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		<title>Facebook Game Problem Solved</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jul 2011 05:01:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ryan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[software]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Windows 7]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[avg]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cityville]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Comodo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Empires & Allies]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I ran into a problem with clicking on my neighbor&#8217;s posts. You know the ones where they ask you to help out by sending them something and you get something in return. Some people call them wall bonuses or post bonuses. Well whatever you want to call them I couldn&#8217;t accept any of them from [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I ran into a problem with clicking on my neighbor&#8217;s posts. You know the ones where they ask you to help out by sending them something and you get something in return. Some people call them wall bonuses or post bonuses. Well whatever you want to call them I couldn&#8217;t accept any of them from any games including Frontierville, CityVille, Farmville or the new Empires &amp; Allies. So I had all these goals, or missions to complete and I couldn&#8217;t help anyone or get anything back by clicking on my neighbor&#8217;s wall bonuses. This was happening in both Firefox and Internet Explorer so I knew something was wrong.</p>
<p>Everything I tried ended in failure. I tried reinstalling Firefox, disabling addons and extensions and even reverted back to an older version of Firefox. But nothing worked until I installed Google Chrome. This browser seemed to work just fine compared to the other two. I wasn&#8217;t completely sure why but I didn&#8217;t care at the time because I had goals and missions to complete.</p>
<p>So I used Google Chrome for about a week until I decided to look deeper for the problem with Firefox and IE. I disabled some suspicious services and startup programs but that didn&#8217;t help at all. Finally I thought about what affects the way a person sees the internet, other than the browsers of course. Being that this problem affected BOTH browsers then it must be a third-party issue.</p>
<p>After running Hijack This I noticed AVG Antivirus had more services running than what showed up in both browser&#8217;s addon sections. I figured I might as well try uninstalling AVG since I just about uninstalled everything else already. Eureka! I solved it! It seems simply disabling AVG in the addon section of Firefox or IE doesn&#8217;t actually disable AVG from filtering what you see in those browsers.</p>
<p>Eveidentally a recent AVG update affected what you see or do on Facebook and Facebook games by Zynga. It&#8217;s still strange that I was able to install Chrome and have no problem. Perhaps the update affected browsers that were already installed but not ones that get installed later? Not sure. Don&#8217;t really care now. AVG is gone. I&#8217;m currently using Comodo Internet Security (the free version) with both antivirus and a firewall. I can also click on and accept wall bonuses again.</p>
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		<title>CityVille Rewardville Problem</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jun 2011 11:45:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ryan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ever since they put that Rewardville junk on top of all the Zynga games in Facebook, including CityVille, everything seemed to slow down. I don&#8217;t really have any evidence so it&#8217;s just a theory for now. I have a top-of-the-line computer with a great processor and even I have problems with CityVille and other Zynga [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ever since they put that Rewardville junk on top of all the Zynga games in Facebook, including CityVille, everything seemed to slow down. I don&#8217;t really have any evidence so it&#8217;s just a theory for now.</p>
<p>I have a top-of-the-line computer with a great processor and even I have problems with CityVille and other Zynga games slowing wayyyy down. No, it doesn&#8217;t matter if I play with Firefox or IE9, it still slows down after a while. My only remedy is to shut down the browser and start it back up again. After that it stays fast for while again.</p>
<p>Just frustrating, that&#8217;s all.</p>
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		<title>PetVille Won&#8217;t Load or Slow</title>
		<link>http://www.techtroupe.com/websites/petville-wont-load-or-slow/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Feb 2011 05:48:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ryan</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[ccleaner]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[petville]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Don&#8217;t worry we just may have your fix so you can get back to your pet! Zynga is a social network game developer on social networking websites such as Facebook and MySpace. One of their popular games is called PetVille. This game, like all other Zynga browser-based games, makes use of the Flash multimedia platform. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong><span style="font-size: medium;">Don&#8217;t worry we just may have your fix so you can get back to your pet!</span></strong></p>
<p>Zynga is a social network game developer on social networking websites such as Facebook and MySpace. One of their popular games is called PetVille. This game, like all other Zynga browser-based games, makes use of the Flash multimedia platform. Although easy to use and fun to view, Flash does have its drawbacks. The most important drawback is the amount of resources needed to display and interact with the highly-intensive animations as in PetVille. Another issue is data corruption via the browser or the computer itself. Let&#8217;s take a look at fixing both of these problems so you can continue enjoy playing PetVille like you&#8217;re supposed to.</p>
<p><strong>Problem 1: Slow animation or game-play.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Problem 2: PetVille won&#8217;t load or parts of the game won&#8217;t load.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Solution for both problems:</strong> Make your computer faster! Sounds easy, right? You can always buy a new computer which would solve this problem, but most of us can&#8217;t right now. So, let&#8217;s make what we got better:</p>
<p><strong>Follow each step and you should see an increase in speed and hopefully will fix any loading issues as well.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Step 1:</strong> Clean unneeded files from your hard drive. Download this great little program called <a href="http://download.cnet.com/ccleaner/" target="_blank">CCleaner</a>. It gets rid of a lot of files that are just clogging up your hard drive including your browser cache and cookies. It&#8217;s safe and it works!</p>
<p><strong>Step 2:</strong> Defrag your hard drive. This is a very easy and effective way to help speed up your computer. You should defrag your hard drive about once a month (or set up a schedule in Windows Vista and Windows 7).</p>
<p>Open Disk Defragmenter by clicking the &#8220;Start&#8221; button, clicking &#8220;All Programs&#8221;, clicking &#8220;Accessories&#8221;, clicking &#8220;System Tools&#8221;, and then clicking &#8220;Disk Defragmenter&#8221;. The defragment program should now open. Make sure to click &#8220;Defragment Now&#8221;. Note: it may take between a few minutes to a few hours to complete.</p>
<p><strong>Step 3:</strong> Restart your computer. I have been working with and repairing computers for over 15 years now and it still amazes me how simply restarting a computer can do so much.</p>
<p><strong>Step 4:</strong> Close unwanted programs. Most of you have programs that you don&#8217;t need or simply not using running in the background as you are reading this. Do you see the icons in the lower right hand corner of the screen? That&#8217;s where most of them are. Go ahead and hover over each icon in order to see what program it is. If it&#8217;s something you&#8217;re not using (i.e. MSN Messenger) then right-click the icon and exit or close the program. You don&#8217;t have to worry about closing the wrong program because they will all be there the next time you restart your computer.</p>
<p><strong>Step 5: </strong>Login and start playing PetVille!</p>
<p>If you are still having problems getting PetVille on Facebook to load correctly you may want to try a different browser like <a href="http://www.mozilla.com/">Mozilla Firefox</a>. It&#8217;s highly recommended here in the computer repair industry because it is more difficult to get spyware and trojans on your computer than its counterpart; Microsoft Internet Explorer.</p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size: medium;">Still have problems with PetVille? Here is another solution that may work for all Zynga games including PetVille:</span></strong></p>
<p>You may encounter problems with PetVille on Facebook being slow or simply won&#8217;t load properly. Zynga games on Facebook use JavaScript which is a client side technology. This means that the actual processing of some things within the game happens on your computer using the processor and not on the Zynga servers. If you notice that your game is having difficulties loading or responding slowly to your actions it may be because your systems cache is full (the cache is where your computer stores information needed to display websites.)</p>
<p><strong>You can clear your cache by following the instructions below.</strong></p>
<p>For Internet Explorer 7 and 8:<br />
1. Open Internet Explorer.<br />
2. Click Tools at the top.<br />
3. Scroll down and select Internet Options.<br />
4. Click Delete under Browsing History.<br />
5. At the bottom, click Delete All. Then click Yes.</p>
<p>Close Internet Explorer entirely and re-launch.</p>
<p>For Firefox 3.5.8 or 3.6:<br />
1. Open Firefox.<br />
2. Click Tools at the top of the page.<br />
3. Select Options<br />
4. From tabs, Select Privacy<br />
5. Click &#8220;Clear Your Recent History&#8221;<br />
6. From Drop Down Menu, Select &#8220;Everything&#8221; AND<br />
From Drop Down Menu, Leave Only &#8220;Cache&#8221; checked<br />
7. Click &#8220;Clear Now&#8221;<br />
8. Click &#8220;OK&#8221; on Privacy Screen<br />
9 . Then, close Firefox and re-launch.</p>
<p>For Safari:<br />
1. From the Safari menu, click Empty Cache.<br />
2. When asked: “Are you sure you want to empty the cache?” click Empty.<br />
3. From the Safari menu, click Preferences.<br />
4. From the Security dialog box, click Bookmarks.<br />
5. Click Show Cookies.<br />
6. From the Cookie dialog box, click Remove All.<br />
7. Click Done.</p>
<p>For Opera 9.x:<br />
1. In Opera, click the Tools menu.<br />
2. Click Preferences.<br />
3. Select the Advanced tab.<br />
4. In the left-hand column, click History.<br />
5. In the Disk cache section, click Empty Now.<br />
6. Click OK to close Preferences.</p>
<p>Google Chrome :<br />
1. Open Google Chrome.<br />
2. Click the &#8220;Wrench Tool&#8221; at the upper right corner below the &#8220;X&#8221;/&#8221;Close&#8221;.<br />
3. Select &#8220;Options&#8221;<br />
4. Click on the &#8220;Under the Hood&#8221;<br />
5. Then click &#8220;Clear Browsing Data&#8221;<br />
6. Make sure the &#8220;Empty the Cache&#8221; and &#8220;Delete Cookies&#8221; is checked and also the &#8220;Clear data from this period&#8221; is &#8220;Everything&#8221;.<br />
7. Click &#8220;Clear Browsing Data&#8221;</p>
<p><strong>You might also have to clear your flash cache, or reinstall the flash player.</strong></p>
<p><strong>In order to clear the cache for PetVille please click on this link:</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://www.macromedia.com/support/documentation/en/flashplayer/help/settings_manager07.html">http://www.macromedia.com/support/documentation/en/flashplayer/help/settings_manager07.html</a></p>
<p>Then click on &#8220;Delete all Sites&#8221;.</p>
<p> <strong>In order to uninstall your flash player please follow the instructions on this page:</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/141/tn_14157.html">http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/141/tn_14157.html</a></p>
<p><strong>then reinstall it from this page:</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/">http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/</a></p>
<p>Thank you and good luck in PetVille!!</p>
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		<title>Vampire Wars Loading Problem or Slow</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Feb 2011 21:40:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ryan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[websites]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Don&#8217;t worry we just may have your fix so you can get back to your vampire! Zynga is a social network game developer on social networking websites such as Facebook and MySpace. One of their popular games is called Vampire Wars. This game, like all other Zynga browser-based games, makes use of the Flash multimedia [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong><span style="font-size: medium;">Don&#8217;t worry we just may have your fix so you can get back to your vampire!</span></strong></p>
