Reverent wrote: Fri Jul 08, 2022 6:38 pm
Thanks for the update. I already reinstalled them (3 MT4 chart platforms) twice yesterday before sending in those questions. Without the internet connection they work swiftly but once they are connected, they just slow down drastically as if they've been overloaded or something like that. I'm pulling my hair off now...cos with this problem I won't be able to trade until it's rectified. Heck!!!
sorry for late reply, I'm having big problems uploading to the FS site today'
Slowing down means something is using all the resources
Hold Ctrl and Shift and press Esc when running slow and see if MT4 is using too much CPU and memory.
Do you mean you have 3 MT4s installed or just 3 charts? If former delete one by one and check memory usage after each.
though mt4 is downloaded onto your computer it still needs an internet connection to received a brokers data feed otherwise you only have old historic data.
If it hangs it might be just searching for that fresh feed, either way it can't function properly without an internet connection.
Click File > open an account and check if you are hooked up to a broker live or demo or to Metaquotes demo.
If you downloaded from a broker it should has set up automatically, if not you may need to reinstall mt4 from your downloads folder or start again from the brokers web site.
If you have any custom indicators you downloaded save them before deleting or reinstalling mt4 as said in last post.