I'm running Windows 7 and I went to the "Meetup" site but when I click on any of the hundred sites it brings it up for less than a second and then the entire page is blank. Do I need Windows 10 or chrome?
Definitely sounds like a corrupt browser. Try to "reset" the browser you're using and see if it fixes the problem. Stuff like this could manifest itself from routine updates after routine updates and at one point, some obsolete settings file can cause troubles.