<p>Zynga is a social network game developer on social networking websites such as Facebook and MySpace. One of their popular games is called Vampire Wars. This game, like all other Zynga browser-based games, makes use of the Flash multimedia platform. Although easy to use and fun to view, Flash does have its drawbacks. The most important drawback is the amount of resources needed to display and interact with the highly-intensive animations as in Vampire Wars. Another issue is data corruption via the browser or the computer itself. Let&#8217;s take a look at fixing both of these problems so you can continue enjoy playing Vampire Wars like you&#8217;re supposed to.</p>
<p><strong>Problem 1: Slow animation or game-play.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Problem 2: Vampire Wars won&#8217;t load or parts of the game won&#8217;t load.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Solution for both problems:</strong> Make your computer faster! Sounds easy, right? You can always buy a new computer which would solve this problem, but most of us can&#8217;t right now. So, let&#8217;s make what we got better:</p>
<p><strong>Follow each step and you should see an increase in speed and hopefully will fix any loading issues as well.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Step 1:</strong> Clean unneeded files from your hard drive. Download this great little program called <a href="http://download.cnet.com/ccleaner/" target="_blank">CCleaner</a>. It gets rid of a lot of files that are just clogging up your hard drive including your browser cache and cookies. It&#8217;s safe and it works!</p>
<p><strong>Step 2:</strong> Defrag your hard drive. This is a very easy and effective way to help speed up your computer. You should defrag your hard drive about once a month (or set up a schedule in Windows Vista and Windows 7).</p>
<p>Open Disk Defragmenter by clicking the &#8220;Start&#8221; button, clicking &#8220;All Programs&#8221;, clicking &#8220;Accessories&#8221;, clicking &#8220;System Tools&#8221;, and then clicking &#8220;Disk Defragmenter&#8221;. The defragment program should now open. Make sure to click &#8220;Defragment Now&#8221;. Note: it may take between a few minutes to a few hours to complete.</p>
<p><strong>Step 3:</strong> Restart your computer. I have been working with and repairing computers for over 15 years now and it still amazes me how simply restarting a computer can do so much.</p>
<p><strong>Step 4:</strong> Close unwanted programs. Most of you have programs that you don&#8217;t need or simply not using running in the background as you are reading this. Do you see the icons in the lower right hand corner of the screen? That&#8217;s where most of them are. Go ahead and hover over each icon in order to see what program it is. If it&#8217;s something you&#8217;re not using (i.e. MSN Messenger) then right-click the icon and exit or close the program. You don&#8217;t have to worry about closing the wrong program because they will all be there the next time you restart your computer.</p>
<p><strong>Step 5: </strong>Login and start playing Vampire Wars!</p>
<p>If you are still having problems getting Vampire Wars on Facebook to load correctly you may want to try a different browser like <a href="http://www.mozilla.com/">Mozilla Firefox</a>. It&#8217;s highly recommended here in the computer repair industry because it is more difficult to get spyware and trojans on your computer than its counterpart; Microsoft Internet Explorer.</p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size: medium;">Still have problems with Vampire Wars? Here is another solution that may work for all Zynga games including Vampire Wars:</span></strong></p>
<p>You may encounter problems with Vampire Wars on Facebook being slow or simply won&#8217;t load properly. Zynga games on Facebook use JavaScript which is a client side technology. This means that the actual processing of some things within the game happens on your computer using the processor and not on the Zynga servers. If you notice that your game is having difficulties loading or responding slowly to your actions it may be because your systems cache is full (the cache is where your computer stores information needed to display websites.)</p>
<p><strong>You can clear your cache by following the instructions below.</strong></p>
<p>For Internet Explorer 7 and 8:<br />
1. Open Internet Explorer.<br />
2. Click Tools at the top.<br />
3. Scroll down and select Internet Options.<br />
4. Click Delete under Browsing History.<br />
5. At the bottom, click Delete All. Then click Yes.</p>
<p>Close Internet Explorer entirely and re-launch.</p>
<p>For Firefox 3.5.8 or 3.6:<br />
1. Open Firefox.<br />
2. Click Tools at the top of the page.<br />
3. Select Options<br />
4. From tabs, Select Privacy<br />
5. Click &#8220;Clear Your Recent History&#8221;<br />
6. From Drop Down Menu, Select &#8220;Everything&#8221; AND<br />
From Drop Down Menu, Leave Only &#8220;Cache&#8221; checked<br />
7. Click &#8220;Clear Now&#8221;<br />
8. Click &#8220;OK&#8221; on Privacy Screen<br />
9 . Then, close Firefox and re-launch.</p>
<p>For Safari:<br />
1. From the Safari menu, click Empty Cache.<br />
2. When asked: “Are you sure you want to empty the cache?” click Empty.<br />
3. From the Safari menu, click Preferences.<br />
4. From the Security dialog box, click Bookmarks.<br />
5. Click Show Cookies.<br />
6. From the Cookie dialog box, click Remove All.<br />
7. Click Done.</p>
<p>For Opera 9.x:<br />
1. In Opera, click the Tools menu.<br />
2. Click Preferences.<br />
3. Select the Advanced tab.<br />
4. In the left-hand column, click History.<br />
5. In the Disk cache section, click Empty Now.<br />
6. Click OK to close Preferences.</p>
<p>Google Chrome :<br />
1. Open Google Chrome.<br />
2. Click the &#8220;Wrench Tool&#8221; at the upper right corner below the &#8220;X&#8221;/&#8221;Close&#8221;.<br />
3. Select &#8220;Options&#8221;<br />
4. Click on the &#8220;Under the Hood&#8221;<br />
5. Then click &#8220;Clear Browsing Data&#8221;<br />
6. Make sure the &#8220;Empty the Cache&#8221; and &#8220;Delete Cookies&#8221; is checked and also the &#8220;Clear data from this period&#8221; is &#8220;Everything&#8221;.<br />
7. Click &#8220;Clear Browsing Data&#8221;</p>
<p><strong>You might also have to clear your flash cache, or reinstall the flash player.</strong></p>
<p><strong>In order to clear the cache for Vampire Wars please click on this link:</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://www.macromedia.com/support/documentation/en/flashplayer/help/settings_manager07.html">http://www.macromedia.com/support/documentation/en/flashplayer/help/settings_manager07.html</a></p>
<p>Then click on &#8220;Delete all Sites&#8221;.</p>
<p> <strong>In order to uninstall your flash player please follow the instructions on this page:</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/141/tn_14157.html">http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/141/tn_14157.html</a></p>
<p><strong>then reinstall it from this page:</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/">http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/</a></p>
<p>Thank you and good luck in Vampire Wars!!</p>
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		<title>Treasure Isle Not Loading or Slow Play</title>
		<link>http://www.techtroupe.com/websites/treasure-isle-not-loading-or-slow-play/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Feb 2011 13:32:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ryan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Don&#8217;t worry we just may have your fix so you can get back to hunting for treasure! Zynga is a social network game developer on social networking websites such as Facebook and MySpace. One of their popular games is called Treasure Isle. This game, like all other Zynga browser-based games, makes use of the Flash [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong><span style="font-size: medium;">Don&#8217;t worry we just may have your fix so you can get back to hunting for treasure!</span></strong></p>
<p>Zynga is a social network game developer on social networking websites such as Facebook and MySpace. One of their popular games is called Treasure Isle. This game, like all other Zynga browser-based games, makes use of the Flash multimedia platform. Although easy to use and fun to view, Flash does have its drawbacks. The most important drawback is the amount of resources needed to display and interact with the highly-intensive animations as in Treasure Isle. Another issue is data corruption via the browser or the computer itself. Let&#8217;s take a look at fixing both of these problems so you can continue enjoy playing Treasure Isle like you&#8217;re supposed to.</p>
<p><strong>Problem 1: Slow animation or game-play.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Problem 2: Treasure Isle won&#8217;t load or parts of the game won&#8217;t load.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Solution for both problems:</strong> Make your computer faster! Sounds easy, right? You can always buy a new computer which would solve this problem, but most of us can&#8217;t right now. So, let&#8217;s make what we got better:</p>
<p><strong>Follow each step and you should see an increase in speed and hopefully will fix any loading issues as well.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Step 1:</strong> Clean unneeded files from your hard drive. Download this great little program called <a href="http://download.cnet.com/ccleaner/" target="_blank">CCleaner</a>. It gets rid of a lot of files that are just clogging up your hard drive including your browser cache and cookies. It&#8217;s safe and it works!</p>
<p><strong>Step 2:</strong> Defrag your hard drive. This is a very easy and effective way to help speed up your computer. You should defrag your hard drive about once a month (or set up a schedule in Windows Vista and Windows 7).</p>
<p>Open Disk Defragmenter by clicking the &#8220;Start&#8221; button, clicking &#8220;All Programs&#8221;, clicking &#8220;Accessories&#8221;, clicking &#8220;System Tools&#8221;, and then clicking &#8220;Disk Defragmenter&#8221;. The defragment program should now open. Make sure to click &#8220;Defragment Now&#8221;. Note: it may take between a few minutes to a few hours to complete.</p>
<p><strong>Step 3:</strong> Restart your computer. I have been working with and repairing computers for over 15 years now and it still amazes me how simply restarting a computer can do so much.</p>
<p><strong>Step 4:</strong> Close unwanted programs. Most of you have programs that you don&#8217;t need or simply not using running in the background as you are reading this. Do you see the icons in the lower right hand corner of the screen? That&#8217;s where most of them are. Go ahead and hover over each icon in order to see what program it is. If it&#8217;s something you&#8217;re not using (i.e. MSN Messenger) then right-click the icon and exit or close the program. You don&#8217;t have to worry about closing the wrong program because they will all be there the next time you restart your computer.</p>
<p><strong>Step 5: </strong>Login and start playing Treasure Isle!</p>
<p>If you are still having problems getting Treasure Isle on Facebook to load correctly you may want to try a different browser like <a href="http://www.mozilla.com/">Mozilla Firefox</a>. It&#8217;s highly recommended here in the computer repair industry because it is more difficult to get spyware and trojans on your computer than its counterpart; Microsoft Internet Explorer.</p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size: medium;">Still have problems with Treasure Isle? Here is another solution that may work for all Zynga games including Treasure Isle:</span></strong></p>
<p>You may encounter problems with Treasure Isle on Facebook being slow or simply won&#8217;t load properly. Zynga games on Facebook use JavaScript which is a client side technology. This means that the actual processing of some things within the game happens on your computer using the processor and not on the Zynga servers. If you notice that your game is having difficulties loading or responding slowly to your actions it may be because your systems cache is full (the cache is where your computer stores information needed to display websites.)</p>
<p><strong>You can clear your cache by following the instructions below.</strong></p>
<p>For Internet Explorer 7 and 8:<br />
1. Open Internet Explorer.<br />
2. Click Tools at the top.<br />
3. Scroll down and select Internet Options.<br />
4. Click Delete under Browsing History.<br />
5. At the bottom, click Delete All. Then click Yes.</p>
<p>Close Internet Explorer entirely and re-launch.</p>
<p>For Firefox 3.5.8 or 3.6:<br />
1. Open Firefox.<br />
2. Click Tools at the top of the page.<br />
3. Select Options<br />
4. From tabs, Select Privacy<br />
5. Click &#8220;Clear Your Recent History&#8221;<br />
6. From Drop Down Menu, Select &#8220;Everything&#8221; AND<br />
From Drop Down Menu, Leave Only &#8220;Cache&#8221; checked<br />
7. Click &#8220;Clear Now&#8221;<br />
