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**James Stanich** · Jul 25th, 2002, 11:45 AM

Are we really back in action? What the hell happened?

**Cander** · Jul 25th, 2002, 11:47 AM

They finally fed the hamsters running the server.

**James Stanich** · Jul 25th, 2002, 11:49 AM

It's amazing. No ones on and the damn thing is still slow as hell...

**Cander** · Jul 25th, 2002, 11:50 AM

fairly speedy on my end.

**Smie** · Jul 25th, 2002, 11:57 AM

I miss the old VB-World, ya know? BEFORE they bent over for the corporations.......

**waheedrafiq** · Jul 25th, 2002, 12:01 PM

how the hell do i get my face photo up like that help

o this site is so good i am worried that Karl moor might start charging us some extra moneny ?

i can't afford it any more

**Smie** · Jul 25th, 2002, 12:04 PM

In my experiance with this board, it is always changing, up/down, up/down.... If they are even working, they are switching from UBB to VBulletin. I would like to meet this man.....

**Sastraxi** · Jul 25th, 2002, 12:06 PM

Okay, for that avatar (the photo), you go into User CP, Options, go to avatar, and go to Change. Upload a 64x64 avatar (or less) from your computer in GIF/JPEG format (I think). Then, click okay and you have your avatar!

**Hack** · Jul 25th, 2002, 12:06 PM

I don't care if this does get moved to Chit-Chat...I just glad to be back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Here is the scoop. The host behind the forums (vbBullentinHosting.Com) reported that the servers hosting this site became corrupt and had to be rebuilt. I've been checked 4 and 5 times a day since I was on last (last Thursday) and this is the first time anything has come up.

There may be more stuff going on behind the scenes but at least it is back.

**Sastraxi** · Jul 25th, 2002, 12:07 PM

That uBB was only for the article feedback, and plus the main forum's been vBulletin for 2-3 years now.

**James Stanich** · Jul 25th, 2002, 12:10 PM

What happen to Megatron? He was always the top poster, and now he's gone. Long live the new king - Hack.

**Hack** · Jul 25th, 2002, 12:15 PM

I'm sure Megatron will be back...

**KayJay** · Jul 25th, 2002, 12:21 PM

Originally posted by Hack
I don't care if this does get moved to Chit-Chat...I just glad to be back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
.................

Seconded !!!!!!!

**ae_jester** · Jul 25th, 2002, 12:54 PM

Damn I had to stare at my computer screen for a week cuz I was clueless about what to do!!!!

LOL!!!

Damn I have about 4 million questions written down so I hope everyone is ready to answer!!!!

**veryjonny** · Jul 25th, 2002, 01:20 PM

Greetings everyone. Good to see everyone just as desparate as ME!

**techgnome** · Jul 25th, 2002, 01:37 PM

Originally posted by KayJay

Seconded !!!!!!!

Third

-- Motion carried!

WOO HOO!
I was begining to suffer from widthdrawl symptoms.

It feel SOOOO goodto be back!

**hipopony66** · Jul 25th, 2002, 01:43 PM

I temporarily went to another VB forum, but it's good to have this one back. This one is much better and everyone is helpful here. If anyone ever needs a backup forum

www.visualbasicforum.com

is not bad. this is still King though. Good to have this back. I had to do a lot more thinking and figuring this past week!

**kleinma** · Jul 25th, 2002, 02:17 PM

it going ok for the moment... but it is still a little slow for the most part... this forum is so useful to all of us... they really need to do something to keep it up and running at a fast speed... man.. my job depends on this forum

**techgnome** · Jul 25th, 2002, 02:24 PM

Originally posted by kleinma
it going ok for the moment... but it is still a little slow for the most part... this forum is so useful to all of us... they really need to do something to keep it up and running at a fast speed... man.. my job depends on this forum

Never mind my job depending on the forum...... my SANITY depends on this forum.....

hipopony66 -- I see you did the same thing I did. But you are right, for some reason I like this forum better.

