Find out why Internet Explorer loads so slowly

By | October 19, 2012

If Internet Explorer seems to be taking forever to load, it might not be Internet Explorer, it might be all those add-ons you have. Here’s how to tell.

Click on Tools / Manage Add-ons, check the Load Time in the right-hand column, you will be able to see which browser add-ons maybe slowing down Internet Explorer.

If you find an add-on is taking a very long time to load, then you’ve found the culprit. You can either decide the add-on is worth the wait or disable it.

4 thoughts on “Find out why Internet Explorer loads so slowly”

  1. Grace

    So what if the same thing happens with Google Chrome? For the past week or so, when I launch Chrome, it takes roughly about 10 minutes to open Facebook. How do I get Chrome to load faster? Please help. Thanks for all the great info you share with us!

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    1. infoave Post author

      Disable extensions until you find the one causing Chrome to start slowly or click on the icon in the top right corner that looks like 3 horizontal bars and choose tools/task manager. You’ll see how much memory each extension is using — if one seems to be out of line with the others, try disabling that one.

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  2. Bruce Urlich

    Microsoft FixIt http://support.microsoft.com/fixit/ is a great piece of, sorry many pieces of Fixit Solutions. You can also download and save ALL of the Fixit components to your USB – Flashdrive – Hard Drive – so you have these Fixes handy.
    These do work well.

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