8. Click &#8220;OK&#8221; on Privacy Screen<br />
9 . Then, close Firefox and re-launch.</p>
<p>For Safari:<br />
1. From the Safari menu, click Empty Cache.<br />
2. When asked: “Are you sure you want to empty the cache?” click Empty.<br />
3. From the Safari menu, click Preferences.<br />
4. From the Security dialog box, click Bookmarks.<br />
5. Click Show Cookies.<br />
6. From the Cookie dialog box, click Remove All.<br />
7. Click Done.</p>
<p>For Opera 9.x:<br />
1. In Opera, click the Tools menu.<br />
2. Click Preferences.<br />
3. Select the Advanced tab.<br />
4. In the left-hand column, click History.<br />
5. In the Disk cache section, click Empty Now.<br />
6. Click OK to close Preferences.</p>
<p>Google Chrome :<br />
1. Open Google Chrome.<br />
2. Click the &#8220;Wrench Tool&#8221; at the upper right corner below the &#8220;X&#8221;/&#8221;Close&#8221;.<br />
3. Select &#8220;Options&#8221;<br />
4. Click on the &#8220;Under the Hood&#8221;<br />
5. Then click &#8220;Clear Browsing Data&#8221;<br />
6. Make sure the &#8220;Empty the Cache&#8221; and &#8220;Delete Cookies&#8221; is checked and also the &#8220;Clear data from this period&#8221; is &#8220;Everything&#8221;.<br />
7. Click &#8220;Clear Browsing Data&#8221;</p>
<p><strong>You might also have to clear your flash cache, or reinstall the flash player.</strong></p>
<p><strong>In order to clear the cache for Treasure Isle please click on this link:</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://www.macromedia.com/support/documentation/en/flashplayer/help/settings_manager07.html">http://www.macromedia.com/support/documentation/en/flashplayer/help/settings_manager07.html</a></p>
<p>Then click on &#8220;Delete all Sites&#8221;.</p>
<p> <strong>In order to uninstall your flash player please follow the instructions on this page:</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/141/tn_14157.html">http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/141/tn_14157.html</a></p>
<p><strong>then reinstall it from this page:</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/">http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/</a></p>
<p>Thank you and good luck in Treasure Isle!!</p>
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		<title>Cafe World Loading Problem or Slow</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Feb 2011 05:24:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ryan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Don&#8217;t worry we just may have your fix so you can get back to your cafe! Zynga is a social network game developer on social networking websites such as Facebook and MySpace. One of their popular games is called Cafe World. This game, like all other Zynga browser-based games, makes use of the Flash multimedia [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong><span style="font-size: medium;">Don&#8217;t worry we just may have your fix so you can get back to your cafe!</span></strong></p>
<p>Zynga is a social network game developer on social networking websites such as Facebook and MySpace. One of their popular games is called Cafe World. This game, like all other Zynga browser-based games, makes use of the Flash multimedia platform. Although easy to use and fun to view, Flash does have its drawbacks. The most important drawback is the amount of resources needed to display and interact with the highly-intensive animations as in Cafe World. Another issue is data corruption via the browser or the computer itself. Let&#8217;s take a look at fixing both of these problems so you can continue enjoy playing Cafe World like you&#8217;re supposed to.</p>
<p><strong>Problem 1: Slow animation or game-play.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Problem 2: Cafe World won&#8217;t load or parts of the game won&#8217;t load.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Solution for both problems:</strong> Make your computer faster! Sounds easy, right? You can always buy a new computer which would solve this problem, but most of us can&#8217;t right now. So, let&#8217;s make what we got better:</p>
<p><strong>Follow each step and you should see an increase in speed and hopefully will fix any loading issues as well.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Step 1:</strong> Clean unneeded files from your hard drive. Download this great little program called <a href="http://download.cnet.com/ccleaner/" target="_blank">CCleaner</a>. It gets rid of a lot of files that are just clogging up your hard drive including your browser cache and cookies. It&#8217;s safe and it works!</p>
<p><strong>Step 2:</strong> Defrag your hard drive. This is a very easy and effective way to help speed up your computer. You should defrag your hard drive about once a month (or set up a schedule in Windows Vista and Windows 7).</p>
<p>Open Disk Defragmenter by clicking the &#8220;Start&#8221; button, clicking &#8220;All Programs&#8221;, clicking &#8220;Accessories&#8221;, clicking &#8220;System Tools&#8221;, and then clicking &#8220;Disk Defragmenter&#8221;. The defragment program should now open. Make sure to click &#8220;Defragment Now&#8221;. Note: it may take between a few minutes to a few hours to complete.</p>
<p><strong>Step 3:</strong> Restart your computer. I have been working with and repairing computers for over 15 years now and it still amazes me how simply restarting a computer can do so much.</p>
<p><strong>Step 4:</strong> Close unwanted programs. Most of you have programs that you don&#8217;t need or simply not using running in the background as you are reading this. Do you see the icons in the lower right hand corner of the screen? That&#8217;s where most of them are. Go ahead and hover over each icon in order to see what program it is. If it&#8217;s something you&#8217;re not using (i.e. MSN Messenger) then right-click the icon and exit or close the program. You don&#8217;t have to worry about closing the wrong program because they will all be there the next time you restart your computer.</p>
<p><strong>Step 5: </strong>Login and start playing Cafe World!</p>
<p>If you are still having problems getting Cafe World on Facebook to load correctly you may want to try a different browser like <a href="http://www.mozilla.com/">Mozilla Firefox</a>. It&#8217;s highly recommended here in the computer repair industry because it is more difficult to get spyware and trojans on your computer than its counterpart; Microsoft Internet Explorer.</p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size: medium;">Still have problems with Cafe World? Here is another solution that may work for all Zynga games including Cafe World:</span></strong></p>
<p>You may encounter problems with Cafe World on Facebook being slow or simply won&#8217;t load properly. Zynga games on Facebook use JavaScript which is a client side technology. This means that the actual processing of some things within the game happens on your computer using the processor and not on the Zynga servers. If you notice that your game is having difficulties loading or responding slowly to your actions it may be because your systems cache is full (the cache is where your computer stores information needed to display websites.)</p>
<p><strong>You can clear your cache by following the instructions below.</strong></p>
<p>For Internet Explorer 7 and 8:<br />
1. Open Internet Explorer.<br />
2. Click Tools at the top.<br />
3. Scroll down and select Internet Options.<br />
4. Click Delete under Browsing History.<br />
5. At the bottom, click Delete All. Then click Yes.</p>
<p>Close Internet Explorer entirely and re-launch.</p>
<p>For Firefox 3.5.8 or 3.6:<br />
1. Open Firefox.<br />
2. Click Tools at the top of the page.<br />
3. Select Options<br />
4. From tabs, Select Privacy<br />
5. Click &#8220;Clear Your Recent History&#8221;<br />
6. From Drop Down Menu, Select &#8220;Everything&#8221; AND<br />
From Drop Down Menu, Leave Only &#8220;Cache&#8221; checked<br />
7. Click &#8220;Clear Now&#8221;<br />
8. Click &#8220;OK&#8221; on Privacy Screen<br />
9 . Then, close Firefox and re-launch.</p>
<p>For Safari:<br />
1. From the Safari menu, click Empty Cache.<br />
2. When asked: “Are you sure you want to empty the cache?” click Empty.<br />
3. From the Safari menu, click Preferences.<br />
4. From the Security dialog box, click Bookmarks.<br />
5. Click Show Cookies.<br />
6. From the Cookie dialog box, click Remove All.<br />
7. Click Done.</p>
<p>For Opera 9.x:<br />
1. In Opera, click the Tools menu.<br />
2. Click Preferences.<br />
3. Select the Advanced tab.<br />
4. In the left-hand column, click History.<br />
5. In the Disk cache section, click Empty Now.<br />
6. Click OK to close Preferences.</p>
<p>Google Chrome :<br />
1. Open Google Chrome.<br />
2. Click the &#8220;Wrench Tool&#8221; at the upper right corner below the &#8220;X&#8221;/&#8221;Close&#8221;.<br />
3. Select &#8220;Options&#8221;<br />
4. Click on the &#8220;Under the Hood&#8221;<br />
5. Then click &#8220;Clear Browsing Data&#8221;<br />
6. Make sure the &#8220;Empty the Cache&#8221; and &#8220;Delete Cookies&#8221; is checked and also the &#8220;Clear data from this period&#8221; is &#8220;Everything&#8221;.<br />
7. Click &#8220;Clear Browsing Data&#8221;</p>
<p><strong>You might also have to clear your flash cache, or reinstall the flash player.</strong></p>
<p><strong>In order to clear the cache for Cafe World please click on this link:</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://www.macromedia.com/support/documentation/en/flashplayer/help/settings_manager07.html">http://www.macromedia.com/support/documentation/en/flashplayer/help/settings_manager07.html</a></p>
<p>Then click on &#8220;Delete all Sites&#8221;.</p>
<p> <strong>In order to uninstall your flash player please follow the instructions on this page:</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/141/tn_14157.html">http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/141/tn_14157.html</a></p>
<p><strong>then reinstall it from this page:</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/">http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/</a></p>
<p>Thank you and good luck in Cafe World!!</p>
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		<title>FarmVille Not Loading or Slow Playing</title>
		<link>http://www.techtroupe.com/websites/farmville-not-loading-or-slow-playing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Feb 2011 21:16:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ryan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Don&#8217;t worry we just may have your fix so you can get back to your farm! Zynga is a social network game developer on social networking websites such as Facebook and MySpace. One of their popular games is called FarmVille. This game, like all other Zynga browser-based games, makes use of the Flash multimedia platform. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong><span style="font-size: medium;">Don&#8217;t worry we just may have your fix so you can get back to your farm!</span></strong></p>
<p>Zynga is a social network game developer on social networking websites such as Facebook and MySpace. One of their popular games is called FarmVille. This game, like all other Zynga browser-based games, makes use of the Flash multimedia platform. Although easy to use and fun to view, Flash does have its drawbacks. The most important drawback is the amount of resources needed to display and interact with the highly-intensive animations as in FarmVille. Another issue is data corruption via the browser or the computer itself. Let&#8217;s take a look at fixing both of these problems so you can continue enjoy playing FarmVille like you&#8217;re supposed to.</p>
<p><strong>Problem 1: Slow animation or game-play.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Problem 2: FarmVille won&#8217;t load or parts of the game won&#8217;t load.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Solution for both problems:</strong> Make your computer faster! Sounds easy, right? You can always buy a new computer which would solve this problem, but most of us can&#8217;t right now. So, let&#8217;s make what we got better:</p>
<p><strong>Follow each step and you should see an increase in speed and hopefully will fix any loading issues as well.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Step 1:</strong> Clean unneeded files from your hard drive. Download this great little program called <a href="http://download.cnet.com/ccleaner/" target="_blank">CCleaner</a>. It gets rid of a lot of files that are just clogging up your hard drive including your browser cache and cookies. It&#8217;s safe and it works!</p>
<p><strong>Step 2:</strong> Defrag your hard drive. This is a very easy and effective way to help speed up your computer. You should defrag your hard drive about once a month (or set up a schedule in Windows Vista and Windows 7).</p>
<p>Open Disk Defragmenter by clicking the &#8220;Start&#8221; button, clicking &#8220;All Programs&#8221;, clicking &#8220;Accessories&#8221;, clicking &#8220;System Tools&#8221;, and then clicking &#8220;Disk Defragmenter&#8221;. The defragment program should now open. Make sure to click &#8220;Defragment Now&#8221;. Note: it may take between a few minutes to a few hours to complete.</p>
