IE very slow, unresponsive
Hi, I have an intermittent problem thats been plaguing me for awhile now. Sometimes for a few minutes, IE8 is very slow , appears to hang, never gets to webpage. I had the same problem with IE7 , thats why I went to IE8. Originally I thought the problem was a lost DSL connection. So I installed Google Chrome and did a test. Whenever my IE was not responding I would try chrome, worked fine, even with the same URL, wham worked fine instantaneous. Then a few minutes later IE would come back. Its really irratating. I'm running XP, have all the service packs and updates, am running anti-virus, with updates etc etc.
I know, so why not stay with chrome, well thats not an answer to the problem.
I appreciate your thoughts.
I know, so why not stay with chrome, well thats not an answer to the problem.
I appreciate your thoughts.
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HenryV1955--If you want to be able to pinpoint the cause and the fix, I agree to "one step at a time".
However, I am not going to respond to your doubts about the other suggestions. They are all well-known potential fixes. Uninstalling a third party toolbar is reversible, so if it does not help, reinstall. Using DelDomains and deleting TIF will not hurt IE8 and should help even if not "the" problem.
However, I am not going to respond to your doubts about the other suggestions. They are all well-known potential fixes. Uninstalling a third party toolbar is reversible, so if it does not help, reinstall. Using DelDomains and deleting TIF will not hurt IE8 and should help even if not "the" problem.
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Hi jcimarron
I see your point. I could do all the ideas mentioned and slowly bring them back one at a time to pinpint the problem
To be fair,I'm also looking at who to award the points to for the solution.
Ok, I have run the delete browsing history option in IE and unistalled the google toolbar.
Thanks
I see your point. I could do all the ideas mentioned and slowly bring them back one at a time to pinpint the problem
To be fair,I'm also looking at who to award the points to for the solution.
Ok, I have run the delete browsing history option in IE and unistalled the google toolbar.
Thanks
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Difficult to say if this is in fact the solution. There may be other contributing factors, but I am prepared at least to award points based on solutiosn provided
HenryV1955--I gather you tried most if not all the suggestions. Is IE8 any faster now?
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Thanks for your recommendations.
First add-ons was already disabled
I uninstalled Silver light.
Lets see what happens at this point, sometimes I need to work with IE for a couple of days to see if the problem occurs.
With regards to temp internet folders, I've never had to worry about that before, is this a known problem with IE8.
Same for adobe flash, many sites use flash objects, seems to me that if IE cant handle that, its a real problem.
Removing toolbars. Since IE allows for them, dont you think it should make sure its performance isnt affected.
I know, I know, all rational comments
Lets see what happens as I approach this one step at a time, otherwise , how will we know what the culprit is.
Thanks