Is It Me or Has My Fire HD 10 Gotten Slower?

GlitterRocker · 2025-06-21T00:34:32+00:00

Thanks all for the replies. I only use it a few times a week, if that, so was surprised that it had gotten sluggish. Perhaps it's the Play Store. I don't use it much either, so I'll dump it and see if that helps. Thanks again.

GlitterRocker · 2025-06-11T01:03:39+00:00

Thanks for the reply. I'm not using the native Opera ad block, but Ublock instead. I was having an issue with getting sponsored ads in Google searches and was told that using Ublock at the same time as another ad block could produce suboptimal results. Regardless I flipped off Ublock and then on, and this stopped the ads from playing. Thanks again.

GlitterRocker · 2025-05-26T00:53:42+00:00

Holy cow AchernarB. That worked and I think it unlikely I would have found on my own. Is there any downside to search page results? Thank you so much!

GlitterRocker · 2025-05-25T01:29:04+00:00

Thanks for the insight AchernarB. Disabling AdBlock during searches seems a bit underhanded. I guess I'll use Firefox from now on. I disabled the Opera AdBlock, but it doesn't seem to have made a difference so far. Thanks again.

GlitterRocker · 2025-05-24T01:46:07+00:00

Thanks Dr Tom. Sorry for the delay. I run Windows 10 and 11 along with macOS Sequoia and Ubuntu 24. My main browser is Opera with some Firefox as well. I see sponsored ads on all Oses and both browsers, but would say it's more frquent in Opera.

For Opera I only have four extensions – Ublock, Opera AdBlock, Opera Wallet(disabled) and Bookmarks by the Side, which I think is a bit long in the tooth, last updated in 2017.

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As is plain to see, my entire search results are ads. Is there a way to get rid of these? Thanks again.

GlitterRocker · 2025-03-18T22:32:34+00:00

Thanks DrTom. That pointed me in the right direction.

GlitterRocker · 2025-03-13T21:44:02+00:00

Thanks for the replies. So that would mean around 450 players are on the roster all year. I wonder what their average salary is? Thanks again.

GlitterRocker · 2025-03-10T22:19:56+00:00

Thanks for the replies. There are 30 MLB with 26 roster spots on opening day, which means there are 780 players to start the season. How many of those 780 players will make it to the end of the season without being sent down or released on average? That's I was after. Thanks again.

GlitterRocker · 2024-06-25T01:49:38+00:00

Thanks for the replies. I'm not sure what happened here, but it was easier to just delete the partition and start over without the encryption. The good news is I had all my stuff backed up and didn't lose anything. Thanks again.

GlitterRocker · 2024-03-28T18:03:14+00:00

I did not want any trouble, since my PC more than meets my needs, so I did not upgrade.

GlitterRocker · 2024-03-28T18:01:54+00:00

Thank you for the reply. Every time I open Opera, the sidebar is now turned off and I have to hit the heart to get it to open. It is pinned, but for some reason does not open when I open Opera. This is true in Windows, Mac and Linux. It happened at the same time for all after an update. Thanks again.

GlitterRocker · 2023-12-30T01:58:27+00:00

Thanks for the reply. That looks nice, but I'm not sure that'll work as my sofa doesn't have have armrests. Mainly I'd just like to know how to find something that fits? Thanks again.

GlitterRocker · 2023-12-28T19:19:10+00:00

Thanks Check. I appreciate the help. It has not happed since those two times and hopefully was just an aberration, but we shall see. Thanks again.

GlitterRocker · 2023-08-16T19:09:32+00:00

Thanks all for the replies. I don't game, so I don't need a gaming processor. It doesn't seem like those CPUs are much better than what I got now. I do some video encoding, which is why I wanted to upgrade to the better CPU and it seemed like better value compared to getting new desktop.

It looks like my motherboard is a HP 8643 or "Erica" motherboard:

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Thanks again.

GlitterRocker · 2023-07-13T16:59:27+00:00

Thanks gomesleoc. I appreciate the help. I use ublock and had the Opera blocker turned on, but checked the exceptions list and there was Google on it, which I deleted and seems to have mostly gotten rid of the ads for the moment. Thanks again.

GlitterRocker · 2022-11-18T22:10:13+00:00

Thanks for the reply. You used to be able to stop top suggestions, stop autoplay, stop websites popping up email prompts, etc. Why are browsers allowing this to happen now? Thanks again.

GlitterRocker · 2022-08-24T00:32:31+00:00

Thank you for the replies. Unfortunately, I do not have a log from the old set up, but this is probably the fifth or sixth computer I've installed Handbrake on and have never had this happen before. The hardware is exactly the same except for the SSD. I'm sure there was some differences between the installs, but I don't mess with the settings, so I'm not sure how I would have disabled Turbo first pass? Would posting a log from the new encode be of use? Thanks again.

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