This site using up PC memory if left on for long periods

[Tobers]

If I leave my PC on overnight running internet explorer, with any of the pages of this site on the screen, my PC's memory is eaten up by the morning.

It seems like something (possibly the animated banner headline thingy?) is using up memory and not freeing it.

I've tried this numerous times now, ensuring nothing else fo note is running, and always see the memory usage of IE building up when on this site for a long time.

Anyone got any ideas?

 

[Deleted Member I]

If I leave my PC on overnight running internet explorer, with any of the pages of this site on the screen, my PC's memory is eaten up by the morning.

It seems like something (possibly the animated banner headline thingy?) is using up memory and not freeing it.

I've tried this numerous times now, ensuring nothing else fo note is running, and always see the memory usage of IE building up when on this site for a long time.

Anyone got any ideas?

MATE!!! GO AND RIDE THE BIKE .... You need to get some air


Also you now have 666 posts! sppppoooookkkky!

 

[Alte Wolf]

Re: Re: This site using up PC memory if left on for long periods

..... you now have 666 posts! sppppoooookkkky!

Hey, ..... Now that is spooky

 

[Fanum]

Is your browser loading the pages in the background Andy?

Clear your cache, then leave it overnight and see what bum-nuggets have infiltrated the cache from here overnight......ther's wellover 1.4 gig of stuff on the database so there's a lot of potential stuff it could have started pre-fetching for you.

 

[(RIP) Kaister]

Failing that - have you tried using Mozilla ?

3.65 (approx) times better than IE and it isn't as susceptible to being taken over or used against you.

and tabbed browsing

 

[Jon]

Failing that - have you tried using Mozilla ?

3.65 (approx) times better than IE and it isn't as susceptible to being taken over or used against you.

and tabbed browsing

good article in todays Sunday Times about (mainly free) alternatives to MS products

 

[cookie]

good article in todays Sunday Times about (mainly free) alternatives to MS products

here

 

[Tobers]

666 posts is wierd - I wonder how that happened!

I use Mozilla at work but haven't put it on my home PC yet - guess I'll have to do that now and see what happens.

I use the Thunderbird email client instead of outlook express now (to avoid viruses etc) and it is pretty good but a tad slow on my rather sluggish home PC.

 

[richie]

How about blocking access to your PC when you are not using it. When I leave mine connceted but am doing something else I use the block system in the firewall to block all access, but stay connected. Common Sense to do as it does exactly that...