| Re: IE 8 and slow performance Yeah, I've seen a few people posting here that would be interested if
workarounds etc. might come up but IMO it needs MS to straighten
something out. In typical MS fashion, it's not "really" production code
yet if you get my drift<g>.
Cheers,
Twayne
"Lagarto_Roca" <LagartoRoca@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Thank you Twayne,
>
> That is exactly what's happening. I did wait a while until after some
> updates to try the install. I have IE8 on multiple computers setup
> with different configs and they all run fine with the typical normal
> IE activities, and most of those are running with the cleared IE
> settings. Until I move-in with my forum Moderator/Admin duties which
> require an excessive amount of browser usage in multiple windows for
> hours on end. After a few days, it starts to build up again on
> whichever system I've been working on, and it starts to show when
> (non-IE) heavy usage programs are launched.
>
> I'll probably just un-install it and go back to IE7. All of the
> threads on this that I reviewed via a forum search were also left
> without answers and presumably unsolved. When I ran across so many
> active ie.exe files in the Task Mgr using massive amounts, I thought
> I'd post up the info here for discussion. Instead, I seem to be
> drawn into debating how flags get set for No Add-ons, which is an
> item selected in the program setup launch, IIRC.
>
> Thank you for your input. I may start a trouble ticket with MS on
> this and see where it leads. If we discover any solutions, I'll post
> back to contribute.
>
> Thanks Again.
>
>
> "Twayne" wrote:
>
>
>>
>> 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` |