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Slow as a snail; Internet Explorer
Topic Started: May 20 2005, 10:36 AM (686 Views)
Victory
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I called them down in a few days time, i'll just observe the situation for the moment. :rolleyes: I'm not sure if i had a router. :(

Whats the difference between these browsers, like Firefox, IE, Netscape, etc... Is there a page that list all the functions so that i can compare? Does Firefox work better in the west than in the east? If i use firefox, can i keep IE too? By using firefox now, can that fix the current situation? I'm just curious.

Thank you.

-Victory-
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Troublesome96
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Run the Chkdsk tool, run spyware/adwaer check. Get a virus remover. Eventually, use a disk space remover your computer should run overall faster, and probably your internet will speed up. If not, use firefox, or another browser.
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Victory
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Troublesome96
May 21 2005, 11:32 PM
Run the Chkdsk tool, run spyware/adwaer check. Get a virus remover. Eventually, use a disk space remover your computer should run overall faster, and probably your internet will speed up. If not, use firefox, or another browser.

I run all the programs, nothing is found and nothing give me a positive change.
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Victory
May 21 2005, 04:23 PM
Whats the difference between these browsers, like Firefox, IE, Netscape, etc... Is there a page that list all the functions so that i can compare? Does Firefox work better in the west than in the east? If i use firefox, can i keep IE too? By using firefox now, can that fix the current situation? I'm just curious.

Thank you.

-Victory-

There is no major differences with the browsers, they all display webpages. No, by using firefox there is no guarantee it will fix your current situation [I found FireFox to be slower then IE so it could make your situation worse]. It all really depends on what is causing your problem. If it is your ISP then I don't think moving to another browser will make any difference.

Helen
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IE is actually quicker than firefox, but there is much more spyware designed to get through IE than through Firefox (or any other browser for that fact). For this reason, using another browser often means less spyware, meaning less malicious coding attempting to contact the author of the spyware, which in turn leads to an overall quciker connection.

With that being said, it's all down to personal opinion. If you are used to the way IE looks and handles, by all means continue to use it. Some people dislike the lack of features available in Firefox (although quite a few know nothing about the extensions available for it).

Personally I'd rather not have to format my hard drive once a year because of the spyware that destroys your computer, which is the reason I'm using Firefox. If there wasn't such a threat, I would most certainly be using IE, and most of the other browsers designed to function on Windows would be obselete (sp?).
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^Well said, one of the best definitions I've heard, much better than just saying "w00t yeh, FF pwns IE man!!"
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Don't use IE. Use Firefox or Opera.
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hmm, i mostly conclude it's a virus. i got the same problem too you know and now i can't browse anymore. i've tried other explorers but to no avail. i think updating your virus scanner is the best idea..
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Well guys. My browser's speed start to get better last 2 days and by now it had resume back to its speed. I'm browsing IFSZ with joy. :P In short, it somesort recover by itself. However, i beileve its the ISP's fault. :/ Well, I like to say thank you again for all the responses and replies i get.

Thank you.

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May 21 2005, 06:55 PM
Personally I'd rather not have to format my hard drive once a year because of the spyware that destroys your computer,

In the 5/6 years I've had my computer I've only had to reload Windows once and that wasn't anything to do with spyware, it was to do with me not knowing anything about computers and stupidly opening an e-mail that had a virus in it, never done something so stupid since. Maybe I've been one of the lucky ones but in all the years I've used IE I've never had a problems, unlike with 5 minutes of using Firefox where there was no end of problems.

Helen
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Victory
May 23 2005, 08:53 AM
Well guys. My browser's speed start to get better last 2 days and by now it had resume back to its speed. I'm browsing IFSZ with joy. :P In short, it somesort recover by itself. However, i beileve its the ISP's fault. :/ Well, I like to say thank you again for all the responses and replies i get.

Thank you.

-Victory-

aawww, glad it's sorted itself out. Yeah, if it's just fixed itself chances are it was your isp.

Helen
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Tools > Internet Options > delete cookies, delete files
Run a disk cleanup also ;)
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Switch to firefox, your computer is telling you to switch to the better browser, or you just have a virus.
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