zalex108: I tried the tweaks suggested to make my old XP machine run the browser faster (that I thought would help)
and they did. Its not a speed daemon but it runs much more acceptably. Thanks.
Posts made by jdlomonaco
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RE: New Windows XP user - QuestionsOpera for Windows
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RE: New Windows XP user - QuestionsOpera for Windows
zalex108: Thanks for the reply. I skimmed through the links but plan on taking a good look at them later today. This may just be what I need.
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RE: New Windows XP user - QuestionsOpera for Windows
Thanks for the reply. I had forgotten just how old that PC was until you asked about it. I had problems with Chrome and Fire Fox crashing. Opera isn't crashing. Its just so very slow that I get impatient waiting for "Speed Dial". On the other hand, I found that accessing a web page once they are Bookmarked is slow but OK.
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RE: New Windows XP user - QuestionsOpera for Windows
Thanks for the reply. Yep it might be better to leave it alone in case there is a crash fix. I didn't think of that.
The PC is a very old one with 1.5 G of RAM and a 1.7 Ghz Pentium processor. I keep it around to test some software that I wrote.
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RE: New Windows XP user - QuestionsOpera for Windows
davehawley: OK so I missed the .exe file (forest for the trees) until I sorted by file type. So I changed the name and update should be avoided henceforth. I am still having the performance issue even when I shut down the Avast shield controls. Any ideas?
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RE: New Windows XP user - QuestionsOpera for Windows
@leocg That's where I looked ....\Program Files\Opra\36...... Not there.
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RE: New Windows XP user - QuestionsOpera for Windows
@blackbird71 Thanks for the reply. I have found out more about my problems.
Performance: when loading web pages It appears that loading is only slow for new web pages. Speed Dial animation stays active for minutes before something happens. However when started from a bookmark folder start up happens almost immediately. I haven't tried disabling Avast shields yet but I find it hard to believe that this is the cause. any ideas?Version: I looked to rename the auto update .exe but found none and the fact that the settings don't have an update option I am going to assume that this was removed from this XP/Vista version of Opra. True?
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New Windows XP user - QuestionsOpera for Windows
I am glad I found a Browser that (even though it is not completely supported) it is still available for use with XP at version 36. Now that I have it installed and I am using it I have a few questions.
Performance: loading web pages seems very slow and sometimes requires a reboot to work at all. Can this be the result of my Avast antivirus, my Windows firewall (the only one that still works)? Can anything be done to improve it?
Version: My understanding from reading web pages is that version 36 is the last XP level. How do I know that I am using the correct Version 36 build? How do I keep from accidentally updating to a later version?
Any suggestions?