Lagarto_Roca

Minimising multi-tasking will help. Putting shortcuts like Show Desktop,
Internet Explorer, Outlook Express and Windows Explorer in the Quick
Launch Tray may help to encourage you to close these applications after
use as it is easy to reopen them when required.

Close and relaunch Internet Explorer at regular intervals

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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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Lagarto_Roca wrote:
> After my review of searches involving IE8, I see a pattern of things
> running slow.
>
> I recently installed IE8, and after a while, things here started to
> slow also. In searching, I brought up the Task Manager and noticed
> the PF usage was running 3GB in size when it should have been 300MB.
> In searching the processes tab and ranking usage, at the top I
> noticed 13 different IE.exe files listed and all had massive amounts
> used, yet all windows were closed.
>
> Rebooting eliminates them all and returns to the normal 2-300MB usage.
>
> I’ve noticed a pattern though. If you continually launch a new page
> within the same window, it curtails the effect but is still
> accumulative as you open and close each IE8 window.
>
> If on the other hand you continue to open new windows instead of pages
> within a window, it accelerates the usage to the point of slow or
> non-functioning drag and drops, cursor movement and page refreshes,
> along with copy/paste not working.
>
> The only way out is a reboot before the system freezes entirely and
> leaves you stuck.
>
> Any ideas?