IE8 good or bad experience

pacinitaly · Mar 22, 2009

Have you installed and use IE8 and all is well
or installed IE8 and having problems?

please list your problems with system specs.

please advise of remedies to fix error issues.

brummyfan · Mar 22, 2009

Its wonderful browser and I like it very much.

rive0108 · Mar 22, 2009

like it-no problems. Seems to be more stable than IE7

archie123 · Mar 22, 2009

no problems at all so far , i avoided the beta's and waited till full release , im very happy with it , moved over from Chrome

koch · Mar 22, 2009

Agreed. It's a big improvement over IE7 and so far no problems - knock on wood...

fieseler · Mar 22, 2009

the only reason im giving it a 9/10 is because of no download manager like in firefox, otherwise its great. Both for advanced & basic users.

pacinitaly · Mar 23, 2009

fieseler said:
the only reason im giving it a 9/10 is because of no download manager like in firefox, otherwise its great. Both for advanced & basic users.

to remove IE8
How do I uninstall or remove Internet Explorer 8?

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/dd441788.aspx

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957700#fixit4me

http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2009/01/06/ie8-blocker-toolkit-available-today.aspx

Manigue · Mar 23, 2009

Installed and using without any problem.

I do notice that when I open the browser, it takes a few seconds too long to load my home page (Google News). Mozilla 3.0.7 and IE7 loaded faster. I am talking about three (3) to five (5) seconds tops. Those anyone else notice this small delay?

After this initial (but not troublesome delay), it works fine in all other areas. Switched from Firefox because safety features in IE8 are supposedly better.

Using 64bit version.

bassfisher6522 · Mar 25, 2009

I'm having load up time issues. With IE 7, home page would load up in a half a second with IE 8, home page loads in 8 seconds. It's way slower on home page load up and when switching from tabs a 2 to 3 second delay. With IE 7 tab switching was instantaneous. Other than that IE 8 seemed to function fine, although I am using Vista home premium 32 bit. Just wondering if the 64 bit version is as trouble some. From what I have seen and read all the 64 for bit versions are fine and pages load even faster the IE 7. I wonder if there is some sort of compatibility issue with 32 bit versus 64 bit. So I went back to IE 7 for now until some fix might be made available.

rive0108 · Mar 25, 2009

bassfisher6522 said:
I'm having load up time issues. With IE 7, home page would load up in a half a second with IE 8, home page loads in 8 seconds. It's way slower on home page load up and when switching from tabs a 2 to 3 second delay. With IE 7 tab switching was instantaneous. Other than that IE 8 seemed to function fine, although I am using Vista home premium 32 bit. Just wondering if the 64 bit version is as trouble some. From what I have seen and read all the 64 for bit versions are fine and pages load even faster the IE 7. I wonder if there is some sort of compatibility issue with 32 bit versus 64 bit. So I went back to IE 7 for now until some fix might be made available.

That could be a result of frag, and possible disk issues. Installing and loading IE8 (and any other software can result in scattered files that your CPU has to compile and execute in order)

have you tried this?:http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/165576-how-make-vista-more-responsive-faster.html?

bassfisher6522 · Mar 25, 2009

rive0108 said:
bassfisher6522 said:

I'm having load up time issues. With IE 7, home page would load up in a half a second with IE 8, home page loads in 8 seconds. It's way slower on home page load up and when switching from tabs a 2 to 3 second delay. With IE 7 tab switching was instantaneous. Other than that IE 8 seemed to function fine, although I am using Vista home premium 32 bit. Just wondering if the 64 bit version is as trouble some. From what I have seen and read all the 64 for bit versions are fine and pages load even faster the IE 7. I wonder if there is some sort of compatibility issue with 32 bit versus 64 bit. So I went back to IE 7 for now until some fix might be made available.

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That could be a result of frag, and possible disk issues. Installing and loading IE8 (and any other software can result in scattered files that your CPU has to compile and execute in order)

have you tried this?:http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/165576-how-make-vista-more-responsive-faster.html?

