izvie
join:2005-06-16
Centreville, VA
| [IE] IE 7 is SLOW and one more question
Hi,
I am on a cable modem, (Comcast). This afternoon, I wiped a drive and reinstalled XP SP2 on a PC. During the update process I allowed IE 7 to be installed. It is very very slow when I surf. Any ideas as to why? I should mention that I also installed the latest version of Firefox and it's as quick as a rabbit.
One more question. XP hesitates. At widely random times, (sometimes spanning several hours), the PC will be working great, but then it will suddenly hesitate for a period of about two minutes. I thought this was weird, so I reinstalled. Same problem.
I then loaded Ubuntu 6.06 as a dual boot. When I use Ubuntu, the OS never hesitates at all.
Any ideas?
Let me know if you need more info. It's a Compaq Presario P4 desktop, 2 GHz, with 384 MB RAM and the only services running in the system tray are the firewall (Kerio), the AV (AVG) and the Quick Start Launcher for Open Office 2.1.
Thanks! |
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auggy
Premium,Mod
join:2001-12-24
Brockville, ON
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Microsoft Help
| Does it make any difference if you start IE in the "No Add-Ons Mode"?:
»blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2006/0···113.aspx
If problems persist try booting into "Safe Mode with Networking" and see if the problem still exists. |
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AB
Premium
join:2006-04-04
Leesburg, VA | reply to izvie
Nothing to do with the problem, necessarily, but more RAM (512MB or 1GB) wouldn't hurt you any, regardless. 384MB is a little light. |
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sillydoh
join:2003-05-31
Brooklyn, NY | reply to izvie
Yeah, I'd imagine that the ram could be the problem. IE7 probably sucks up more resources than Firefox thus needing more ram to operate efficiently... |
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tobicat
join:2005-04-18
Tombstone, AZ | reply to izvie
Turn the phishing filter off. |
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