Every tab added increases memory usage by 40 mb approx. Measurements
obtained by comparing the Total figures under Commit Charge.


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Twayne wrote:
> "Gerry" <gerry@nospam.com> wrote in message
> news:ehJg0QE%23JHA.1336@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl
>> 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
>>
>>
>> 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?
>
> It looks to me like IE8 has memory leaks but I can't find anything to
> support that. Actually I pretty much know it does; I can see it. I
> stopped using it and decided to wait for a couple of updates for it
> before I try it again. I did like it, but it's full of annoying
> pauses and slow downs.
>
> HTH,
>
> Twayne`