Google Chrome?

It should work just fine.

I have been using Chrome for a long time with no problems on this site.  I'd encourage you to try it.

Do you have all your updates installed for XP?

I've been using nothing but Google Chrome for four years. A few issues here and there, but never with this site.

By all means, download Chrome. 

It's far superior to IE 8.

I've used Chrome, though I prefer FireFox.  Never had any problems with either, but there are more useful add-ons for FireFox.

If your IE is suddenly running slower, it may not actually be IE, but rather other things in the computer.

John, we have gone through everything here, even had the cable guy come today to change out the modem. Both of my PC's are going very slow when we try to open yahoo news or aol news.

I think I will install the chrome.

Rob

If two machines exhibit the same symptom, I'd suspect malware or possibly a problem with the Internet connection.  Do any machines using the same Internet connection run at a proper speed?

When OGR switched the forum my IE progressively got slower and slower, not to mention it screwed up the format. I upgraded to google chrome and am very happy with its peformance.

If simply changing the browser "fixes" the speed problem and using the old one slows it back down, I'd lean towards something needing cleaning up with IE or the system itself.  It could be any number of things causing IE to slow down.  Maybe the TEMP files aren't getting cleaned up.  Maybe there are a zillion add-ins that aren't being used anymore.  Maybe, maybe, maybe.  While malware could certainly be an issue, there are a lot of things that can slow you down that aren't.  

The internet connection could also be an issue but that is a whole other series of troubleshooting steps.

 I installed the Chrome and bada bing the slow problem is GONE. 

Thanks for the replies.

Rob

I use Duck Duck Go and use Mozilla Firefox as the only browser.

Keep in mind absolutely everything you do online or off is recorded by Google these days.

I usually uninstall and get rid of IE, Bing MSN etc. All junk.

An interesting Firefox or Chrome browser available add-on is "collusion".  When clicked, Collusion will show you which websites are tracking your web browsing through your direct browsing clicks as well as 2nd and 3rd party tracking companies that are tied to your original destination.  When the "collusion" add-on is activated the chart collusion produces can be eye opening as to how many companies are now trying to track your web movements.  The chart can be reset to zero out the information at any time.

Don't be fooled to think that you are totally anonymous or hidden when you use your browser's "private browsing" feature.  Currently there is no industry standard for what is termed "private browsing".  So one company's standard is often much different than the next company.

The Forum was running fine on my computer until a few days ago using IE. Then for no obvious reason it said I needed to upgrade. Chrome works. Gonna take some getting used to though.