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To: Magnatizer who wrote (7089)	11/26/1999 1:15:00 PM
From: Gottfried	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110634

David and IE5.01 users: I found this on a message board and thought it might be of interest... > I hope someone can explain this to me, but eversince upgrading to IE 5.01 > from IE 5.0, I've noticed a considerable loss of memory each time I open the > browser by as much as 20%. I've trimmed my startup and registry folders to > increase memory upon startup, but I still experience a big plummet of memory > once the browser starts opening. It's worse when I open a new browser in > addition to another one open. I don't even dare anymore open up any of my > applications concurrently with the browser being open because my memory > plummets to a paltry 40% and everything grinds to a crawling speed ... even > the mouse starts halting across the screen. > > Would anyone know if there's a fix to this? > > Thanks everyone and Happy Thanksgiving weekend, > Zaida One of the "features" of IE 5.01 is that if you have more than a certain amount of ram in your computer (I think its 32) it defaults to "open each browser in its own process" which is most likely what is causing your issue. They also took away the selection to change this in the IE settings. It probably can be done by editing the registry, but I don't know what key in the registry it is, perhaps someone else will know. -- What do you want to reinstall today? G.