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Internet Explorer 8 in Vista causes Windows Explorer issues
  1. #1


    Omega X Guest

    Internet Explorer 8 in Vista causes Windows Explorer issues

    I wasn't quite sure if IE8 was the culprit, but it became apparent once
    I removed it.

    Internet Explorer 8 interferes with the functionality in Windows
    Explorer for Vista.

    Say for example: With IE8 installed, open up "Computer". Close it, then
    open it again. It should be instantaneous. But its not. A window will
    take over to 10 seconds to show its initial contents. Once its open
    though, its very fast because the instance is already running. But once
    it closes it will take another 10 seconds to open again.

    Internet Explorer 8 itself opens up very slowly even after the first
    opening.

    Can any Vista users verify this?

    1. Install IE8



    2. Go: Start > click Computer

    3. Close that Window.

    4. Repeat step 2.

    Is it an instantaneous opening or does the window take more than 5
    seconds to populate?

    Repeat those steps with opening Internet Explorer. Is it the same?

    If so, welcome to the club. Does Microsoft have any way to report this
    bug to developers?

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  2. #2


    Richard Urban Guest

    Re: Internet Explorer 8 in Vista causes Windows Explorer issues

    I just tried everything you suggested and see no problems. My computer, no
    matter how it is opened, takes about 1 second. Internet explorer will depend
    upon the home page you have selected. Using MSN as my home page - about one
    second.

    What is the specs on your hardware? It makes a difference.

    --

    Richard Urban
    Microsoft MVP
    Windows Desktop Experience


    "Omega X" <Ask.me@xxxxxx> wrote in message
    news:H1ixl.18814$v8.8515@xxxxxx

    >I wasn't quite sure if IE8 was the culprit, but it became apparent once
    > I removed it.
    >
    > Internet Explorer 8 interferes with the functionality in Windows Explorer
    > for Vista.
    >
    > Say for example: With IE8 installed, open up "Computer". Close it, then
    > open it again. It should be instantaneous. But its not. A window will
    > take over to 10 seconds to show its initial contents. Once its open
    > though, its very fast because the instance is already running. But once
    > it closes it will take another 10 seconds to open again.
    >
    > Internet Explorer 8 itself opens up very slowly even after the first
    > opening.
    >
    > Can any Vista users verify this?
    >
    > 1. Install IE8
    >
    > 2. Go: Start > click Computer
    >
    > 3. Close that Window.
    >
    > 4. Repeat step 2.
    >
    > Is it an instantaneous opening or does the window take more than 5 seconds
    > to populate?
    >
    > Repeat those steps with opening Internet Explorer. Is it the same?
    >
    > If so, welcome to the club. Does Microsoft have any way to report this bug
    > to developers?

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  3. #3


    Omega X Guest

    Re: Internet Explorer 8 in Vista causes Windows Explorer issues

    Richard Urban wrote:

    > I just tried everything you suggested and see no problems. My computer,
    > no matter how it is opened, takes about 1 second. Internet explorer will
    > depend upon the home page you have selected. Using MSN as my home page -
    > about one second.
    >
    > What is the specs on your hardware? It makes a difference.
    >
    Why does that not surprise me.

    Anyway.

    Vista Home Premium SP1 32bit (fully patched)
    Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4GHZ
    2GB Ram
    Nvidia 8800GT 512MB
    2 Hard Drives, Both Western Digital SATA.


    I googled this issue all yesterday and today before posting this. There
    is a growing number of people out there with the same problem. This
    issue will grow as more people start updating to Internet Explorer 8.

    Reverting to Internet Explorer 7 fixes the slowness of both the Browser
    and Windows Explorer.

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  4. #4


    Richard Urban Guest

    Re: Internet Explorer 8 in Vista causes Windows Explorer issues

    Wish I could help you. This is one of those things that a person needs hands
    on to troubleshoot. There are so many things that it "might" be. They have
    to be eliminated one by one. I would start by clearing your temporary
    internet files and by running disk cleanup. Get the simple things out of the
    way first.

    --

    Richard Urban
    Microsoft MVP
    Windows Desktop Experience


    "Omega X" <Ask.me@xxxxxx> wrote in message
    news:rwjxl.18931$9a.8728@xxxxxx

    > Richard Urban wrote:

    >> I just tried everything you suggested and see no problems. My computer,
    >> no matter how it is opened, takes about 1 second. Internet explorer will
    >> depend upon the home page you have selected. Using MSN as my home page -
    >> about one second.
    >>
    >> What is the specs on your hardware? It makes a difference.
    >>
    >
    > Why does that not surprise me.
    >
    > Anyway.
    >
    > Vista Home Premium SP1 32bit (fully patched)
    > Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4GHZ
    > 2GB Ram
    > Nvidia 8800GT 512MB
    > 2 Hard Drives, Both Western Digital SATA.
    >
    >
    > I googled this issue all yesterday and today before posting this. There is
    > a growing number of people out there with the same problem. This issue
    > will grow as more people start updating to Internet Explorer 8.
    >
    > Reverting to Internet Explorer 7 fixes the slowness of both the Browser
    > and Windows Explorer.

