link. I would like to let you know that we have certain limitations in email support that reduces the scope of providing correct resolutions for more complicated issues which needs a more interactive session where we can identify the exact cause of the issue and fix it quickly.