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let@it.snow
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      12-02-2006
I have been running IE7 under XP for a month and it's been painfully
slow, virus scan takes four times as long and audio playback jitters.
Does IE7 work properly under the final release of Vista or does the
whining about peformance in the IE7 group also apply to Vista?
 
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Will
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      12-02-2006
I've had no problems with it running on vista.
But I guess it's all related to the overall performance of your system, I'm
sure you'll find complaints about IE7 here too.

<> wrote in message
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>I have been running IE7 under XP for a month and it's been painfully
> slow, virus scan takes four times as long and audio playback jitters.
> Does IE7 work properly under the final release of Vista or does the
> whining about peformance in the IE7 group also apply to Vista?


 
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Dr. Heywood Floyd
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      12-02-2006
Very interesting how you offer three issues you have with IE7 and then
call it "whining".

When did boldly stating fact(s) become whining?

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> I have been running IE7 under XP for a month and it's been painfully
> slow, virus scan takes four times as long and audio playback jitters.
> Does IE7 work properly under the final release of Vista or does the
> whining about peformance in the IE7 group also apply to Vista?

 
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Sandi - Microsoft MVP
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      12-02-2006
1) Reduce the size of your IE cache to 50 to 150 Meg at the most. I'm
betting, if you check, it'll be a Gig or more, far too large for IE to
handle.

<historical info> IE used to set cache size to a percentage of disk size.
With the advent of larger disks, that cache has gotten so large as to be
unuseable. IE7 reduces the size of the cache to a more manageable level in
most circumstances. </historical info>

2) Do not use the "automatically" option for checking for new versions of
Web pages. It has always been buggy and will *always* lead to IE failing in
the way you describe eventually.

3) After emptying your cache and reducing its size, run a defrag
of your system in safe mode.

If that doesn't work, work through the troubleshooting advice here:
http://www.ie-vista.com/known_issues.html#tsie

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<> wrote in message
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>I have been running IE7 under XP for a month and it's been painfully
> slow, virus scan takes four times as long and audio playback jitters.
> Does IE7 work properly under the final release of Vista or does the
> whining about peformance in the IE7 group also apply to Vista?



 
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Alias
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      12-02-2006
Sandi - Microsoft MVP wrote:
> 1) Reduce the size of your IE cache to 50 to 150 Meg at the most. I'm
> betting, if you check, it'll be a Gig or more, far too large for IE to
> handle.
>
> <historical info> IE used to set cache size to a percentage of disk size.
> With the advent of larger disks, that cache has gotten so large as to be
> unuseable. IE7 reduces the size of the cache to a more manageable level in
> most circumstances. </historical info>
>
> 2) Do not use the "automatically" option for checking for new versions of
> Web pages. It has always been buggy and will *always* lead to IE failing in
> the way you describe eventually.
>
> 3) After emptying your cache and reducing its size, run a defrag
> of your system in safe mode.
>
> If that doesn't work,


go to www.mozilla.com/firefox and download a real browser.

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Sandi - Microsoft MVP
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      12-02-2006
Sorry Al, you're not classed as fresh meat anymore - your reposte only works
the first dozen or so times, then we start yawning )

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Blog:
http://www.msmvps.com/spywaresucks
Internet Explorer Community
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/...y/default.mspx
The email address I use for newsgroups is a spam trap and does not get read.

"Alias" <aka@masked&anonymous.es> wrote in message
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>> If that doesn't work,

>
> go to www.mozilla.com/firefox and download a real browser.
>
> Alias



 
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JD
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      12-02-2006
Instead of "Automatically," which option do you recommend for checking for
new versions of Web pages? Thanks.
"Sandi - Microsoft MVP" <> wrote in message
news:...
> 1) Reduce the size of your IE cache to 50 to 150 Meg at the most. I'm
> betting, if you check, it'll be a Gig or more, far too large for IE to
> handle.
>
> <historical info> IE used to set cache size to a percentage of disk size.
> With the advent of larger disks, that cache has gotten so large as to be
> unuseable. IE7 reduces the size of the cache to a more manageable level
> in
> most circumstances. </historical info>
>
> 2) Do not use the "automatically" option for checking for new versions of
> Web pages. It has always been buggy and will *always* lead to IE failing
> in
> the way you describe eventually.
>
> 3) After emptying your cache and reducing its size, run a defrag
> of your system in safe mode.
>
> If that doesn't work, work through the troubleshooting advice here:
> http://www.ie-vista.com/known_issues.html#tsie
>
> --
>
> Sandi Hardmeier
> Microsoft MVP since 1999
> http://www.ie-vista.com
> Blog:
> http://www.msmvps.com/spywaresucks
> Internet Explorer Community
> http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/...y/default.mspx
> The email address I use for newsgroups is a spam trap and does not get
> read.
>
> <> wrote in message
> news:...
>>I have been running IE7 under XP for a month and it's been painfully
>> slow, virus scan takes four times as long and audio playback jitters.
>> Does IE7 work properly under the final release of Vista or does the
>> whining about peformance in the IE7 group also apply to Vista?

>
>



 
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Alias
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      12-02-2006
Sandi - Microsoft MVP wrote:
> Sorry Al, you're not classed as fresh meat anymore - your reposte [sic] only works
> the first dozen or so times, then we start yawning )
>


Who's Al?

My post wasn't meant for you. You already have Firefox.

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Alias
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      12-02-2006
Sandi - Microsoft MVP wrote:
> Sorry Al, you're not classed as fresh meat anymore - your reposte only works
> the first dozen or so times, then we start yawning )
>


My, another MS fangirl hurling an ad hominem attack to lamely try to
change the subject. Talk about a "yawn".

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BillD
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      12-02-2006


"" wrote:

> I have been running IE7 under XP for a month and it's been painfully
> slow


I don't have problems with IE7 under XP.
 
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