From: not@this.address.com   
      
   Steve Hayes wrote:   
      
   > Does anyone know of a good web browser that works in Windows XP?   
      
   Off the top of my head: Opera, Google Chrome, and, of course, Firefox.   
   However, Google & Firefox are ending support and development of their   
   browser for XP this year or next, IIRC.   
      
   > 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.   
      
   Firefox is probably not buggy.   
      
   If there are no other problems, the progressive slowness sounds like   
   lack of RAM and the system is using virtual memory.  Modern browsers use   
   lots of RAM, particularly the more tabs or windows you have open.  And,   
   then, there are the other applications and processes you are running,   
   too.  So ...   
      
   1.  Add more RAM and see what happens   
      
   2.  Check how much RAM is being used before and while you run Firefox   
      
   3.  Scan for malware.  I use SuperAntiSpyware and Antimalware, the free   
   versions.  Just an anitvirus utility won't catch everything.   
      
   4. "Clean" your system and defrag your drive after   
      
   5.  Uninstall and reinstall Firefox.  Windows is notorious for   
   "breaking" itself and applications.  I use the free version of Revo   
   Uninstaller. The app and system uninstallers are not thorough enough   
   and don't entirely remove EVERYTHING related to the application.  A   
   system Repair install might be necessary, too.   
      
   6. How much free space on your hard drive?  If it's more than 80% to 90%   
   full, free up space.  An almost full drive will slow performance.  A   
   lot!   
      
   > 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 use both Firefox and Chrome on my XP SP3 system, and have no problems.   
    Very peppy.  And I'm running XP 32-bit with 3GB RAM in a virtual   
   machine (VirtualBox) on a Linux host (3.0 Ghz Phenom II quad-core CPU   
   and 8GB RAM). It runs better in the VM than it did on the original   
   system (circa 2003) it came with which died years ago.   
      
   Stef   
      
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