Just installed Internet Explorer 7 (the latest one) via the top of ninemsn.com.au website yesterday; restarted & everything on my internet went REALLLLLLLLLLLYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY SLLLLLLLOOOOOWWWWW!!! Load a webpage & it takes 30 minutes & still doesn't load. Tried to uninstall IE 7 & did; but now the internet is still bloody slow! Might have to do a complete re-installation of everything. Hey if I do this, do I lose all my emails, etc via Microsoft Outlook??
Warning! Do Not Install Internet Explorer 7 Unless You Want Your Internet To Crash!!!
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No, you shouldnt lose your emails or photos or anything, everything should look the same,
..guess I wont be installing that..
..guess I wont be installing that..
PS, Im no expert but re-installed my entire operating system because the computer would not start and the cache had somehow been corrupted, everything was the same.
I'm on 512k through AAPT. I did restart the machine.
If I change to Firefox or Safari, I'll have to add all my favourite links to websites again right? Also changing to Firefox doesn't alter Microsoft Outlook - I can still use this to access my emails??
Many thanks Duncan. I now have to Internet back. I did a system restore which restored my computer back to 3 days ago & then installed both Firefox & Thunderbird - Wow! What a difference! My Dad's got Firefox on his Apple Mac & likes it! Cheers!
Just for the record, there's actually nothing wrong with IE7. I've been using it for months on multiple PCs with no issues.
I would say the internet slow down was unrelated to installing it. Especially since un-installing it made no improvement. The shaping suggestion sounds possible but unlikely as it's only a 15Mb download.
You could have downloaded some spyware with it given it didn't come directly from microsoft.
I would say the internet slow down was unrelated to installing it. Especially since un-installing it made no improvement. The shaping suggestion sounds possible but unlikely as it's only a 15Mb download.
You could have downloaded some spyware with it given it didn't come directly from microsoft.
Whilst I agree with the comments about Firefox, it's great, however I find that it stops responding on certain sites, eg. Shannon's car auctions site.
I change to IE7 to view the site and no dramas. I can't remember if I had this problem using firefox on WinXP pro, but I can easily replicate it on Vista. (Ok, beat me up for using Vista, I'm getting used to it).
Does anyone else have this problem?
Cheers,
Beef
I change to IE7 to view the site and no dramas. I can't remember if I had this problem using firefox on WinXP pro, but I can easily replicate it on Vista. (Ok, beat me up for using Vista, I'm getting used to it).
Does anyone else have this problem?
Cheers,
Beef
I change to IE7 to view the site and no dramas. I can't remember if I had this problem using firefox on WinXP pro, but I can easily replicate it on Vista. (Ok, beat me up for using Vista, I'm getting used to it).
Does anyone else have this problem?
Unfortunately many websites are designed specifically for Internet Explorer.. they leverage functionality in IE to display things in certain ways.. all in defiance of well accepted Web Standards..
As you've found.. on some occasions you may need to fire up IE in order to navigate some sites.. I use Firefox on Linux and I dont remember the last time I had a problem with a site.. that includes the Shannons site..
Hi Duncan,
Just fired up my old thinkpad with XPPro and it works fine.
Must be another "Vista Situation"
Cheers,
Beef.
Just fired up my old thinkpad with XPPro and it works fine.
Must be another "Vista Situation"
Cheers,
Beef.
