Windows XP(Home) SP3, OE6, IE8; Plenty of RAM & HHD space. Continuous checks
for Virus/Malware
1.4Ghz, VIA Technologies, Inc. 8 kilobyte primary memory cache, 256 kilobyte
secondary memory cache, P4X266-8233, Enclosure Type: Desktop V2 Premier,
Windows XP (Home) SP3, 2 Calvary External USB 400/500 GB Hard Drives (NTFS),
1.5 GB Ram, Upgraded PSU, Belarc Advisor, Multimedia - lists, MPU-401
Compatible MIDI Device - Realtek AC'97 Audio for VIA (R) Audio Controller -
Standard Game Port. Circuit Board: P4X266-8233, Bus Clock: 100 megahertz,
BIOS: Award Software International, Inc. 6.00 PG 09/05/2001, Virus/Malware
Protection - Windows Live One Care, MS Windows Malicious SW
Removal Tool, SUPERAntiSpyware, HiJackThis, Malwarebyte Anti-Malware,
Registry Mechanic 8.0.0.900, CCleaner, and Alvira AntiVir Personal.

I read the below comment by poster VanguardLH in internetexplorer.general
newsgroup.

"I've had 72 tabs open but ran out of memory (they weren't text-only pages)
before IE starting getting overly slow probably due to excessive paging.
However, you can hit web pages that deliberately attempt to consume your CPU
and bandwidth by doing refreshes at very short intervals or by constantly
downloading streams of new content (even if YOU don't see a change in the
page because the new content looks just like the old content). Even with
just a couple tabs open, having visited one of these rude busy-making pages
can make opening other tabs very slow or using the other tabs for already
opened pages."

Concerning - "by doing refreshes at very short intervals"

Question: I use Outlook Express 6, to read newsgroups, can the message
refresh rate be extended or shortened as desired, if so how?

Thank you