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Author Topic: Memory leak dang Internet Explorer  (Read 628 times)

Neonivek

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Memory leak dang Internet Explorer
« on: May 02, 2011, 01:18:07 am »

So when I close my tabs on the internet explorer it doesn't REALLY shut down the tab

As I found out it still runs them in the background and can even still run sound from them.

How do you fix this blight of a wicked problem upon which the living dare sl
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Frajic

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Re: Memory leak dang Internet Explorer
« Reply #1 on: May 02, 2011, 01:22:09 am »

Task manager -> processes -> iexplorer.exe -> end process? Nevermind, read it wrong. My suggestion? Switch to Firefox.
« Last Edit: May 02, 2011, 01:23:40 am by Pyrate »
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Virex

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Re: Memory leak dang Internet Explorer
« Reply #2 on: May 02, 2011, 03:47:10 am »

Send a support ticket to Microsoft, it's obviously a bug in the program itself and I doubt you're going to be able to fix that without hacking the executable. Also, it never hurts to have a backup browser in case your favorite fails for some reason.
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lemon10

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Re: Memory leak dang Internet Explorer
« Reply #3 on: May 02, 2011, 04:00:04 am »

Try reinstalling it if you really want to use it.
Although personally I would suggest you switch.
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