[WEB4LIB] RE: search delay

[Andrew I. Mutch]

Brandon,

One more for the list - after you Delete Files in Step 1, select Settings
and set the amount of disk space to use to some reasonable number. I
believe that the default for IE is 10% of HD space which on today's
multi-GB hard drives leads to caches that are hundreds of MB in size. I
run mine at 10 MB but that might be a bit low for some people. 

Andrew Mutch
Library Systems Technician
Waterford Township Public Library
Waterford, MI



On Tue, 4 Jan 2005, Brandon Dennis wrote:

> I don't know what your setup is, but IE has a notorious problem with
> extended amounts of temporary files.  Usually, once you reach a certain
> amount of temp files, you won't be able to view source, and it will
> occasionally send iexplore.exe to 100% cpu usage (depending on what you
> do).
>  
> My suggestions (in order):
> 1.  Tools / Internet Options / Delete Files (check offline items also)
> Might as well clear history and delete cookies also.
> 2.  Run Ad-Aware from http://www.lavasoftusa.com/ to remove any spyware.
> 3.  Run HouseCall online trojan scanner at
> http://housecall.trendmicro.com/
> 4.  Check to make sure the DNS IPs you are using are correct.  Most
> often, freezes like this are due to timeouts happening from the DNS
> Gateway.
> 5.  Odd as it may seem, try going to Control Panel / Display / Settings
> / Advanced / Troubleshoot and turn the Hardware acceleration all the way
> down.  Strange problems can occur with IE when there's a graphic card
> conflict.
> 6.  It also sounds like it could be a DSO exploit - make sure you keep
> up to date on any security vulnerabilities from Microsoft.
>  
> Hope that helps!  If not, post more details about your systems
> experiencing the problem and all.
> Brandon
> Shreve Memorial Library
>  
>  
>  
> 
> 	-----Original Message----- 
> 	From: Kong, Yi - HPL [mailto:Yi.Kong at cityofhouston.net] 
> 	Sent: Mon 1/3/2005 4:20 PM 
> 	To: Multiple recipients of list 
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> 	Subject: [WEB4LIB] search delay
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> 
> 	Hi,
> 	
> 	Is there anybody experience delay at IE searching? Our library
> got some
> 	complains on Internet Explore delay or even hung after patron
> entered a
> 	wrong url. For example, user enter ccc.ddd at address line, IE
> would stuck
> 	at original page and doesn't do anything. He can't back or stop.
> Sometimes
> 	librarian will come to reboot the PC.
> 	
> 	Any ideas?
> 	
> 	Yi
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> 	
> 	
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