<p><strong>Step 3:</strong> Restart your computer. I have been working with and repairing computers for over 15 years now and it still amazes me how simply restarting a computer can do so much.</p>
<p><strong>Step 4:</strong> Close unwanted programs. Most of you have programs that you don&#8217;t need or simply not using running in the background as you are reading this. Do you see the icons in the lower right hand corner of the screen? That&#8217;s where most of them are. Go ahead and hover over each icon in order to see what program it is. If it&#8217;s something you&#8217;re not using (i.e. MSN Messenger) then right-click the icon and exit or close the program. You don&#8217;t have to worry about closing the wrong program because they will all be there the next time you restart your computer.</p>
<p><strong>Step 5: </strong>Login and start playing FarmVille!</p>
<p>If you are still having problems getting FarmVille on Facebook to load correctly you may want to try a different browser like <a href="http://www.mozilla.com/">Mozilla Firefox</a>. It&#8217;s highly recommended here in the computer repair industry because it is more difficult to get spyware and trojans on your computer than its counterpart; Microsoft Internet Explorer.</p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size: medium;">Still have problems with FarmVille? Here is another solution that may work for all Zynga games including FarmVille:</span></strong></p>
<p>You may encounter problems with FarmVille on Facebook being slow or simply won&#8217;t load properly. Zynga games on Facebook use JavaScript which is a client side technology. This means that the actual processing of some things within the game happens on your computer using the processor and not on the Zynga servers. If you notice that your game is having difficulties loading or responding slowly to your actions it may be because your systems cache is full (the cache is where your computer stores information needed to display websites.)</p>
<p><strong>You can clear your cache by following the instructions below.</strong></p>
<p>For Internet Explorer 7 and 8:<br />
1. Open Internet Explorer.<br />
2. Click Tools at the top.<br />
3. Scroll down and select Internet Options.<br />
4. Click Delete under Browsing History.<br />
5. At the bottom, click Delete All. Then click Yes.</p>
<p>Close Internet Explorer entirely and re-launch.</p>
<p>For Firefox 3.5.8 or 3.6:<br />
1. Open Firefox.<br />
2. Click Tools at the top of the page.<br />
3. Select Options<br />
4. From tabs, Select Privacy<br />
5. Click &#8220;Clear Your Recent History&#8221;<br />
6. From Drop Down Menu, Select &#8220;Everything&#8221; AND<br />
From Drop Down Menu, Leave Only &#8220;Cache&#8221; checked<br />
7. Click &#8220;Clear Now&#8221;<br />
8. Click &#8220;OK&#8221; on Privacy Screen<br />
9 . Then, close Firefox and re-launch.</p>
<p>For Safari:<br />
1. From the Safari menu, click Empty Cache.<br />
2. When asked: “Are you sure you want to empty the cache?” click Empty.<br />
3. From the Safari menu, click Preferences.<br />
4. From the Security dialog box, click Bookmarks.<br />
5. Click Show Cookies.<br />
6. From the Cookie dialog box, click Remove All.<br />
7. Click Done.</p>
<p>For Opera 9.x:<br />
1. In Opera, click the Tools menu.<br />
2. Click Preferences.<br />
3. Select the Advanced tab.<br />
4. In the left-hand column, click History.<br />
5. In the Disk cache section, click Empty Now.<br />
6. Click OK to close Preferences.</p>
<p>Google Chrome :<br />
1. Open Google Chrome.<br />
2. Click the &#8220;Wrench Tool&#8221; at the upper right corner below the &#8220;X&#8221;/&#8221;Close&#8221;.<br />
3. Select &#8220;Options&#8221;<br />
4. Click on the &#8220;Under the Hood&#8221;<br />
5. Then click &#8220;Clear Browsing Data&#8221;<br />
6. Make sure the &#8220;Empty the Cache&#8221; and &#8220;Delete Cookies&#8221; is checked and also the &#8220;Clear data from this period&#8221; is &#8220;Everything&#8221;.<br />
7. Click &#8220;Clear Browsing Data&#8221;</p>
<p><strong>You might also have to clear your flash cache, or reinstall the flash player.</strong></p>
<p><strong>In order to clear the cache for FarmVille please click on this link:</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://www.macromedia.com/support/documentation/en/flashplayer/help/settings_manager07.html">http://www.macromedia.com/support/documentation/en/flashplayer/help/settings_manager07.html</a></p>
<p>Then click on &#8220;Delete all Sites&#8221;.</p>
<p> <strong>In order to uninstall your flash player please follow the instructions on this page:</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/141/tn_14157.html">http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/141/tn_14157.html</a></p>
<p><strong>then reinstall it from this page:</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/">http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/</a></p>
<p>Thank you and good luck in FarmVille!!</p>
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		<title>FishVille Not Loading or Slow Problem</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Feb 2011 13:08:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ryan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Don&#8217;t worry we just may have your fix so you can get back to feeding your fish! Zynga is a social network game developer on social networking websites such as Facebook and MySpace. One of their popular games is called FishVille. This game, like all other Zynga browser-based games, makes use of the Flash multimedia [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong><span style="font-size: medium;">Don&#8217;t worry we just may have your fix so you can get back to feeding your fish!</span></strong></p>
<p>Zynga is a social network game developer on social networking websites such as Facebook and MySpace. One of their popular games is called FishVille. This game, like all other Zynga browser-based games, makes use of the Flash multimedia platform. Although easy to use and fun to view, Flash does have its drawbacks. The most important drawback is the amount of resources needed to display and interact with the highly-intensive animations as in FishVille. Another issue is data corruption via the browser or the computer itself. Let&#8217;s take a look at fixing both of these problems so you can continue enjoy playing FishVille like you&#8217;re supposed to.</p>
<p><strong>Problem 1: Slow animation or game-play.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Problem 2: FishVille won&#8217;t load or parts of the game won&#8217;t load.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Solution for both problems:</strong> Make your computer faster! Sounds easy, right? You can always buy a new computer which would solve this problem, but most of us can&#8217;t right now. So, let&#8217;s make what we got better:</p>
<p><strong>Follow each step and you should see an increase in speed and hopefully will fix any loading issues as well.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Step 1:</strong> Clean unneeded files from your hard drive. Download this great little program called <a href="http://download.cnet.com/ccleaner/" target="_blank">CCleaner</a>. It gets rid of a lot of files that are just clogging up your hard drive including your browser cache and cookies. It&#8217;s safe and it works!</p>
<p><strong>Step 2:</strong> Defrag your hard drive. This is a very easy and effective way to help speed up your computer. You should defrag your hard drive about once a month (or set up a schedule in Windows Vista and Windows 7).</p>
<p>Open Disk Defragmenter by clicking the &#8220;Start&#8221; button, clicking &#8220;All Programs&#8221;, clicking &#8220;Accessories&#8221;, clicking &#8220;System Tools&#8221;, and then clicking &#8220;Disk Defragmenter&#8221;. The defragment program should now open. Make sure to click &#8220;Defragment Now&#8221;. Note: it may take between a few minutes to a few hours to complete.</p>
<p><strong>Step 3:</strong> Restart your computer. I have been working with and repairing computers for over 15 years now and it still amazes me how simply restarting a computer can do so much.</p>
<p><strong>Step 4:</strong> Close unwanted programs. Most of you have programs that you don&#8217;t need or simply not using running in the background as you are reading this. Do you see the icons in the lower right hand corner of the screen? That&#8217;s where most of them are. Go ahead and hover over each icon in order to see what program it is. If it&#8217;s something you&#8217;re not using (i.e. MSN Messenger) then right-click the icon and exit or close the program. You don&#8217;t have to worry about closing the wrong program because they will all be there the next time you restart your computer.</p>
<p><strong>Step 5: </strong>Login and start playing FishVille!</p>
<p>If you are still having problems getting FishVille on Facebook to load correctly you may want to try a different browser like Mozilla Firefox. It&#8217;s highly recommended here in the computer repair industry because it is more difficult to get spyware and trojans on your computer than its counterpart; Microsoft Internet Explorer.</p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size: medium;">Still have problems with FishVille? Here is another solution that may work for all Zynga games including FishVille:</span></strong></p>
<p>You may encounter problems with FishVille on Facebook being slow or simply won&#8217;t load properly. Zynga games on Facebook use JavaScript which is a client side technology. This means that the actual processing of some things within the game happens on your computer using the processor and not on the Zynga servers. If you notice that your game is having difficulties loading or responding slowly to your actions it may be because your systems cache is full (the cache is where your computer stores information needed to display websites.)</p>
<p><strong>You can clear your cache by following the instructions below.</strong></p>
<p>For Internet Explorer 7 and 8:<br />
1. Open Internet Explorer.<br />
2. Click Tools at the top.<br />
3. Scroll down and select Internet Options.<br />
4. Click Delete under Browsing History.<br />
5. At the bottom, click Delete All. Then click Yes.</p>
<p>Close Internet Explorer entirely and re-launch.</p>
<p>For Firefox 3.5.8 or 3.6:<br />
1. Open Firefox.<br />
2. Click Tools at the top of the page.<br />
3. Select Options<br />
4. From tabs, Select Privacy<br />
5. Click &#8220;Clear Your Recent History&#8221;<br />
6. From Drop Down Menu, Select &#8220;Everything&#8221; AND<br />
From Drop Down Menu, Leave Only &#8220;Cache&#8221; checked<br />
7. Click &#8220;Clear Now&#8221;<br />
8. Click &#8220;OK&#8221; on Privacy Screen<br />
9 . Then, close Firefox and re-launch.</p>
<p>For Safari:<br />
1. From the Safari menu, click Empty Cache.<br />
2. When asked: “Are you sure you want to empty the cache?” click Empty.<br />
3. From the Safari menu, click Preferences.<br />
4. From the Security dialog box, click Bookmarks.<br />
5. Click Show Cookies.<br />
6. From the Cookie dialog box, click Remove All.<br />
7. Click Done.</p>
<p>For Opera 9.x:<br />
1. In Opera, click the Tools menu.<br />
2. Click Preferences.<br />
3. Select the Advanced tab.<br />
4. In the left-hand column, click History.<br />
5. In the Disk cache section, click Empty Now.<br />
6. Click OK to close Preferences.</p>
<p>Google Chrome :<br />
1. Open Google Chrome.<br />
2. Click the &#8220;Wrench Tool&#8221; at the upper right corner below the &#8220;X&#8221;/&#8221;Close&#8221;.<br />
3. Select &#8220;Options&#8221;<br />
4. Click on the &#8220;Under the Hood&#8221;<br />
5. Then click &#8220;Clear Browsing Data&#8221;<br />
6. Make sure the &#8220;Empty the Cache&#8221; and &#8220;Delete Cookies&#8221; is checked and also the &#8220;Clear data from this period&#8221; is &#8220;Everything&#8221;.<br />
7. Click &#8220;Clear Browsing Data&#8221;</p>
<p><strong>You might also have to clear your flash cache, or reinstall the flash player.</strong></p>
<p><strong>In order to clear the cache for FishVille please click on this link:</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://www.macromedia.com/support/documentation/en/flashplayer/help/settings_manager07.html">http://www.macromedia.com/support/documentation/en/flashplayer/help/settings_manager07.html</a></p>
<p>Then click on &#8220;Delete all Sites&#8221;.</p>
<p> <strong>In order to uninstall your flash player please follow the instructions on this page:</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/141/tn_14157.html">http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/141/tn_14157.html</a></p>
<p><strong>then reinstall it from this page:</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/">http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/</a></p>
<p>Thank you and good luck in FishVille!!</p>
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		<title>Mafia Wars Loading Problem or Slow</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Feb 2011 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ryan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Don&#8217;t worry we just may have your fix so you can get back to your Mafia. Zynga is a social network game developer on social networking websites such as Facebook and MySpace. One of their popular games is called Mafia Wars. This game, like all other Zynga browser-based games, makes use of the Flash multimedia [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong><span style="font-size: medium;">Don&#8217;t worry we just may have your fix so you can get back to your Mafia.</span></strong></p>
