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   Message 15,600 of 17,273   
   Sjouke Burry to Steve Hayes   
   Re: Web browsers for Windows XP   
   13 Feb 17 09:51:11   
   
   From: burrynulnulfour@ppllaanneett.nnll   
      
   On 13.02.17 3:16, Steve Hayes wrote:   
   > On Mon, 13 Feb 2017 00:09:23 +0100, Sjouke Burry   
   >  wrote:   
   >   
   >> On 12.02.17 5:48, Steve Hayes wrote:   
   >>> Does anyone know of a good web browser that works in Windows XP?   
   >>>   
   >>> I've been using Firefox, but it seems increasingly buggy lately. It   
   >>> goes slower and slower, until all it says is "Not Responding" and it   
   >>> keeps the hard drive churning so that everthing else runs slowly too,   
   >>> until eventually I turn it off at the qwall and reboot.   
   >>>   
   >>> Every time I close it nowmally it asks me to send a crash report,   
   >>> though it never does that when it actually crashes.   
   >>>   
   >>> So I'm looking for one that works better on XP.   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >> I am using FF45.3.0 ESR on Xp pro sp3, and it does a reasonable job.   
   >> For the last 2 years I have not installed any XP M$ updates.   
   >   
   > Do you get nagging messages to update it?   
   >   
   >   
   Jep. Nice yellow warning shield telling me to install.   
      
   Just ignore it.   
      
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