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I know I can change keys. But I don’t know what is allowed.

I do have some problems with IE9;

1. When I apply for a job on some HR systems (taleo is #1), IE9 won’t let me upload any documents.
2. If I’m in an already open tab and want to do a search or put in a new URL, it just doesn’t work. I’ve got to close that tab and open a new one.
3. Far too many sites need compatibility mode. Even worse, compatibility mode doesn’t seem to do much of anything in some sites.
4. Still too much RAM usage and it looks like there are memory leaks that only clear if you close IE and restart it.
5. MS still won’t let people arrange the top of the window (tabs, bars, etc.) the way we want to.

On the positive side;

1. Far fewer IE lockups (even more so now after some updates).
2. Far fewer IE crashes that bring down the whole browser.
3. Noticably faster browsing.

I use PSI 2 on a few PC’s with IE9 with no problems.

Are you using multiple anti virus products? And have you verified thatyour system is 64 bit?

They do lay it out in detail… Yes, I see the 2GB limit on the 32bit version. It makes sense. I had read through something like that a few months back when first installing 2010. Oddly enough, I can see use for the larger file sizes, though not for most people. My big thing is having software that takes advantage of my hardware and OS.

On the PC I applied Office 2010 SP1 to, I run Windows Firewall and MSE. I did nothing special before letting WU do its thing. When I do it on PC’s with Norton IS, I will probably put a hold on the AV.

Office 2007 ‘fixed’ the issue of only 64k rows (and far fewer columns) in Excel. I’m not aware of any ‘big file’ ability that comes with the 64 bit version of 2010; however, I’ve followed MS’s own reccomendations and went with 32bit on my 64 bit Win 7 PC’s (2 so far). Just the home version. I did install Office 2010 SP1 via Windows Update; very smooth and very quick, and I’ve gone through the Excel list of bug fixes. That list is a real reminder of why one avoids pre SP1 versions of MS software! Still, I’d rather use 2010 SP1 then 2007 for the most part; my feeling is that this is what 2007 should have been after a couple of service packs. I do have one gripe; every new version, every SP, MS moves and changes some things for the shear sake of moving and changing things. 2010 is not hard to use; I just resent having to relearn where everything is annually or so.

So personally, from what I’ve seen so far, I see no reason why not to install 2010 SP1. Piles and piles of needed bug fixes.

Of course, I’d love to be able to use Office 2010 64 bit, if it actually was ‘usable’!

It’s funny; until recently I wouldn’t touch Chrome. On the one PC I had it on with XP Pro, it frequently BSOD’d the system – even if I wasn’t using it. I had to uninstall it to stop the crashes. Now, I don’t regularly use Chrome (I would like to have more control over it then it allows), I do use it some and I don’t worry about it at all. With IE9, when it works, great, but it is too much about MS knowing better then we do about how we want it to look (like where the tabs bar is), and about them releasing it to production long before it’s ready (IMHO) for its first beta release.

After many many issues with IE9 I have given up and use Chrome which is MUCH faster and has not given me one time of not going into any program I have asked it too. Not so with IE9. Cannot get into any bank account with it. Just not worth the time and trouble to me.

BBaker

You are using a pretty antiquated router. A good one, just old. I have the WRT610N and it does not appear to have any issues with IE9.

FYI, I installed IE64 + 32, but only use 32 for all the obvious reasons. I do have issues on some sites, MOST issues overcome with compatibility view.

I was recently offered the opportunity to install the important IE 9 update and had the unfortunate discovery that it did not play well with My Linksys WRT54GS.

I could not access all of my router pages, and most that I could were not formed correctly. I tried compatability view with the routers web pages and found it would report that the “website” was no longer accessable (Vista 32 bit system). I jumped on my trusty XP machine and instantly connected to the routers IP with no issues. After updating the firmware, I tried to access again on my Vista/IE9 system. I had the same issues as before, but now I knew it was not the router.

Since I had no problems accessing the router with IE8, I decided to uninstall IE9.
I went to the recently installed updates to Uninstall, and there was no entry for IE9. Using the how to article on the MS website provided no anser to uninstalling without the entry in said folder. After contacting MS Support, and letting MS support plow through the machine for an hour or so, the recommendation was to rollback to the checkpoint before the update… seemed like a bit of a sledgehammer approach, but it worked.

It was a nice browser except for the fact I could not access my router. But, I won’t be purchasing a new router to use it on only one machine, and unless anyone has had better results with different Cisco/Linksys routers, that may be a warning you would like to add to your recommendations.

I use IE9 on a few PC’s but keep IE8 on one as a just in case. IE9 does work well on some sites. More sites once you note them in compatibility mode. But some sites have major issues. For instance, the career site of a lot of financial institutions will not upload files like resumes – they pump out error messages saying that it is not allowed. I have to use Firefox (up to date) for those sites. It also still crashes easily, but now crashes MIGHT be limited to the one tab you were in, and the tab might reopen on the site you were on. It still uses massive amounts of RAM, and can still hang, but not as much as before.

In another year or two it might actually be ready for wide release!