<p>Zynga is a social network game developer on social networking websites such as Facebook and MySpace. One of their popular games is called Mafia Wars. This game, like all other Zynga browser-based games, makes use of the Flash multimedia platform. Although easy to use and fun to view, Flash does have its drawbacks. The most important drawback is the amount of resources needed to display and interact with the highly-intensive animations as in Mafia Wars. Another issue is data corruption via the browser or the computer itself. Let&#8217;s take a look at fixing both of these problems so you can continue enjoy playing Mafia Wars like you&#8217;re supposed to.</p>
<p><strong>Problem 1: Slow animation or game-play.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Problem 2: Mafia Wars won&#8217;t load or parts of the game won&#8217;t load.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Solution for both problems:</strong> Make your computer faster! Sounds easy, right? You can always buy a new computer which would solve this problem, but most of us can&#8217;t right now. So, let&#8217;s make what we got better:</p>
<p><strong>Follow each step and you should see an increase in speed and hopefully will fix any loading issues as well.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Step 1:</strong> Clean unneeded files from your hard drive. Download this great little program called <a href="http://download.cnet.com/ccleaner/" target="_blank">CCleaner</a>. It gets rid of a lot of files that are just clogging up your hard drive including your browser cache and cookies. It&#8217;s safe and it works!</p>
<p><strong>Step 2:</strong> Defrag your hard drive. This is a very easy and effective way to help speed up your computer. You should defrag your hard drive about once a month (or set up a schedule in Windows Vista and Windows 7).</p>
<p>Open Disk Defragmenter by clicking the &#8220;Start&#8221; button, clicking &#8220;All Programs&#8221;, clicking &#8220;Accessories&#8221;, clicking &#8220;System Tools&#8221;, and then clicking &#8220;Disk Defragmenter&#8221;. The defragment program should now open. Make sure to click &#8220;Defragment Now&#8221;. Note: it may take between a few minutes to a few hours to complete.</p>
<p><strong>Step 3:</strong> Restart your computer. I have been working with and repairing computers for over 15 years now and it still amazes me how simply restarting a computer can do so much.</p>
<p><strong>Step 4:</strong> Close unwanted programs. Most of you have programs that you don&#8217;t need or simply not using running in the background as you are reading this. Do you see the icons in the lower right hand corner of the screen? That&#8217;s where most of them are. Go ahead and hover over each icon in order to see what program it is. If it&#8217;s something you&#8217;re not using (i.e. MSN Messenger) then right-click the icon and exit or close the program. You don&#8217;t have to worry about closing the wrong program because they will all be there the next time you restart your computer.</p>
<p><strong>Step 5: </strong>Login and start playing Mafia Wars!</p>
<p>If you are still having problems getting Mafia Wars on Facebook to load correctly you may want to try a different browser like Mozilla Firefox. It&#8217;s highly recommended here in the computer repair industry because it is more difficult to get spyware and trojans on your computer than its counterpart; Microsoft Internet Explorer.</p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size: medium;">Still have problems with Mafia Wars? Here is another solution that may work for all Zynga games including Mafia Wars:</span></strong></p>
<p>You may encounter problems with Mafia Wars on Facebook being slow or simply won&#8217;t load properly. Zynga games on Facebook use JavaScript which is a client side technology. This means that the actual processing of some things within the game happens on your computer using the processor and not on the Zynga servers. If you notice that your game is having difficulties loading or responding slowly to your actions it may be because your systems cache is full (the cache is where your computer stores information needed to display websites.)</p>
<p><strong>You can clear your cache by following the instructions below.</strong></p>
<p>For Internet Explorer 7 and 8:<br />
1. Open Internet Explorer.<br />
2. Click Tools at the top.<br />
3. Scroll down and select Internet Options.<br />
4. Click Delete under Browsing History.<br />
5. At the bottom, click Delete All. Then click Yes.</p>
<p>Close Internet Explorer entirely and re-launch.</p>
<p>For Firefox 3.5.8 or 3.6:<br />
1. Open Firefox.<br />
2. Click Tools at the top of the page.<br />
3. Select Options<br />
4. From tabs, Select Privacy<br />
5. Click &#8220;Clear Your Recent History&#8221;<br />
6. From Drop Down Menu, Select &#8220;Everything&#8221; AND<br />
From Drop Down Menu, Leave Only &#8220;Cache&#8221; checked<br />
7. Click &#8220;Clear Now&#8221;<br />
8. Click &#8220;OK&#8221; on Privacy Screen<br />
9 . Then, close Firefox and re-launch.</p>
<p>For Safari:<br />
1. From the Safari menu, click Empty Cache.<br />
2. When asked: “Are you sure you want to empty the cache?” click Empty.<br />
3. From the Safari menu, click Preferences.<br />
4. From the Security dialog box, click Bookmarks.<br />
5. Click Show Cookies.<br />
6. From the Cookie dialog box, click Remove All.<br />
7. Click Done.</p>
<p>For Opera 9.x:<br />
1. In Opera, click the Tools menu.<br />
2. Click Preferences.<br />
3. Select the Advanced tab.<br />
4. In the left-hand column, click History.<br />
5. In the Disk cache section, click Empty Now.<br />
6. Click OK to close Preferences.</p>
<p>Google Chrome :<br />
1. Open Google Chrome.<br />
2. Click the &#8220;Wrench Tool&#8221; at the upper right corner below the &#8220;X&#8221;/&#8221;Close&#8221;.<br />
3. Select &#8220;Options&#8221;<br />
4. Click on the &#8220;Under the Hood&#8221;<br />
5. Then click &#8220;Clear Browsing Data&#8221;<br />
6. Make sure the &#8220;Empty the Cache&#8221; and &#8220;Delete Cookies&#8221; is checked and also the &#8220;Clear data from this period&#8221; is &#8220;Everything&#8221;.<br />
7. Click &#8220;Clear Browsing Data&#8221;</p>
<p><strong>You might also have to clear your flash cache, or reinstall the flash player.</strong></p>
<p><strong>In order to clear the cache for Mafia Wars please click on this link:</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://www.macromedia.com/support/documentation/en/flashplayer/help/settings_manager07.html">http://www.macromedia.com/support/documentation/en/flashplayer/help/settings_manager07.html</a></p>
<p>Then click on &#8220;Delete all Sites&#8221;.</p>
<p> <strong>In order to uninstall your flash player please follow the instructions on this page:</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/141/tn_14157.html">http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/141/tn_14157.html</a></p>
<p><strong>then reinstall it from this page:</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/">http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/</a></p>
<p>Thank you and good luck in Mafia Wars!!</p>
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		<title>FrontierVille Loading Problem Solution</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Feb 2011 03:58:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ryan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is another solution that may work for all Zynga games including FrontierVille: You may encounter problems with FrontierVille on Facebook being slow or simply won&#8217;t load properly. Zynga games on Facebook use Javascript which is a client side technology. This means that the actual processing of some things within the game happens on your computer using the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Here is another solution that may work for all Zynga games including FrontierVille:</strong></p>
<p><strong>You may encounter problems with FrontierVille on Facebook being slow or simply won&#8217;t load properly.</strong> Zynga games on Facebook use Javascript which is a client side technology. This means that the actual processing of some things within the game happens on your computer using the processor and not on the Zynga servers. If you notice that your game is having difficulties loading or responding slowly to your actions it may be because your systems cache is full (the cache is where your computer stores information needed to display websites.)</p>
<p>You can clear your cache by following the instructions below.</p>
<p><strong>For Internet Explorer 7 and 8:</strong><br />
1. Open Internet Explorer.<br />
2. Click Tools at the top.<br />
3. Scroll down and select Internet Options.<br />
4. Click Delete under Browsing History.<br />
5. At the bottom, click Delete All. Then click Yes.</p>
<p>Close Internet Explorer entirely and re-launch.</p>
<p><strong>For Firefox 3.5.8 or 3.6:</strong><br />
1. Open Firefox.<br />
2. Click Tools at the top of the page.<br />
3. Select Options<br />
4. From tabs, Select Privacy<br />
5. Click &#8220;Clear Your Recent History&#8221;<br />
6. From Drop Down Menu, Select &#8220;Everything&#8221; AND<br />
From Drop Down Menu, Leave Only &#8220;Cache&#8221; checked<br />
7. Click &#8220;Clear Now&#8221;<br />
8. Click &#8220;OK&#8221; on Privacy Screen<br />
9 . Then, close Firefox and re-launch.</p>
<p><strong>For Safari:</strong><br />
1. From the Safari menu, click Empty Cache.<br />
2. When asked: “Are you sure you want to empty the cache?” click Empty.<br />
3. From the Safari menu, click Preferences.<br />
4. From the Security dialog box, click Bookmarks.<br />
5. Click Show Cookies.<br />
6. From the Cookie dialog box, click Remove All.<br />
7. Click Done.</p>
<p><strong>For Opera 9.x:</strong><br />
1. In Opera, click the Tools menu.<br />
2. Click Preferences.<br />
3. Select the Advanced tab.<br />
4. In the left-hand column, click History.<br />
5. In the Disk cache section, click Empty Now.<br />
6. Click OK to close Preferences.</p>
<p><strong>Google Chrome :<br />
</strong>1. Open Google Chrome.<br />
2. Click the &#8220;Wrench Tool&#8221; at the upper right corner below the &#8220;X&#8221;/&#8221;Close&#8221;.<br />
3. Select &#8220;Options&#8221;<br />
4. Click on the &#8220;Under the Hood&#8221;<br />
5. Then click &#8220;Clear Browsing Data&#8221;<br />
6. Make sure the &#8220;Empty the Cache&#8221; and &#8220;Delete Cookies&#8221; is checked and also the &#8220;Clear data from this period&#8221; is &#8220;Everything&#8221;.<br />
7. Click &#8220;Clear Browsing Data&#8221;</p>
<p><strong>You might also have to clear your flash cache, or reinstall the flash player.</strong></p>
<p>In order to clear the cache for FrontierVille please click on this link:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.macromedia.com/support/documentation/en/flashplayer/help/settings_manager07.html">http://www.macromedia.com/support/documentation/en/flashplayer/help/settings_manager07.html</a></p>
<p>Then click on &#8220;Delete all Sites&#8221;.</p>
<p>In order to uninstall your flash player please follow the instrucitons on this page:</p>
<p><a href="http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/141/tn_14157.html">http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/141/tn_14157.html</a></p>
<p>then reinstall it from this page:</p>
<p><a href="http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/">http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/</a></p>
<p>Thank you and good luck in FrontierVille!!</p>
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		<title>Problems with CityVille Tips and Tricks</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Feb 2011 21:28:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ryan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you are still having problems with CityVille loading make sure to read this article first. If it still doesn&#8217;t load or is incredible slow there are some tricksyou can still try. Here are some tips on making CityVille load or run faster. Try a different browser! If you use Internet Explorer then you might try Mozilla [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If you are still having problems with CityVille loading make sure to read <a href="http://www.techtroupe.com/websites/cityville-is-slow-or-wont-load/" target="_blank">this article</a> first. If it still doesn&#8217;t load or is incredible slow there are some tricksyou can still try. Here are some tips on making CityVille load or run faster.</p>
<p><strong>Try a different browser!</strong> If you use Internet Explorer then you might try <a href="http://www.mozilla.com/">Mozilla Firefox</a>and vice versa. Each browser interacts with the Internet differently so you might want to try a different one.</p>
<p><strong>Turn off the high graphics quality</strong>while in CityVille on Facebook. There is a little icon in the lower right of the CityVille screen that allows to toggle between high and low graphics. Try turning it off!</p>
