Question : Internet Explorer 8 - Number of processes

Anyone have any idea why Internet Explorer 8 with only 1 tab open has 3 process id's on my system?  Is this normal IE8 behavior?

Answer : Internet Explorer 8 - Number of processes

hi cjagger,

           This is the answer to your question:

Opening a New Tab may launch a New Process with Internet Explorer 8.0:

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/askie/archive/2009/03/09/opening-a-new-tab-may-launch-a-new-process-with-internet-explorer-8-0.aspx

http://www.mydigitallife.info/2009/09/19/hack-to-launch-only-one-or-limited-processes-of-ie8-regardless-of-number-of-tabs/