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  5. #5


    Louis Rost Guest

    Re: Internet Explorer 8 in Vista causes Windows Explorer issues

    On Sat, 21 Mar 2009 22:18:25 -0500, Omega X <Ask.me@xxxxxx> wrote:

    >I wasn't quite sure if IE8 was the culprit, but it became apparent once
    >I removed it.
    >
    >Internet Explorer 8 interferes with the functionality in Windows
    >Explorer for Vista.
    >
    >Say for example: With IE8 installed, open up "Computer". Close it, then
    >open it again. It should be instantaneous. But its not. A window will
    >take over to 10 seconds to show its initial contents. Once its open
    >though, its very fast because the instance is already running. But once
    >it closes it will take another 10 seconds to open again.
    >
    >Internet Explorer 8 itself opens up very slowly even after the first
    >opening.
    >
    >Can any Vista users verify this?
    >
    >1. Install IE8
    >
    >2. Go: Start > click Computer
    >
    >3. Close that Window.
    >
    >4. Repeat step 2.
    >
    >Is it an instantaneous opening or does the window take more than 5
    >seconds to populate?
    >
    >Repeat those steps with opening Internet Explorer. Is it the same?
    >
    >If so, welcome to the club. Does Microsoft have any way to report this
    >bug to developers?
    I experienced same problem. Windows Explororer opened in 6 seconds
    instead of less than 1. IE8 opened in 13 seconds rather than 3.
    Reliability monitor opened in 6 seconds rather than 2. The same
    phonomenum was experienced with XP Home.

    Called Microsoft. Rep had me 1) delete temporary internet files 2)
    clear cache 3) re-register Windows Vista DLLs 4) Uninstall IE8 using
    Microsoft diagnostic tool 5) disable addons 6) try in safe mode with
    networking 7) reinstall IE8.

    Nothing worked. Too bad as once opened IE8, Windows Explorer, and
    Reliability worked fine. The Microsoft rep said the data collected
    will help them find a fix in the future.

    In the mean time, I am back to IE7

    Lou

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  6. #6


    Dave Cox Guest

    Re: Internet Explorer 8 in Vista causes Windows Explorer issues

    Omega X <Ask.me@xxxxxx> wrote in
    news:H1ixl.18814$v8.8515@xxxxxx:

    > I wasn't quite sure if IE8 was the culprit, but it became apparent
    > once I removed it.
    >
    > Internet Explorer 8 interferes with the functionality in Windows
    > Explorer for Vista.
    >
    > Say for example: With IE8 installed, open up "Computer". Close it,
    > then open it again. It should be instantaneous. But its not. A
    > window will take over to 10 seconds to show its initial contents.
    > Once its open though, its very fast because the instance is
    > already running. But once it closes it will take another 10
    > seconds to open again.
    >
    > Internet Explorer 8 itself opens up very slowly even after the
    > first opening.
    >
    > Can any Vista users verify this?
    >
    > 1. Install IE8
    >
    > 2. Go: Start > click Computer
    >
    > 3. Close that Window.
    >
    > 4. Repeat step 2.
    >
    > Is it an instantaneous opening or does the window take more than 5
    > seconds to populate?
    >
    > Repeat those steps with opening Internet Explorer. Is it the same?
    >
    > If so, welcome to the club. Does Microsoft have any way to report
    > this bug to developers?

    IE8 opens in 3 seconds and Windows Explorer opens instantly each
    time.

