windows explorer 7 vs explorer 8

gardenweasel

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yeah,i know,get a mac....

that aside,anybody have a recommendation?.....not "unhappy" with 7(a few glitches)but i keep getting prompts to upgrade to 8......
if ity`s better...or faster,i might do it...


anybody been there?...have experience with both?....

thanks in advance
 
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gardenweasel said:
yeah,i know,get a mac....

that aside,anybody have a recommendation?.....not "unhappy" with 7(a few glitches)but i keep getting prompts to upgrade to 8......
if ity`s better...or faster,i might do it...


anybody been there?...have experience with both?....

thanks in advance
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I never had any problems with 7 but 8 will sometimes 'IE Explorer is not responding and will shut down'. It usually happens when I have a lot of windows open. Like 10 or more and it pisses me off because everything has to be loaded again.

Just stick with 7, IMO.

Others will tell you to get firefox. I think it sucks and try it about every year when I hear people raving about it. I am just fine with IE :0008
 
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MadJack said:
I never had any problems with 7 but 8 will sometimes 'IE Explorer is not responding and will shut down'. It usually happens when I have a lot of windows open. Like 10 or more and it pisses me off because everything has to be loaded again.

Just stick with 7, IMO.

Others will tell you to get firefox. I think it sucks and try it about every year when I hear people raving about it. I am just fine with IE :0008
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i don`t like firefox either...

that`s good info,bud....i heard some stuff about 8...that`s why i was curious....

much appreciated...:toast:
 
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when i go to certain sites(mostly mma related),i get the message "windows has stopped working"....when i click on the prompt,i get a messgae that says"

Internet Explorer has closed this webpage to help protect your computer

A malfunctioning or malicious add-on has caused Internet Explorer to close this webpage.
What you can do:
Go to your home page

Try to return to mmajunkie.com

More information

Windows Data Execution Prevention detected an add-on trying to use system memory incorrectly. This can be caused by a malfunction or a malicious add-on.

Other things you can do:

Go online to learn about the Data Execution Prevention (DEP) security feature

i went online and couldn`t make heads or tails of d.e.p.(data execution prevention" and am afraid to circumvent it for fear of opening up my cmputer to a bunch of malicious stuff....

sorry to ask again,but is anybody familiar with d.e.p.?......doesn`t kick me offline,but i have to go back and forth several times to get to the page i want.....

computers can be a pain in the arse...
 
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gardenweasel said:
when i go to certain sites(mostly mma related),i get the message "windows has stopped working....when i click on the prompt,i get a messgae that says"

Internet Explorer has closed this webpage to help protect your computer

A malfunctioning or malicious add-on has caused Internet Explorer to close this webpage.
What you can do:
Go to your home page

Try to return to mmajunkie.com

More information

Windows Data Execution Prevention detected an add-on trying to use system memory incorrectly. This can be caused by a malfunction or a malicious add-on.

Other things you can do:

Go online to learn about the Data Execution Prevention (DEP) security feature

i went online and couldn`t make heads or tails of d.e.p.(data execution prevention" and am afraid to circumvent it for fear of opening up my cmputer to a bunch of malicious stuff....

sorry to ask again,but is anybody familiar with d.e.p.?......doesn`t kick me offline,but i have to go back and forth several times to get to the page i want.....

computers can be a pain in the arse...
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Google Chrome.
 
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keep flipping back and forth with chrome and firefox

now using firefox 8, uses less memory

updates/fixes/stability control my loyalty
 
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was having issues with something called "windows data execution prevention"program not allowing me to open pages off of main sites....for instance,if i went to sherdog or some other site,i could get there,but when i tried opening pages within the site,windows data execution program wouldn`t allow me to open them because of some sort of add on(or something)....


i noticed that off of the "all programs" menu there was a "windows explorer" tab and a" windows explorer(64 bit)" tab....the "windows explorer" tab was pinned to my task bar....i upinned the "windows explorer" tab and pinned the windows explorer(64 bit)" tab to the taskbar and am using it to surf the web.....

not having any problems opening programs now and the computer seems faster...

i`m a computer illiterate,so i`m sure this seems like a basic thing to some....just figured i`d update in case any other computer num-nums have had a similar problem...

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