Harmony Restored

Posted on March 27, 2007

I’m not crazy about MS Windows, but until recently I have to say that my Dell Desktop with WindowsXP was pretty rock solid. That all changed after I upgraded to IE7. All of a sudden the machine started running slower, the browser itself grinded along and the CPU utilization shot-up. Finally, this past week, I was having error notifications that were taking down the machine. Talk about a whacked machine. After uninstalling a number of programs, checking the log files and making sure there were no viruses, I discovered the real virus: IE7 itself. After expunging the machine of the updated version it appears to be back to its normal zippy self. Sure IE7, finally catching-up w/ features FireFox has sported for quite some time, may seem like a logical move. Remember my friends, this is not logic you are dealing with, it’s a corporate entity that at times defies logic. As long as I’m running XP I’m going to refrain from upgrading to IE7. For sites that require up-to-date browsers, I’ll stick w/ FireFox.

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