Nope, sure didn't think about that. I was thinking about giving IE 8 another try anyway. Then I'll do my pc cleanup maintenance and see what happens. Thanks.

bassfisher6522 · Mar 25, 2009

Well I tried IE 8 again and again home page loading time issues. Only this time it was 10 seconds to load up my home page, two seconds longer than before. I ran all my pc maintenance software. spyware, adware, malware, temporary files, defragged hd and registry clean up, checked hard disk for issues - none present. It seemed to make it worse than before. I'll wait a few months and see what happens.

rive0108 · Mar 25, 2009

bassfisher6522 said:
Well I tried IE 8 again and again home page loading time issues. Only this time it was 10 seconds to load up my home page, two seconds longer than before. I ran all my pc maintenance software. spyware, adware, malware, temporary files, defragged hd and registry clean up, checked hard disk for issues - none present. It seemed to make it worse than before. I'll wait a few months and see what happens.

Tell me you didnt do a registry cleaner? They are notorious for corruption of Windows. They are unable to distinuish between legitimate and unwanted registry entries. You probably have Windows/program corruption now.
Again I suggest you do a full defrag through the command prompt (not the default defrag), and scan your Drive for file errors, bad sectors. Here:http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/165576-how-make-vista-more-responsive-faster.html

ps- most of the "performance/maintainence" programs are gimmicks- they use the default Vista defrag tool, and mess up the registry. Half the threads in this forum for Windows issues are a direct result of Users using Reg cleaner "performance" tools- and end up with a system that that is slow and malfunctioning. This ultimately results in the need to re-install Vista.

Tarka Dal · Mar 25, 2009

Sorry but IE8 is twice as fast as Firefox on my computer...Byebye Fox loved you for so long now,mmmppphhhh :cry:

Bring on Super Firefox please!

Never ever ever use a registry cleaner complete waste of money.

pacinitaly · Mar 25, 2009

Never ever ever use a registry cleaner complete waste of money.[/quote]

true, I sure learned the hard way

Manigue · Mar 26, 2009

I defrag often but defragged again just to see if IE8 initial load improved. NOPE! But don't get me wrong, once it is loaded initially, it works fine and I don't notice any delay. Since sometimes I close the browser to do other things, when I re-open, the delay is there.

If I minimize the browser and keep running in the background, no delay is noticed when I open another Tab. I am just curious if there is a tweak/setting that can fix this. It really does'nt bother me knowing that overall I am using a better browser.

I axed Firefox and IE7 already and don't think I'll go back unless something drastic forces me to.

rive0108 · Mar 26, 2009

Manigue said:
I defrag often but defragged again just to see if IE8 initial load improved. NOPE! But don't get me wrong, once it is loaded initially, it works fine and I don't notice any delay. Since sometimes I close the browser to do other things, when I re-open, the delay is there.

If I minimize the browser and keep running in the background, no delay is noticed when I open another Tab. I am just curious if there is a tweak/setting that can fix this. It really does'nt bother me knowing that overall I am using a better browser.

I axed Firefox and IE7 already and don't think I'll go back unless something drastic forces me to.

Defrag through control panel or command prompt?
Have you tried tweaking Vista to improve speed and performance?

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/165576-how-make-vista-more-responsive-faster.html

bassfisher6522 · Mar 26, 2009

how do you defrag through the control panel.

bassfisher6522 · Mar 26, 2009

bassfisher6522 said:
how do you defrag through the control panel.

Ok, got it, I defraged through cmd prompt. Next. question: I have two hard drives, C: is the main hard drive with partition on it, D:, that holds the factory image on it. Second hard drive, E:, is used for back ups and storage. How do I defrag E: drive.

rive0108 · Mar 26, 2009

bassfisher6522 said:
bassfisher6522 said:

how do you defrag through the control panel.

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Ok, got it, I defraged through cmd prompt. Next. question: I have two hard drives, C: is the main hard drive with partition on it, D:, that holds the factory image on it. Second hard drive, E:, is used for back ups and storage. How do I defrag E: drive.

same command:

Administrator: Command Prompt

defrag e: -w

Or do it through Control Panel
or right click the E drive in "computer">properties>Tools

Did you check your drive for attribute errors and file errors?

IE8 good or bad experience

How is your installation of IE8 going?

Great, no problems, better than IE7,Firefox & Opera

It's OK but having trouble with some features

I like it but it's too slow - IE7, Firefox & Opera much faster

I can't install it over the betas or over IE7

I can't uninstall or repair it

not to well at all I'm going back to IE7, Firefox or Opera

This is the worst version ever and buying a MAC or an abacus

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