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Re: MS IE SUCKS!
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Sat, 16 Nov 2002 01:25:42 GMT
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"Erick" <erick_jensen@hotmail.com> writes:
> Why does IE suck so much now? It constantly sucks my cpu down so much so
> that the mouse stalls out. This happens when loading pages, or even just
> sitting there. I think the idle stalls are caused by Messenger running in
> the background. But it's gotten to the point where if I look a page with
> multiple large pics it hangs for close to a minute. I don't really want to
> reformat/reinstall windows. Anybody know of a better fix? If I changed (in
> the registry) my port speeds to tweak a 56k connection, would that help?
> Getting the latest version of IE hasn't helped either.
Why? To make you buy a faster computer, of course. That's the whole
reason that Microsoft made it "part of the operating system" - so they
could slow it down just like everything else with the new version, to
make you buy a new faster PC, which of course comes with another copy
of the latest slower version of the OS...
Do youreself a favor. Reformat the hard drive and install Linux.
You'll be amazed how fast your slow computer really is.
--Bill.
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William R Ward bill@wards.net http://www.wards.net/~bill/
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| They got Counter-Strike for Linux? Or just Half-Life? How bout pirated versions of Photoshop? I'd have a mac if they made those things for me. How bout a driver for my cd burner from sony that has a drive slot for digi cam card? Well, till they make (...) (22 years ago, 20-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| Why does IE suck so much now? It constantly sucks my cpu down so much so that the mouse stalls out. This happens when loading pages, or even just sitting there. I think the idle stalls are caused by Messenger running in the background. But it's (...) (22 years ago, 30-Oct-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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