[dba-Tech] Internet Explorer memory usage

Jim Lawrence accessd at shaw.ca
Tue Apr 15 23:48:54 CDT 2008


Hi Jon:

IE7 has a bleeding issue and if left running on your PC long enough it will
eventually consume all memory and force you to reboot the system. There is
no official confirmation on this subject but have confirmed that IE7
inconjunction with other application will result with this affect.

Jim  

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Jon Tydda
Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2008 2:59 PM
To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues'
Subject: [dba-Tech] Internet Explorer memory usage

OK, enough is enough... I thought I was seeing things when I noticed that
IE7 was using over 500mb of RAM last week, tonight it's using 1gb. I've only
got 4 tabs open, and it's not like I'm running complex weather calculations
in java programs or anything... Why is it doing this?
 
I have 2gb of RAM, but when IE is using more than half of it, it starts to
get a bit slow. I don't think it's anything bad, because I only reinstalled
Windows at Easter, and I put on fully updated version of a firewall,
antivirus and antispyware before I let it loose on the internet. I even ran
it with al lthe addons disabled, and it still eats memory. I was thinking of
getting more memory for the PC anyway, but that was for performance in
games, not for IE!
 
Something isn't right here...
 
 
Jon
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