installing Windows Internet Explorer 7 takes forever

[ElFenix]

i swear this thing has been going on for 20 minutes :|

edit: and you have to restart afterward. :|

 

[ColemontHD]

Originally posted by: ElFenix
i swear this thing has been going on for 20 minutes :|

edit: and you have to restart afterward. :|

Mine took liek 5 mins. What are your specs?

 

[Mayfriday0529]

Firefox

 

[ElFenix]

Originally posted by: Jnetty99
Firefox

actually, it's probably firefox's fault. i must have a flash anim or something because it's taking up 50% cpu time. so Windows Internet Explorer 7 was installed on a 700 mhz pentium-m, effectively.


ah great now it's giving me the annoying automatic updates 'you need to restart your computer' harassment pop up. :|

 

[supertunger99]

After you install IE7, does it completely replace IE6? I was thinking about installing it but I still need IE6 for web dev purposes...

 

[Connoisseur]

I've been using IE7 for a day now. Honestly, firefox feels a lot "smoother". The tabbed browsing with Firefox feels seamless with tabs opening instataneously. I still see slight pauses when IE is opening a new tab. Furthermore, surfing web pages also feels faster on FF. Images and text load a decent bit faster and more smoothly (none of the resizing effect i'm notice with IE7). I'm not trying to turn this into a flame war but just my observations.

 

[Rage187]

Originally posted by: supertunger99
After you install IE7, does it completely replace IE6? I was thinking about installing it but I still need IE6 for web dev purposes...

same, anyway to not overwrite IE6?

EDIT: I found the following in a FAQ on MSFT site.

Q: Any plans to offer a supported standalone version of IE? It's really difficult for developers to test against IE6 and IE7, and all other modern browsers (including IE6) worked in .local mode until December 2005.
A: There are currently no plans for a standalone version of IE.

 

[swtethan]

took me like 3 mins


A64 3200+
1GB DDR400
x800xl
XP Pro SP2

 

[Syringer]

Opera > *

 

[Aquaman]

Originally posted by: Rage187

Originally posted by: supertunger99
After you install IE7, does it completely replace IE6? I was thinking about installing it but I still need IE6 for web dev purposes...

same, anyway to not overwrite IE6?

VMware maybe?

Cheers,
Aquaman

 

[mcvickj]

FWIW I'm going to stay far far away from IE7. Not even 24 hours and people are already starting to find holes.

http://slashdot.org/articles/06/10/19/1326247.shtml

 

[GeneValgene]

ugh...someone please help me
how do you customize this friggin toolbar on ie7
can i switch to classic menu?
how do i move the file menu below the address bar?
talk about not user friendly!

 

[Goosemaster]

I saw it isntalled on two practically identical machiens and one (mine) took forevr for some reason.

I was on break so I really didn't care

 

[Baked]

You need a faster computer.

 

[coolred]

I just installed, took about 3-5 minutes. But upon reboot, I try to open it and it opens brifely then imeediately closes. Any ideas whats wrong?

 

[Rubycon]

Oh no now we're going to have madcucumber.com MSIE7Mark2007. :laugh:

 

[Rastus]

Squeal like a pig.