Is there a known issue with IE8 causing slow desktop paint/redraw?

[...winston]

You paid for IE8 ?

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[Harry Johnston [MVP]]

Your smiley should have been a winkie. It goes back to a product
development philosophy/strategy embraced by the Varian Bros: Let the
customer perform the last phase of testing, and we'll fix the bugs using
the customer's money.

Nowadays, software is so complicated that no matter how much testing you do,
there will still be bugs. In the particular case of Windows software, there are
also so many different combinations of hardware and software out there that
there are usually bugs that couldn't be detected in-house except by the wildest
of lucky breaks.

Harry.

 

[Navyguy]

I did not miss it - I believe it is incorrect.

I have been on these newsgroups many years.  IE6, IE7 - lots of issues
posted about.

Windows XP, Windows XP SP1/SP1a, Windows XP SP2 and Windows XP SP3 - lotsof
issues posted about.

Overall - IE8 is seeing an equal percentage of the questions to everything
else - although there are the normal spikes when the new product comes out.

Point taken.

Robert

 

[Navyguy]

With all due respect, people don't go to hospital Emergency Rooms (or Sick
Bay) if they're not sick or injured.  Similarly, users don't post aboutIE8
problems if IE8's working just fine for them.

<canned>
HOW TO solve IE8 installation problemshttp://support.microsoft.com/kb/949220

No-charge support for Internet Explorer 8 installation, set-up and usage
(only) is available via the phone based on your locale through 31 December
2009. Customers must be running Windows XP or Windows Vista in a non-domain
environment.
=> US & CA Residents: 1-866-234-6020
=> Other locales:https://support.microsoft.com/oas/default.aspx?&prid=13043

My personal recommendations include:

=> Install IE8 manually, not via Windows Update/Automatic Updates!! =>http://www.microsoft.com/windows/internet-explorer/worldwide-sites.aspx

NB: Save the installer to your desktop, do not Run it.  When you're prepared
to install IE8, double-click on the saved file.

NB: Save the installer to your desktop, do not Run it.  When you're prepared
to install IE8, right-click on the saved file and select "Run as
Administator.

=> Uninstall all third-party toolbars (e.g., Google; Yahoo; Windows Live)
and third-party Windows Themes before installing IE8.

=> Close all open applications (i.e., anything with a taskbar icon) before
installing or uninstalling IE8.

=> I would strongly recommend disabling your anti-virus application andany
anti-spyware application's "system protections" (other than Defender's)
before installing (or uninstalling) an IE upgrade.  If you're running a
third-party firewall, I would recommend disabling it and then enabling the
Windows Firewall before installing (or uninstalling) an IE upgrade.

=> Create a Restore Point manually before installing IE8.  [Do NOT use
System Restore to remove/uninstall IE8; instead, seehttp://support.microsoft.com/kb/957700.  Then use the Restore Point prior to
reinstalling IE8 per these recommendations.  Norton users will need to seehttp://bertk.mvps.org/html/symantecdoc1.html.]

=> Reboot twice after installing or uninstalling IE8, then check-in at
Windows Update and install any critical security updates offered.

=> For best chance of success with IE8, make certain that your anti-virus
application, any anti-spyware applications (other than Defender), and your
third-party firewall (if any) are supported in IE8 Final before you decide
install it.
</canned>

Hi Robert,

I followed your instructions and download IE8 to my desktop but when I
tried right clicking it to run as administrator it gave my name. Since
I'm running my computer as administrator I thought this was normal
(I've tried creating user accounts but it won't let me) In any case, I
clicked ok and it came back with access denied. So what do I do now?
In passing should I be going to Windows updates versus Microsoft
updates? What's the difference?



Thanks,

Robert