<p><strong>Don&#8217;t use full screen.</strong> Using full screen takes a lot more processing power and will make the game slower so don&#8217;t use it and see if it helps.</p>
<p><strong>Close all other programs and windows.</strong>Having other programs running, like Office, Messenger, etc.. will take precious power away from loading or running CityVille. Also, close all other browser windows!</p>
<p><strong>Restart your computer.</strong>It&#8217;s amazing what restarting your computer can do to the speed of loading Facebook games, especially if it&#8217;s been on for a while.</p>
<p>As always you must be sure to keep your computer clean from viruses and spyware as they can really slow down your PC. The games on Facebook from makers like Zynga actually takes a lot of processing power because they are created using Flash. Simply adding a video card will NOT HELP speed up these games, you would need to upgrade your processor or RAM  in order to have a big effect.</p>
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		<title>Revised CityVille Business Averages</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Feb 2011 21:06:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ryan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[CityVille is a game on Facebook that was created by Zynga. It is a very addicting game, as most Zynga games are. It is similar to the Sim City series of games but without all the extras. This is the revised list of Zynga CityVille businesses and their average earnings per supply. The Furniture Store, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>CityVille is a game on Facebook that was created by Zynga. It is a very addicting game, as most Zynga games are. It is similar to the Sim City series of games but without all the extras. </em></p>
<p>This is the revised list of Zynga CityVille businesses and their average earnings per supply. The Furniture Store, Music Store, Noodle Shop and Laundromat were added from the previous list <a href="http://www.techtroupe.com/websites/cityville-business-average-supply/" target="_blank">here</a>.</p>
<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="241">
<colgroup span="1">
<col span="1" width="103"></col>
<col span="1" width="36"></col>
<col span="1" width="55"></col>
<col span="1" width="47"></col>
</colgroup>
<tbody>
<tr height="20">
<td width="103" height="20"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Store Type</span></td>
<td width="36">  <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Earn</span></td>
<td width="55"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">  Supply</span></td>
<td width="47"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">  Avg</span>.</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20">
<td width="103" height="20">Sushi Bar</td>
<td width="36" align="right">605</td>
<td width="55" align="right">110</td>
<td width="47" align="right">5.50</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20">
<td width="103" height="20">Handbag Store</td>
<td width="36" align="right">654</td>
<td width="55" align="right">120</td>
<td width="47" align="right">5.45</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20">
<td width="103" height="20">Tower Eats</td>
<td width="36" align="right">900</td>
<td width="55" align="right">165</td>
<td width="47" align="right">5.45</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20">
<td width="103" height="20">Furniture Store</td>
<td width="36" align="right">864</td>
<td width="55" align="right">160</td>
<td align="right">5.40</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20">
<td width="103" height="20">Wedding Store</td>
<td width="36" align="right">702</td>
<td width="55" align="right">130</td>
<td width="47" align="right">5.40</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20">
<td width="103" height="20">Music Store</td>
<td width="36" align="right">910</td>
<td width="55" align="right">170</td>
<td align="right">5.35</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20">
<td width="103" height="20">Cinema</td>
<td width="36" align="right">749</td>
<td width="55" align="right">140</td>
<td width="47" align="right">5.35</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20">
<td width="103" height="20">Jewelry Store</td>
<td width="36" align="right">830</td>
<td width="55" align="right">155</td>
<td width="47" align="right">5.35</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20">
<td width="103" height="20">Chic Boutique</td>
<td width="36" align="right">795</td>
<td width="55" align="right">150</td>
<td width="47" align="right">5.30</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20">
<td width="103" height="20">Video Game Store</td>
<td width="36" align="right">50</td>
<td width="55" align="right">10</td>
<td width="47" align="right">5.00</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20">
<td width="103" height="20">Cosmetic Store</td>
<td width="36" align="right">120</td>
<td width="55" align="right">25</td>
<td width="47" align="right">4.80</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20">
<td width="103" height="20">Diner</td>
<td width="36" align="right">230</td>
<td width="55" align="right">50</td>
<td width="47" align="right">4.60</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20">
<td width="103" height="20">Dojo</td>
<td width="36" align="right">495</td>
<td width="55" align="right">110</td>
<td align="right">4.50</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20">
<td width="103" height="20">French Restaurant</td>
<td width="36" align="right">495</td>
<td width="55" align="right">110</td>
<td width="47" align="right">4.50</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20">
<td width="103" height="20">Noodle Shop</td>
<td width="36" align="right">405</td>
<td width="55" align="right">90</td>
<td align="right">4.50</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20">
<td width="103" height="20">Laundromat</td>
<td width="36" align="right">515</td>
<td width="55" align="right">115</td>
<td align="right">4.48</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20">
<td width="103" height="20">Sunglasses Store</td>
<td width="36" align="right">534</td>
<td width="55" align="right">120</td>
<td width="47" align="right">4.45</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20">
<td width="103" height="20">Bike Shop</td>
<td width="36" align="right">330</td>
<td width="55" align="right">75</td>
<td width="47" align="right">4.40</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20">
<td width="103" height="20">Shoe Store</td>
<td width="36" align="right">572</td>
<td width="55" align="right">130</td>
<td width="47" align="right">4.40</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20">
<td width="103" height="20">Seafood Restaurant</td>
<td width="36" align="right">609</td>
<td width="55" align="right">140</td>
<td width="47" align="right">4.35</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20">
<td width="103" height="20">Book Store</td>
<td width="36" align="right">430</td>
<td width="55" align="right">100</td>
<td align="right">4.30</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20">
<td width="103" height="20">Italian Restaurant</td>
<td width="36" align="right">645</td>
<td width="55" align="right">150</td>
<td width="47" align="right">4.30</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20">
<td width="103" height="20">Pool Hall</td>
<td width="36" align="right">420</td>
<td width="55" align="right">100</td>
<td width="47" align="right">4.20</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20">
<td width="103" height="20">Bakery</td>
<td width="36" align="right">40</td>
<td width="55" align="right">10</td>
<td width="47" align="right">4.00</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20">
<td width="103" height="20">Flower</td>
<td width="36" align="right">95</td>
<td width="55" align="right">25</td>
<td width="47" align="right">3.80</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20">
<td width="103" height="20">Toy Store</td>
<td width="36" align="right">180</td>
<td width="55" align="right">50</td>
<td width="47" align="right">3.60</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20">
<td width="103" height="20">Burger Joint</td>
<td width="36" align="right">240</td>
<td width="55" align="right">75</td>
<td width="47" align="right">3.20</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20">
<td width="103" height="20">Coffee Shop</td>
<td width="36" align="right">320</td>
<td width="55" align="right">100</td>
<td width="47" align="right">3.20</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p> </p>
<p>As you can see the Sushi Bar gives you the most bang for your buck as with the previous list. The worst is the Coffee Shop <img src='http://www.techtroupe.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_sad.gif' alt=':-(' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>CityVille Business Average Supply</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Dec 2010 10:34:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ryan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is the breakdown of Cityville businesses and their cost per supply.  The most profitable business in CityVille on Facebook is the Sushi Bar. The worst are Burger Joint and Coffee Shop.  Business   Earn   Supply   Avg. Bakery 40 10 4.0 Flower 95 25 3.8 Coffee Shop 320 100 3.2 Toy Store 180 50 3.6 Burger Joint [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Here is the breakdown of Cityville businesses and their cost per supply.  The most profitable business in CityVille on Facebook is the Sushi Bar. The worst are Burger Joint and Coffee Shop.</p>
<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="287">
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<td width="120" height="17"> <strong>Business</strong></td>
<td width="52"><strong> </strong><strong> </strong><strong>Earn</strong></td>
<td width="57"><strong> </strong><strong> </strong><strong>Supply</strong></td>
<td width="58"><strong> </strong><strong> </strong><strong>Avg.</strong></td>
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<td height="17">Bakery</td>
<td>40</td>
<td>10</td>
<td>4.0</td>
</tr>
<tr height="17">
<td height="17">Flower</td>
<td>95</td>
<td>25</td>
<td>3.8</td>
</tr>
<tr height="17">
<td height="17">Coffee Shop</td>
<td>320</td>
<td>100</td>
<td>3.2</td>
</tr>
<tr height="17">
<td height="17">Toy Store</td>
<td>180</td>
<td>50</td>
<td>3.6</td>
</tr>
<tr height="17">
<td height="17">Burger Joint</td>
<td>240</td>
<td>75</td>
<td>3.2</td>
</tr>
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<td height="17">Video Game Store</td>
<td>50</td>
<td>10</td>
<td>5.0</td>
</tr>
<tr height="17">
<td height="17">Diner</td>
<td>230</td>
<td>50</td>
<td>4.6</td>
</tr>
<tr height="17">
<td height="17">Cosmetic Store</td>
<td>120</td>
<td>25</td>
<td>4.8</td>
</tr>
<tr height="17">
<td height="17">Pool Hall</td>
<td>420</td>
<td>100</td>
<td>4.2</td>
</tr>
<tr height="17">
<td height="17">Bike Shop</td>
<td>330</td>
<td>75</td>
<td>4.4</td>
</tr>
<tr height="17">
<td height="17">Shoe Store</td>
<td>572</td>
<td>130</td>
<td>4.4</td>
</tr>
<tr height="17">
<td height="17">French Restauraunt</td>
<td>495</td>
<td>110</td>
<td>4.5</td>
</tr>
<tr height="17">
<td height="17">Sunglasses Store</td>
<td>534</td>
<td>120</td>
<td>4.45</td>
</tr>
<tr height="17">
<td height="17">Italian Restaurant</td>
<td>645</td>
<td>150</td>
<td>4.3</td>
</tr>
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<td height="17">Seafood Restaurant</td>
<td>609</td>
<td>140</td>
<td>4.35</td>
</tr>
<tr height="17">
<td height="17">Handbag Store</td>
<td>654</td>
<td>120</td>
<td>5.45</td>
</tr>
<tr height="17">
<td height="17">Sushi Bar</td>
<td>605</td>
<td>110</td>
<td>5.5</td>
</tr>
<tr height="17">
<td height="17">Wedding Store</td>
<td>702</td>
<td>130</td>
<td>5.4</td>
</tr>
<tr height="17">
<td height="17">Cinema</td>
<td>749</td>
<td>140</td>
<td>5.35</td>
</tr>
<tr height="17">
<td height="17">Chic Botique</td>
<td>795</td>
<td>150</td>
<td>5.3</td>
</tr>
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<td height="17">Jewelry Store</td>
<td>830</td>
<td>155</td>
<td>5.35</td>
</tr>
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<td height="17">Tower Eats</td>
<td>900</td>
<td>165</td>
<td>5.45</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p>So, if you&#8217;re going to want to make money in CityVille on Facebook then your best bet is to build high profit businesses. Remember you need energy to collect money from each business. So, although the Video Game Store has a high average, its supply is only 10 which means you will get very little money for each energy you use to collect.</p>
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		<title>CityVille is Slow or Won&#8217;t Load</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Dec 2010 05:19:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ryan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You may encounter problems with CityVille on Facebook being slow or simply won&#8217;t load properly. Zynga games on Facebook use Javascript which is a client side technology. This means that the actual processing of some things within the game happens on your computer using the processor and not on the Zynga servers. If you notice that your [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You may encounter problems with CityVille on Facebook being slow or simply won&#8217;t load properly. Zynga games on Facebook use Javascript which is a client side technology. This means that the actual processing of some things within the game happens on your computer using the processor and not on the Zynga servers. If you notice that your game is having difficulties loading or responding slowly to your actions it may be because your systems cache is full (the cache is where your computer stores information needed to display websites.)</p>
