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    Is it G1S or is it Vista?

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by g1slover, Dec 23, 2007.

  1. g1slover

    g1slover Notebook Enthusiast

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    I have been experiencing this since I got the laptop 2 weeks ago. The internet explorer seems to be very slow comparing to the internet explorer I have in my previous pc which is xp. Is this something with vista or is it some confirgurations in the model itself? Please advise me. Thanks
     
    g1slover, Dec 23, 2007
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  2. Theros123

    Theros123 Web Designer & Developer

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    Run some Vista Optimization...there's a stickied thread for this somewhere around on these forums.
     
    Theros123, Dec 23, 2007
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  3. Liquid Steel

    Liquid Steel Notebook Consultant

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    Use firefox with fasterfox and adblockplus

    much faster than IE in my experience.
     
    Liquid Steel, Dec 23, 2007
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  4. sgtmatt1

    sgtmatt1 Notebook Evangelist

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    Internet Explorer is also very slow on my G1S, I have never liked IE, Firefox is much faster and safer ;)
     
    sgtmatt1, Dec 24, 2007
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  5. LARM

    LARM Notebook Enthusiast

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    Internet Explorer actually froze my laptop about 20 times. Thankfully I haven't used IE in about 4 years and see no reason to. Download and use Firefox.
     
    LARM, Dec 24, 2007
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    JCMS Notebook Prophet

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    1. Do a clean install
    2. Install all updates

    You computer should be way faster than it is now.

    I have a IE7, Opera and FF3 B2 on this laptop and frankly, they all have the EXACT same speed of operation. I'm keeping IE7 because it's the only one that the UI doesn't look to small in 1680x1050 imo. I know it's just a matter being used but still.
     
    JCMS, Dec 24, 2007
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    Q8PHANTOM Notebook Evangelist

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    Go here.
    GetFireFox.com
    Download FireFox.
    Forget IE.
    I haven't use IE for about +4 years now.
     
    Q8PHANTOM, Dec 25, 2007
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    Not that I'm offering a solution here. There's another symptom that I could not attribute to anything in particular.

    Most of the downloads in IE froze at 99% (1 sec remaining). I left one of them running. It never completed.

    Maybe it's an isolated example but I just thought people should be aware of the weirdness that is IE on Vista on G1S :eek:

    The same downloads in Firefox completed flawlessly.
     
    feuergeist, Dec 25, 2007
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  9. JCMS

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    Looks like a too much bloated vista install then
     
    JCMS, Dec 25, 2007
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  10. System64

    System64 Windows 7 x64

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    Do a clean install of Vista, with all the drivers. After that, install only the Asus applications you need. Then do some optimization here. And if you wish to enchance the Vista user experience, get the here.

    IE7 will be much faster now
     
    System64, Dec 26, 2007
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    Everyone always says Firefox is the greatest thing since sliced bread. Personally when I tryed it, it did nothing but crash. I think it's a piece of garbage. Ie may be slower with a lot more overhead, but at least it works without having to restart it every 2 minutes. And yes, before all you fanboys start jumping on me, I even opened a support ticket with them and they couldn't fix it either. After 2 days I gave up and went back to IE. Don't let them fool you, Firefox does not work "great" for everyone.
     
    8rocks, Dec 26, 2007
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  12. PhoenixReborn

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    Huh, that's really weird. Did you try installing other versions? If you can get it to work, it's MUCH better than IE.
     
    PhoenixReborn, Dec 28, 2007
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