Internet Explorer 8 Slow and Crashing
If you upgrade to Windows 7, you will need to upgrade the browser to Internet Explorer 8 or use a competitor’s browser, such as Firefox. Older versions are no longer compatible. Once you install Internet Explorer 8, you may find it runs very slow and crashes a lot. We did.
There are several possible reasons:
1. Type Maintenance in the Search bar. Choose “Fix Problems on Your Computer”. Choose Troubleshooting and then View All. Find the Internet Explorer 8 package and run it. That will fix some.
2. You may have too many restricted sites. To check, Choose Tools, then Options, then select the Security tab. If there are too many restricted sites this can slow you down.
3 The more likely problem is that an Add-On is causing the problem. Using the Tools menu, you can find the Manage Add-Ons option and go into that. Disable what you don’t think you need. You can always turn it back on, as disabling doesn’t remove it. Then restart IE8.
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