<p>You can clear your cache by following the instructions below.</p>
<p><strong>For Internet Explorer 7 and 8:</strong><br />
1. Open Internet Explorer.<br />
2. Click Tools at the top.<br />
3. Scroll down and select Internet Options.<br />
4. Click Delete under Browsing History.<br />
5. At the bottom, click Delete All. Then click Yes.</p>
<p>Close Internet Explorer entirely and re-launch.</p>
<p><strong>For Firefox 3.5.8 or 3.6:</strong><br />
1. Open Firefox.<br />
2. Click Tools at the top of the page.<br />
3. Select Options<br />
4. From tabs, Select Privacy<br />
5. Click &#8220;Clear Your Recent History&#8221;<br />
6. From Drop Down Menu, Select &#8220;Everything&#8221; AND<br />
From Drop Down Menu, Leave Only &#8220;Cache&#8221; checked<br />
7. Click &#8220;Clear Now&#8221;<br />
8. Click &#8220;OK&#8221; on Privacy Screen<br />
9 . Then, close Firefox and re-launch.</p>
<p><strong>For Safari:</strong><br />
1. From the Safari menu, click Empty Cache.<br />
2. When asked: “Are you sure you want to empty the cache?” click Empty.<br />
3. From the Safari menu, click Preferences.<br />
4. From the Security dialog box, click Bookmarks.<br />
5. Click Show Cookies.<br />
6. From the Cookie dialog box, click Remove All.<br />
7. Click Done.</p>
<p><strong>For Opera 9.x:</strong><br />
1. In Opera, click the Tools menu.<br />
2. Click Preferences.<br />
3. Select the Advanced tab.<br />
4. In the left-hand column, click History.<br />
5. In the Disk cache section, click Empty Now.<br />
6. Click OK to close Preferences.</p>
<p><strong>Google Chrome :<br />
</strong>1. Open Google Chrome.<br />
2. Click the &#8220;Wrench Tool&#8221; at the upper right corner below the &#8220;X&#8221;/&#8221;Close&#8221;.<br />
3. Select &#8220;Options&#8221;<br />
4. Click on the &#8220;Under the Hood&#8221;<br />
5. Then click &#8220;Clear Browsing Data&#8221;<br />
6. Make sure the &#8220;Empty the Cache&#8221; and &#8220;Delete Cookies&#8221; is checked and also the &#8220;Clear data from this period&#8221; is &#8220;Everything&#8221;.<br />
7. Click &#8220;Clear Browsing Data&#8221;</p>
<p><strong>You might also have to clear your flash cache, or reinstall the flash player.</strong></p>
<p>In order to clear the cache please click on this link:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.macromedia.com/support/documentation/en/flashplayer/help/settings_manager07.html">http://www.macromedia.com/support/documentation/en/flashplayer/help/settings_manager07.html</a></p>
<p>Then click on &#8220;Delete all Sites&#8221;.</p>
<p>In order to uninstall your flash player please follow the instrucitons on this page:</p>
<p><a href="http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/141/tn_14157.html">http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/141/tn_14157.html</a></p>
<p>then reinstall it from this page:</p>
<p><a href="http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/">http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/</a></p>
<p>Thank you and good luck!!</p>
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		<title>Fishville is slow or won&#8217;t load</title>
		<link>http://www.techtroupe.com/pc-help/fishville-is-slow-or-wont-load/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jul 2010 19:30:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ryan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[HELP! Fishville won&#8217;t load or is slow! Don&#8217;t worry we just may have your fix so you can get back to feeding your fish. Zynga is a social network game developer on social networking websites such as Facebook and MySpace. One of their popular games is called Fishville. This game, like all other Zynga browser-based games, makes [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h2>HELP! Fishville won&#8217;t load or is slow!</h2>
<p>Don&#8217;t worry we just may have your fix so you can get back to feeding your fish.</p>
<p>Zynga is a social network game developer on social networking websites such as Facebook and MySpace. One of their popular games is called Fishville. This game, like all other Zynga browser-based games, makes use of the Flash multimedia platform. Although easy to use and fun to view, Flash does have its drawbacks. The most important drawback is the amount of resources needed to display and interact with the highly-intensive animations as in Fishville. Another issue is data corruption via the browser or the computer itself. Let&#8217;s take a look at fixing both of these problems so you can continue enjoy playing Fishville like you&#8217;re supposed to.</p>
<p><strong>Problem 1: Slow animation or game-play.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Problem 2: Fishville won&#8217;t load or parts of the game won&#8217;t load.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Solution for both problems:</strong> Make your computer faster! Sounds easy, right? You can always buy a new computer which would solve this problem, but most of us can&#8217;t right now. So, let&#8217;s make what we got better.</p>
<p><em><strong>Follow each step and you should see an increase in speed and hopefully will fix any loading issues as well</strong>.</em></p>
<p><strong>Step 1:</strong> <strong>Clean unneeded files from your hard drive.</strong> <a href="http://download.cnet.com/ccleaner/" target="_blank">Download this great little program called CCleaner</a>. It gets rid of a lot of files that are just clogging up your hard drive including your browser cache and cookies. It&#8217;s safe and it works!</p>
<p><strong>Step 2: Defrag your hard drive.</strong>This is a very easy and effective way to help speed up your computer. You should defrag your hard drive about once a month (or set up a schedule in Windows Vista and Windows 7).</p>
<p>Open Disk Defragmenter by clicking the <em>&#8220;Start&#8221;</em> button, clicking <em>&#8220;All Programs</em>&#8220;, clicking <em>&#8220;Accessories</em>&#8220;, clicking <em>&#8220;System Tools</em>&#8220;, and then clicking <em>&#8220;Disk Defragmenter</em>&#8220;. The defragment program should now open. Make sure to click <em>&#8220;Defragment Now</em>&#8220;. <em>Note: it may take between a few minutes to a few hours to complete.</em></p>
<p><strong>Step 3: Restart your computer. </strong>I have been working with and repairing computers for over 15 years now and it still amazes me how simply restarting a computer can do so much.</p>
<p><strong>Step 4: Close unwanted programs.</strong> Most of you have programs that you don&#8217;t need or simply not using running in the background as you are reading this. Do you see the icons in the lower right hand corner of the screen? That&#8217;s where most of them are. Go ahead and hover over each icon in order to see what program it is. If it&#8217;s something you&#8217;re not using (i.e. MSN Messenger) then right-click the icon and exit or close the program. You don&#8217;t have to worry about closing the wrong program because they will all be there the next time you restart your computer.</p>
<p><strong>Step 5:</strong>Login and start playing Fishville!</p>
<p>If you are still having problems getting Fishville to load correctly you may want to try a different browser like <a href="www.mozilla.com/firefox/" target="_blank">Mozilla Firefox</a>. It&#8217;s highly recommended here in the computer repair industry because it is more difficult to get spyware and trojans on your computer than its counterpart; Microsoft Internet Explorer.</p>
<p>There are no guarantees in life as well as computer repair. If none of these suggestions work for you then you may need to bring your computer in for service.</p>
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		<title>Treasure Isle won&#8217;t load or is slow</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jul 2010 19:29:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ryan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[HELP! Treasure Isle won&#8217;t load or is slow! Don&#8217;t worry we just may have your fix so you can get back to your island hopping. Zynga is a social network game developer on social networking websites such as Facebook and MySpace. One of their popular games is called Treasure Isle. This game, like all other Zynga browser-based games, makes [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h2>HELP! Treasure Isle won&#8217;t load or is slow!</h2>
<p>Don&#8217;t worry we just may have your fix so you can get back to your island hopping.</p>
<p>Zynga is a social network game developer on social networking websites such as Facebook and MySpace. One of their popular games is called Treasure Isle. This game, like all other Zynga browser-based games, makes use of the Flash multimedia platform. Although easy to use and fun to view, Flash does have its drawbacks. The most important drawback is the amount of resources needed to display and interact with the highly-intensive animations as in Treasure Isle. Another issue is data corruption via the browser or the computer itself. Let&#8217;s take a look at fixing both of these problems so you can get back to playing Treasure Isle like you&#8217;re supposed to.</p>
<p><strong>Problem 1: Slow animation or game-play.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Problem 2: Treasure Isle won&#8217;t load or parts of the game won&#8217;t load.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Solution for both problems:</strong> Make your computer faster! Sounds easy, right? You can always buy a new computer which would solve this problem, but most of us can&#8217;t right now. So, let&#8217;s make what we got better.</p>
<p><em><strong>Follow each step and you should see an increase in speed and hopefully will fix any loading issues as well</strong>.</em></p>
<p><strong>Step 1:</strong> <strong>Clean unneeded files from your hard drive.</strong> <a href="http://download.cnet.com/ccleaner/" target="_blank">Download this great little program called CCleaner</a>. It gets rid of a lot of files that are just clogging up your hard drive including your browser cache and cookies. It&#8217;s safe and it works!</p>
<p><strong>Step 2: Defrag your hard drive.</strong>This is a very easy and effective way to help speed up your computer. You should defrag your hard drive about once a month (or set up a schedule in Windows Vista and Windows 7).</p>
<p>Open Disk Defragmenter by clicking the <em>&#8220;Start&#8221;</em> button, clicking <em>&#8220;All Programs</em>&#8220;, clicking <em>&#8220;Accessories</em>&#8220;, clicking <em>&#8220;System Tools</em>&#8220;, and then clicking <em>&#8220;Disk Defragmenter</em>&#8220;. The defragment program should now open. Make sure to click <em>&#8220;Defragment Now</em>&#8220;. <em>Note: it may take between a few minutes to a few hours to complete.</em></p>
<p><strong>Step 3: Restart your computer. </strong>I have been working with and repairing computers for over 15 years now and it still amazes me how simply restarting a computer can do so much.</p>
<p><strong>Step 4: Close unwanted programs.</strong> Most of you have programs that you don&#8217;t need or simply not using running in the background as you are reading this. Do you see the icons in the lower right hand corner of the screen? That&#8217;s where most of them are. Go ahead and hover over each icon in order to see what program it is. If it&#8217;s something you&#8217;re not using (i.e. MSN Messenger) then right-click the icon and exit or close the program. You don&#8217;t have to worry about closing the wrong program because they will all be there the next time you restart your computer.</p>
<p><strong>Step 5:</strong>Login and start playing Treasure Isle!</p>
<p>If you are still having problems getting Treasure Isle to load correctly you may want to try a different browser like <a href="www.mozilla.com/firefox/" target="_blank">Mozilla Firefox</a>. It&#8217;s highly recommended here in the computer repair industry because it is more difficult to get spyware and trojans on your computer than its counterpart; Microsoft Internet Explorer.</p>
<p>There are no guarantees in life as well as computer repair. If none of these suggestions work for you then you may need to bring your computer in for service.</p>
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		<title>Petville won&#8217;t load or is slow</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jul 2010 19:29:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[HELP! Petville won&#8217;t load or is slow! Don&#8217;t worry we just may have your fix so you can get back to you pet before it runs away. Zynga is a social network game developer on social networking websites such as Facebook and MySpace. One of their most popular games is called Petville. This game, like all other [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h2>HELP! Petville won&#8217;t load or is slow!</h2>
