slow typing ad highlighting

axon · 01-12-2004, 10:17 PM

Hey guys, for a while now my pc has been really slow when, for example backspacing text. I'll hold backspace, and the cursor will not move until a few seconds afterwards and then it will move ectremely slowly. Another problem I'm having is with highlighting text on webpages....same thing, it is extremely slow to highlight, and scrolling is virtually impossible. I've tried clearing my cache and temp files and nothing worked. BTW everything works normal everywhere except on the net.

I'm on winblows XP, using IE5, PIII 1ghz

axon · 01-12-2004, 10:22 PM

one more thing, everything also works fine with netscape and mozilla......

should I just blame M$?

ober · 01-13-2004, 07:26 AM

sounds like something is freaking out with IE. Try switching to Opera or maybe just reinstalling IE.... or maybe just upgrading to 6!?

Waldo2k2 · 01-13-2004, 09:34 AM

windows trick of the day:

press ctrl A if you're going to highlight everything

or, if not, if you scroll past the point where you're going to select, and drag up, it goes at least 2 times faster...the computers here at school are slow as hell and that's the only way I can keep my sanity sometimes

ober · 01-13-2004, 10:22 AM

I'll bet money that even a Ctrl-A would highlight relatively slowly if he's seeing those issues.

And i'll reiterate my point from above... IE6 has been out for probably 2 years. Why haven't you upgraded?

axon · 01-13-2004, 12:12 PM

bah...it is IE6....sorry for the mistype!

Waldo, before the highlighted scrolling beyone the current window was extremely fast.....now it almost freazes up my pc! Another thing, I was testing out various things, and IE stops working when the page is extremely long, like for example this one: http://www.uic.edu/classes/timetable/chng.html

again, everything works fine on mozilla and netscape...

it doesn't matter, really, because I mostly use Mozilla, but my dad sometimes wants to get on the net and uses IE....

anyways, I'll try reinstalling IE when I get home...

glUser3f · 01-13-2004, 01:07 PM

until you fix IE, check out IE theme for Mozilla:
http://themes.mozdev.org/themes/ie.html
Just create a profile for your dad, install this theme, and he'll hardly notice the difference

Waldo2k2 · 01-13-2004, 01:32 PM

lol, yeah, until he tries to get into certain sites...my dad is the same way axon...some old dogs can't learn new tricks i guess.

axon · 01-13-2004, 06:14 PM

damnit, I installed the newest version of IE, and still the same thing. Oh well, maybe I'll try to make my dad use Mozilla. Probably the best way to do that is to remove IE completely

Grayson_Peddie · 01-13-2004, 06:59 PM

What your your computer's specifications?

It seems like some of the programs must have eating up those resources (my thought) . . .

axon · 01-13-2004, 08:27 PM

>>What your your computer's specifications?

well i put some specs in my op, but other then that its is 256DRAM, I don't think anything else should matter.

01-12-2004, 10:17 PM	#1
axon Registered User Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Mt. Prospect, IL Posts: 2,602	slow typing ad highlighting Hey guys, for a while now my pc has been really slow when, for example backspacing text. I'll hold backspace, and the cursor will not move until a few seconds afterwards and then it will move ectremely slowly. Another problem I'm having is with highlighting text on webpages....same thing, it is extremely slow to highlight, and scrolling is virtually impossible. I've tried clearing my cache and temp files and nothing worked. BTW everything works normal everywhere except on the net. I'm on winblows XP, using IE5, PIII 1ghz __________________ some entropy with that sink? entropysink.com there are two cardinal sins from which all others spring: Impatience and Laziness. - franz kafka
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01-12-2004, 10:22 PM	#2
axon Registered User Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Mt. Prospect, IL Posts: 2,602	one more thing, everything also works fine with netscape and mozilla...... should I just blame M$? __________________ some entropy with that sink? entropysink.com there are two cardinal sins from which all others spring: Impatience and Laziness. - franz kafka
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01-13-2004, 07:26 AM	#3
ober 5\|-\|1+\|-\|34\|) Join Date: Aug 2001 Posts: 4,429	sounds like something is freaking out with IE. Try switching to Opera or maybe just reinstalling IE.... or maybe just upgrading to 6!?
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01-13-2004, 09:34 AM	#4
Waldo2k2 PC Fixer-Upper Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 2,001	windows trick of the day: press ctrl A if you're going to highlight everything or, if not, if you scroll past the point where you're going to select, and drag up, it goes at least 2 times faster...the computers here at school are slow as hell and that's the only way I can keep my sanity sometimes __________________ PHP and XML Let's talk about SAX
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01-13-2004, 10:22 AM	#5
ober 5\|-\|1+\|-\|34\|) Join Date: Aug 2001 Posts: 4,429	I'll bet money that even a Ctrl-A would highlight relatively slowly if he's seeing those issues. And i'll reiterate my point from above... IE6 has been out for probably 2 years. Why haven't you upgraded?
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01-13-2004, 12:12 PM	#6
axon Registered User Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Mt. Prospect, IL Posts: 2,602	bah...it is IE6....sorry for the mistype! Waldo, before the highlighted scrolling beyone the current window was extremely fast.....now it almost freazes up my pc! Another thing, I was testing out various things, and IE stops working when the page is extremely long, like for example this one: http://www.uic.edu/classes/timetable/chng.html again, everything works fine on mozilla and netscape... it doesn't matter, really, because I mostly use Mozilla, but my dad sometimes wants to get on the net and uses IE.... anyways, I'll try reinstalling IE when I get home... __________________ some entropy with that sink? entropysink.com there are two cardinal sins from which all others spring: Impatience and Laziness. - franz kafka
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01-13-2004, 01:07 PM	#7
glUser3f Registered User Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 345	until you fix IE, check out IE theme for Mozilla: http://themes.mozdev.org/themes/ie.html Just create a profile for your dad, install this theme, and he'll hardly notice the difference
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01-13-2004, 01:32 PM	#8
Waldo2k2 PC Fixer-Upper Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 2,001	lol, yeah, until he tries to get into certain sites...my dad is the same way axon...some old dogs can't learn new tricks i guess. __________________ PHP and XML Let's talk about SAX
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01-13-2004, 06:14 PM	#9
axon Registered User Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Mt. Prospect, IL Posts: 2,602	damnit, I installed the newest version of IE, and still the same thing. Oh well, maybe I'll try to make my dad use Mozilla. Probably the best way to do that is to remove IE completely __________________ some entropy with that sink? entropysink.com there are two cardinal sins from which all others spring: Impatience and Laziness. - franz kafka
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01-13-2004, 06:59 PM	#10
Grayson_Peddie Registered User Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 96	What your your computer's specifications? It seems like some of the programs must have eating up those resources (my thought) . . . __________________ View in Braille. http://www.future-gpnet.com/braille.jpg Like a bolt out of the BLUE, Fate steps up and sees you THROUGH, When you wish upon a STAR YOUR DREAMS COME TRUE.
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01-13-2004, 08:27 PM	#11
axon Registered User Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Mt. Prospect, IL Posts: 2,602	>>What your your computer's specifications? well i put some specs in my op, but other then that its is 256DRAM, I don't think anything else should matter. __________________ some entropy with that sink? entropysink.com there are two cardinal sins from which all others spring: Impatience and Laziness. - franz kafka
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