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  7. #7


    BkStCrawler Guest

    Re: Internet Explorer 8 in Vista causes Windows Explorer issues


    "Omega X" <Ask.me@xxxxxx> wrote in message
    news:H1ixl.18814$v8.8515@xxxxxx

    > I wasn't quite sure if IE8 was the culprit, but it became apparent once
    > I removed it.
    >
    > Internet Explorer 8 interferes with the functionality in Windows Explorer
    > for Vista.
    >
    > Say for example: With IE8 installed, open up "Computer". Close it, then
    > open it again. It should be instantaneous. But its not. A window will
    > take over to 10 seconds to show its initial contents. Once its open
    > though, its very fast because the instance is already running. But once
    > it closes it will take another 10 seconds to open again.
    >
    > Internet Explorer 8 itself opens up very slowly even after the first
    > opening.
    >
    > Can any Vista users verify this?
    >
    > 1. Install IE8
    >
    > 2. Go: Start > click Computer
    >
    > 3. Close that Window.
    >
    > 4. Repeat step 2.
    >
    > Is it an instantaneous opening or does the window take more than 5 seconds
    > to populate?
    >
    > Repeat those steps with opening Internet Explorer. Is it the same?
    >
    > If so, welcome to the club. Does Microsoft have any way to report this bug
    > to developers?
    None of the problems you mentioned here (Vista Ultimate, Home Premium and
    XP-SP3).
    David
    --
    "To live so that you would not be ashamed to sell the family parrot
    to the town gossip, is to have lived well"--Will Rogers



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  8. #8


    Guest

    Re: Internet Explorer 8 in Vista causes Windows Explorer issues

    I just installed Win 7 (7057) on an old AMDxp2400 system with 2.5 gigs of
    ram and IE8 opens my home page in about 2 sec

    "Richard Urban" <richardurbanREMOVETHIS@xxxxxx> wrote in message
    news:#O89L9qqJHA.1304@xxxxxx

    > Wish I could help you. This is one of those things that a person needs
    > hands on to troubleshoot. There are so many things that it "might" be.
    > They have to be eliminated one by one. I would start by clearing your
    > temporary internet files and by running disk cleanup. Get the simple
    > things out of the way first.
    >
    > --
    >
    > Richard Urban
    > Microsoft MVP
    > Windows Desktop Experience
    >
    >
    > "Omega X" <Ask.me@xxxxxx> wrote in message
    > news:rwjxl.18931$9a.8728@xxxxxx

    >> Richard Urban wrote:

    >>> I just tried everything you suggested and see no problems. My computer,
    >>> no matter how it is opened, takes about 1 second. Internet explorer will
    >>> depend upon the home page you have selected. Using MSN as my home page -
    >>> about one second.
    >>>
    >>> What is the specs on your hardware? It makes a difference.
    >>>
    >>
    >> Why does that not surprise me.
    >>
    >> Anyway.
    >>
    >> Vista Home Premium SP1 32bit (fully patched)
    >> Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4GHZ
    >> 2GB Ram
    >> Nvidia 8800GT 512MB
    >> 2 Hard Drives, Both Western Digital SATA.
    >>
    >>
    >> I googled this issue all yesterday and today before posting this. There
    >> is a growing number of people out there with the same problem. This issue
    >> will grow as more people start updating to Internet Explorer 8.
    >>
    >> Reverting to Internet Explorer 7 fixes the slowness of both the Browser
    >> and Windows Explorer.
    >

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  9. #9


    gllund Guest

    RE: Internet Explorer 8 in Vista causes Windows Explorer issues

    I downloaded IE8 over IE8 RC1 and now have a problem that didn't exist in IE8 RC1. It takes about 3-4 seconds to get to the browser, then another 3-4 seconds before it will open my home page. This did not happen with IE8 RC1. I did a system restore to an earlier date, then uninstalled IE8 RC1 then re-installed IE8 but the same problem still exists. I also disabled all add-ons with no luck.
    Another problem is I now receive "Internet Explorer has stopped working" every time I go to www.tsn.ca that worked fine until this update. Any suggestions?
    Thanks Gord
    PS It hasn't slowed down Windows Explorer


    Post Originated from http://www.VistaForums.com Vista Support Forums

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  10. #10


    +Bob+ Guest

    Re: Internet Explorer 8 in Vista causes Windows Explorer issues

    On Sun, 22 Mar 2009 17:07:58 -0700, gllund wrote:

    >I downloaded IE8 over IE8 RC1 and now have a problem that didn't exist in IE8 RC1. It takes about 3-4 seconds to get to the browser, then another 3-4 seconds before it will open my home page. This did not happen with IE8 RC1. I did a system restore to an earlier date, then uninstalled IE8 RC1 then re-installed IE8 but the same problem still exists. I also disabled all add-ons with no luck.
    >Another problem is I now receive "Internet Explorer has stopped working" every time I go to www.tsn.ca that worked fine until this update. Any suggestions?
    >Thanks Gord
    >PS It hasn't slowed down Windows Explorer
    >
    >
    >Post Originated from http://www.VistaForums.com Vista Support Forums
    My suggestion would be to go back to IE7 and wait for SP1 for IE8.



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