<p>Don&#8217;t worry we just may have your fix so you can get back to you pet before it runs away.</p>
<p>Zynga is a social network game developer on social networking websites such as Facebook and MySpace. One of their most popular games is called Petville. This game, like all other Zynga browser-based games, makes use of the Flash multimedia platform. Although easy to use and fun to view, Flash does have its drawbacks. The most important drawback is the amount of resources needed to display and interact with the highly-intensive animations as in Petville. Another issue is data corruption via the browser or the computer itself. Let&#8217;s take a look at fixing both of these problems so you can continue enjoy playing Petville.</p>
<p><strong>Problem 1: Slow animation or game-play.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Problem 2: Petville won&#8217;t load or parts of the game won&#8217;t load.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Solution for both problems:</strong> Make your computer faster! Sounds easy, right? You can always buy a new computer which would solve this problem, but most of us can&#8217;t right now. So, let&#8217;s make what we got better.</p>
<p><em><strong>Follow each step and you should see an increase in speed and hopefully will fix any loading issues as well</strong>.</em></p>
<p><strong>Step 1:</strong> <strong>Clean unneeded files from your hard drive.</strong> <a href="http://download.cnet.com/ccleaner/" target="_blank">Download this great little program called CCleaner</a>. It gets rid of a lot of files that are just clogging up your hard drive including your browser cache and cookies. It&#8217;s safe and it works!</p>
<p><strong>Step 2: Defrag your hard drive.</strong>This is a very easy and effective way to help speed up your computer. You should defrag your hard drive about once a month (or set up a schedule in Windows Vista and Windows 7).</p>
<p>Open Disk Defragmenter by clicking the <em>&#8220;Start&#8221;</em> button, clicking <em>&#8220;All Programs</em>&#8220;, clicking <em>&#8220;Accessories</em>&#8220;, clicking <em>&#8220;System Tools</em>&#8220;, and then clicking <em>&#8220;Disk Defragmenter</em>&#8220;. The defragment program should now open. Make sure to click <em>&#8220;Defragment Now</em>&#8220;. <em>Note: it may take between a few minutes to a few hours to complete.</em></p>
<p><strong>Step 3: Restart your computer. </strong>I have been working with and repairing computers for over 15 years now and it still amazes me how simply restarting a computer can do so much.</p>
<p><strong>Step 4: Close unwanted programs.</strong> Most of you have programs that you don&#8217;t need or simply not using running in the background as you are reading this. Do you see the icons in the lower right hand corner of the screen? That&#8217;s where most of them are. Go ahead and hover over each icon in order to see what program it is. If it&#8217;s something you&#8217;re not using (i.e. MSN Messenger) then right-click the icon and exit or close the program. You don&#8217;t have to worry about closing the wrong program because they will all be there the next time you restart your computer.</p>
<p><strong>Step 5:</strong>Login and start playing Petville!</p>
<p>If you are still having problems getting Petville to load correctly you may want to try a different browser like <a href="www.mozilla.com/firefox/" target="_blank">Mozilla Firefox</a>. It&#8217;s highly recommended here in the computer repair industry because it is more difficult to get spyware and trojans on your computer than its counterpart; Microsoft Internet Explorer.</p>
<p>There are no guarantees in life as well as computer repair. If none of these suggestions work for you then you may need to bring your computer in for service.</p>
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		<title>Farmville is slow or won&#8217;t load</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jul 2010 08:20:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ryan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[HELP! Farmville won&#8217;t load or is slow! Don&#8217;t worry we just may have your fix so you can get back to tending those crops. Zynga is a social network game developer on social networking websites such as Facebook and MySpace. One of their most popular games is called Farmville. This game, like all other Zynga browser-based games, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h2>HELP! Farmville won&#8217;t load or is slow!</h2>
<p>Don&#8217;t worry we just may have your fix so you can get back to tending those crops.</p>
<p>Zynga is a social network game developer on social networking websites such as Facebook and MySpace. One of their most popular games is called Farmville. This game, like all other Zynga browser-based games, makes use of the Flash multimedia platform. Although easy to use and fun to view, Flash has its drawbacks. The most important drawback is the amount of resources needed to display and interact with highly-intensive animations as in Farmville. Another issue is data corruption via the browser or the computer itself. Let&#8217;s take a look at fixing both of these problems so you can continue enjoy playing Farmville.</p>
<p><strong>Problem 1: Slow animation or game-play.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Problem 2: Farmville won&#8217;t load or parts of the game won&#8217;t load.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Solution for both problems:</strong> Make your computer faster! Sounds easy, right? You can always buy a new computer which would solve this problem, but most of us can&#8217;t right now. So, let&#8217;s make what we got better.</p>
<p><strong>Follow each step and you should see an increase in speed and <em>hopefully</em> will fix any loading issues as well</strong>.</p>
<p><strong>Step 1:</strong> <strong>Clean unneeded files from your hard drive.</strong> <a href="http://download.cnet.com/ccleaner/" target="_blank">Download this great little program called CCleaner</a>. It gets rid of a lot of files that are just clogging up your hard drive including your browser cache and cookies. It&#8217;s safe and it works!</p>
<p><strong>Step 2: Defrag your hard drive.</strong>This is a very easy and effective way to help speed up your computer. You should defrag your hard drive about once a month (or set up a schedule in Windows Vista and Windows 7).</p>
<p>Open Disk Defragmenter by clicking the <em>&#8220;Start&#8221;</em> button, clicking <em>&#8220;All Programs</em>&#8220;, clicking <em>&#8220;Accessories</em>&#8220;, clicking <em>&#8220;System Tools</em>&#8220;, and then clicking <em>&#8220;Disk Defragmenter</em>&#8220;. The defragment program should now open. Make sure to click <em>&#8220;Defragment Now</em>&#8220;. <em>Note: it may take between a few minutes to a few hours to complete.</em></p>
<p><strong>Step 3: Restart your computer. </strong>I have been working with and repairing computers for over 15 years now and it still amazes me how simply restarting a computer can do so much.</p>
<p><strong>Step 4: Close unwanted programs.</strong> Most of you have programs that you don&#8217;t need or simply not using running in the background as you are reading this. Do you see the icons in the lower right hand corner of the screen? That&#8217;s where most of them are. Go ahead and hover over each icon in order to see what program it is. If it&#8217;s something you&#8217;re not using (i.e. MSN Messenger) then right-click the icon and exit or close the program. You don&#8217;t have to worry about closing the wrong program because they will all be there the next time you restart your computer.</p>
<p><strong>Step 5:</strong>Login and start playing Farmville!</p>
<p>If you are still having problems getting Farmville to load correctly you may want to try a different browser like <a href="www.mozilla.com/firefox/" target="_blank">Mozilla Firefox</a>. It&#8217;s highly recommended here in the computer repair industry because it is more difficult to get spyware and trojans on your computer than its counterpart; Microsoft Internet Explorer.</p>
<p>There are no guarantees in life as well as computer repair. If none of these suggestions work for you then you may need to bring your computer in for service.</p>
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		<title>Frontierville won&#8217;t load or is slow</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jul 2010 08:16:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ryan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[HELP! Frontierville won&#8217;t load or is slow! Don&#8217;t worry we have your fix. Zynga is a social network game developer on social networking websites such as Facebook and MySpace. One of their newest and popular games is called Frontierville. This game, like all other Zynga browser-based games, makes use of the Flash multimedia platform. Although easy [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h2 style="text-align: left;">HELP! Frontierville won&#8217;t load or is slow!</h2>
<p style="text-align: left;">Don&#8217;t worry we have your fix.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Zynga is a social network game developer on social networking websites such as Facebook and MySpace. One of their newest and popular games is called Frontierville. This game, like all other Zynga browser-based games, makes use of the Flash multimedia platform. Although easy to use and fun to view, Flash has its drawbacks. The most important drawback is the amount of resources needed to display and interact with highly-intensive animations as in Frontiereville. Another issue is data corruption via the browser or the computer itself. Let&#8217;s take a look at fixing both of these problems so you can continue enjoy playing Frontierville.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>Problem 1: Slow animation or game-play.</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>Problem 2: Frontierville won&#8217;t load or parts of the game won&#8217;t load.</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>Solution for both problems:</strong> Make your computer faster! Sounds easy, right? You can always buy a new computer which would solve this problem, but most of us can&#8217;t right now. So, let&#8217;s make what we got better.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Follow each step and you should see an increase in speed and <em>hopefully</em> will fix any loading issues as well.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>Step 1:</strong> <strong>Clean unneeded files from your hard drive.</strong> <a href="http://download.cnet.com/ccleaner/" target="_blank">Download this great little program called CCleaner</a>. It gets rid of a lot of files that are just clogging up your hard drive including your browser cache and cookies. It&#8217;s safe and it works!</p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>Step 2: Defrag your hard drive.</strong>This is a very easy and effective way to help speed up your computer. You should defrag your hard drive about once a month (or set up a schedule in Windows Vista and Windows 7).</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Open Disk Defragmenter by clicking the <em>&#8220;Start&#8221;</em> button, clicking <em>&#8220;All Programs</em>&#8220;, clicking <em>&#8220;Accessories</em>&#8220;, clicking <em>&#8220;System Tools</em>&#8220;, and then clicking <em>&#8220;Disk Defragmenter</em>&#8220;. The defragment program should now open. Make sure to click <em>&#8220;Defragment Now</em>&#8220;. <em>Note: it may take between a few minutes to a few hours to complete.</em></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>Step 3: Restart your computer. </strong>I have been working with and repairing computers for over 15 years now and it still amazes me how simply restarting a computer can do so much.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>Step 4: Close unwanted programs.</strong> Most of you have programs that you don&#8217;t need or simply not using running in the background as you are reading this. Do you see the icons in the lower right hand corner of the screen? That&#8217;s where most of them are. Go ahead and hover over each icon in order to see what program it is. If it&#8217;s something you&#8217;re not using (i.e. MSN Messenger) then right-click the icon and exit or close the program. You don&#8217;t have to worry about closing the wrong program because they will all be there the next time you restart your computer.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>Step 5:</strong>Login and start playing Frontierville!</p>
<p style="text-align: left;"> </p>
<p style="text-align: left;">If you are still having problems getting Frontierville to load correctly you may want to try a different Internet browser like <a href="www.mozilla.com/firefox/" target="_blank">Mozilla Firefox</a>. It&#8217;s highly recommended in the computer repair industry because it is more difficult to get spyware and trojans on your computer than its counterpart; Microsoft Internet Explorer.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;"> </p>
<p style="text-align: left;">There are no guarantees in life as well as computer repair. If none of these suggestions work for you then you may need to bring your computer in for service.</p>
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