ib is freezing up on my computer for the past 10 minutes quetracker failed all other programs working wtf?
TWS will freeze like that if you open another TWS window such as a price chart, bulletin notice, etc. It seems to come back after a while but it's very frustrating when it happens. During these frozen periods, QuoteTracker can't talk to TWS and it will complain about not being able to log in.
I have a pretty manly computer, so throwing hardware at it probably won't matter. I just avoid closing TWS windows once I open them unless I'm at a good break point. I leave the main TWS window and the OptionTrader window open all the time. For charting I use QuoteTracker rather than the TWS charts. Sorry, no magic solutions.
My guess is that your ram is the problem. I hear you need 2gigs for vista alone. I hear that you need 3-4 Gigs. Maybe some of the experts will chime in. OldTrader