How to make Gmail work again on my laptop?
 

Since yesterday it just keeps "waiting for google.com". I haven't changed anything. I can search there, but not get my Gmail. Works on my iPhone fine, but not on my laptop. Anyone ever run into this?

my laptop started doing the same over the weekend. I can still get to my mail thru hotmail but not "automatically" ( for lack of a better word ) like it was .
I thought it had to do with the wifi in a hotel where I was but now home it's still not working
I did nothing to my laptop either..

Are you accessing it from a browser( mail.google.com) or an email program like outlook or Thunderbird?

I've had no problems with browser, but my outlook broke sometime in the last week.

What browser are you using?

Using IE and Windows 7. All was fine until yesterday.

Same here.

Try with Mozilla and/or Chrome.

Could be an IE security issue.

I don't want to use those. Why can't I go back to the way it was yesterday? Ditto for the new iPhone software. WTF can't they leave well enough alone?

Works with Chrome, but I don't like using it. This sucks.

I was suggesting Chrome as a test. Your issue is IE. Most likely a recent update via Windows Update. Some setting has changed as part of Internet security that is blocking gmail.

What version of IE do you have?

I have had issues with my wireless router getting screwed up and I can't get to google for while. This affects my iPad and PC (wired into the router). It'll reset after a little while. What a pain.

Maybe something similar?

All other aspects of Google work fine in IE, just not Gmail.

Rick... Listen to the above.

I don't know how to find what version I have. I have Windows 7 and laptop is about four mos. old. How would I change back whatever setting changed?

Is there a little gear in the upper right corner? If so, click on it and select "About Internet Exploder"

Figures. IE broke yahoo mail a year or so ago.

usually if you right click on the browser icon with nothing open, the pull down will list a properties at the bottom for the browser only. Cruise thru there.


BTW, my gmail is working fine.....except that thread notifications from the site have been EXTREMELY slow for the last 3 days.

I have IE version 10

Just wait a few days/weeks. There are bound to be a **** ton of complaints and MS will fix it, eventually, maybe.

Use another browser till then.

BTW, I just logged into Gmail via IE ver. 10. No problems.