**nemaroller** · Jul 25th, 2002, 02:34 PM

You know what was even worse? No indication on the VBWORLD homepage that the forums were down.... No news... or Here's what happening....nothing....

As far as www.visualbasicforum.com :

The mod's on there are like Nazi hawk's.... start a thread about VBFORUMS.COM, and they move it and then close the thread...

But let's hope Karl can get these issues worked out....
I still think he should get MS to donate some $$$... hell, they spent $500 million on marketing alone for the XBOX....

**Edneeis** · Jul 25th, 2002, 03:43 PM

I wonder what exactly the problem is with the slowness. Is it the server? The hosting company? Need another server? What?

Maybe we need to pass around the hat or something.

**nemaroller** · Jul 25th, 2002, 03:52 PM

Well, this forum as 30,000 members....

Let's say roughly 1,000-2,000 are active participants....

charge $5 a year.... that's about $5-10,000 for paying hosting services....

Of course, that would lead to alot of difficulties... what to do with new members who only post once or twice, require them to pay? That would drop the forum's usefulness... they would go somewhere else...

I can't imagine the site is getting that many hits where its an unbearable amount of traffic, so it has to be the server....

**Edneeis** · Jul 25th, 2002, 04:03 PM

I think some big hot shot company should donate a server or two. If not then take a one time collection for a new machine, like you said $5 a person adds up real quick.

**Liquid Pennies** · Jul 25th, 2002, 04:41 PM

yes! were back! i do agree with nemaroller, they should have put a freakin post up

as for visualbasicforum, those guys arnt very nice....

**techgnome** · Jul 25th, 2002, 04:46 PM

It's true what they say, you never know what you got till it's gone.....
Glad it's back tho.

**Liquid Pennies** · Jul 25th, 2002, 04:59 PM

LONG LIVE VBFORUMS

**Animelion** · Jul 25th, 2002, 05:09 PM

WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE It's backup WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE, still getting over the initial shock of the page loading.

Anyways this is my favorite place to go on the net, and it was down for almost a week. I was getting worried. Anyways I searched all over the ne for answers to my questions, when I'm sure they will eb answered by the end of the day here. As for paying I would ba happy to pay, however when I was new to the forum I did not relise how valuable it could be, and therefor would not have payed for it.

**donW** · Jul 25th, 2002, 08:46 PM

glad its back!
BUT i had to register again! newbie again!!

**Blinky Bill** · Jul 25th, 2002, 09:12 PM

It was so annoying this week, I had to solve my own problems!!!

**wrack** · Jul 25th, 2002, 09:44 PM

Nice to hear that everyone had the same problem I had...I thought its my PC which is going crazy and I tried 3 different ISP to connect but no luck...

BUT GOOD TO BE BACK ONLINE...

Till I post a new question happy days...

**SoCalled** · Jul 25th, 2002, 09:54 PM

Originally posted by waheedrafiq
how the hell do i get my face photo up like that help

o this site is so good i am worried that Karl moor might start charging us some extra moneny ?

i can't afford it any more

NO chance of that mate, everyone would leave to go to other vb boards...

And BTW it's running quite fast this arvo downunder.

**ae_jester** · Jul 25th, 2002, 11:51 PM

Theres only usually like maximum of 30 people browsing the forums at a time if I remember correct.....that isnt very much at all.....i don't know what the problem is. It worked great before, then slow all of a sudden, without a massive increase in threads....

**ashay** · Jul 26th, 2002, 12:38 AM

hi all,

i m really gladd that the forum is back......but i m not able to view my subscribed threads..........is this true for everyone.....or its just me who's facin the problem

regd,
ashay

**SoCalled** · Jul 26th, 2002, 12:40 AM

Mate, a lot of ppl have lost their accounts completely. It might take them a few days to get everything ship shape around here...

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