How to speed up opening pages in internet explorer. Speeding up Internet Explorer. Update to the latest version

Despite the growing popularity of many new web browsers such as Google Chrome and Mozilla's Firefox, Microsoft's Internet Explorer is still preferred by many PC users.

According to the latest statistics from Wikipedia, the Internet Explorer browser is still used by more than 23% of computer users.

Internet Explorer (aka IE) is often criticized for being very sluggish and sometimes secure, but over the years, Microsoft has made some significant improvements to it.

There are of course factors that can cause Internet Explorer to run slowly over time, but the good news is that there are some things you can do to help speed it up.

So, if you are using Internet Explorer and it is running slow, then the list provided below (several ways) will help you restore the speed in IE.

Update to the latest version

You can check within IE itself to see if there is a newer version of the browser available. Open it and click the About icon (in older versions Help in the main navigation).

Note the gear icon in the upper right corner of new versions of IE, so you can choose to install the update automatically.

If you are unable to update your product, you can always find and download the latest version of IE directly from the Internet.

At the time of this writing, the latest version for Windows 7 and 8 is IE10 (in Windows 8.1, users can upgrade to IE11), for Vista - IE9, for XP - IE8.

Turn off and remove add-ons

You can add more functionality to your browser. Several add-ons are useful for it, such as the Adobe Acrobat add-on, which provides the ability to open PDF files directly in the browser.

Some other add-ons are completely unnecessary and are often added to the browser when installing other software without your knowledge.

Add-ons are typically one of four types: toolbars and extensions, accelerators, tracking protection, and search engines.

While IE is running, click on the service menu (top) and click on “add-ons”. Select Manage add-ons from the options menu in Internet Explorer.

When this add-on (list) is displayed, you can disable unnecessary extensions. Right-click on the add-ons and select "disable".

Your cache caches the sites you visit very frequently. This can be very useful, but will slow down your browser over time.

How to clear your browsing history

Pages You Visited is a record of all the sites you visited, saved passwords, cookies, temporary Internet files, and any information you entered into the address bar.

Over time, this data will accumulate and cause the browser to slow down. You can delete all of this to free up space.

Launch Internet Explorer on your PC. Click on tools (service) and go to "security" and then click on the "delete browsing history" button

The easiest way to clear your browsing history to make Internet Explorer work faster is to click “services” and go to “privacy.”

Check all the information you want to remove. Note: It is advisable to save your saved passwords if you do not want to retype them all again.

These settings are necessary to speed up browsing web pages in IE. If you don't notice any significant improvements, it may be time to switch to one of the Internet Explorerr alternatives.

These include Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox or even Opera. These browsers are worth a look, and you should give them a chance, at least as a secondary browser.

One of the best factors when solving problems with Internet Explorer 8 is its high customization capabilities. My copy of Internet Explorer 8 boots in a matter of seconds on a computer with 512 MB of RAM. Are you wondering what I did with Internet Explorer 8? Remember the following tricks to increase the speed of Internet Explorer 8.

How to overclock Internet Explorer 8 - do not use Internet Explorer 8 through autorun

The first mistake most people make is to immediately click on the Internet Explorer icon as soon as they see the desktop, or even add it to autorun. Even when the desktop has already started, there are still some auto-start processes that start as soon as you pass the login screen. Most of these processes continue to load even after you have reached the desktop. So, you will have problems not only with Internet Explorer 8, but also with any applications such as MS Outlook if you try to launch them immediately after loading the desktop. Example: An anti-spyware program immediately starts the process of checking for changes on the computer.

If you still need Internet Explorer 8 to load from autorun, tweaking will help you

Before starting Internet Explorer, wait a couple of minutes, or postpone some startup processes. Advanced users can defer autorun processes through the registry. And for those who don’t understand anything about this, I can advise downloading Winpatrol. This program is capable of deferring almost all auto-running processes. Apart from antivirus programs, you can defer almost all processes using Winpatrol, which is also known as Scotty. Of course, it has many other advantages, which you can familiarize yourself with by visiting the site.

Once you've made this adjustment, you can move on to the next tips on how to speed up Internet Explorer 8.

See how many toolbars are included in Internet Explorer. I've met people who used Google, Yahoo, and Ask toolbars at the same time. I would advise you to keep only one. Even the Google toolbar takes quite a long time to load the browser. For any toolbar, reduce the number of buttons (especially bookmarks) to a minimum.
The number of Favorites also affects the speed of work. Check the Favorites menu and remove unnecessary items from it.
Microsoft has included some add-ons that few of us use. Also, some programs forcefully enable their add-ons in Internet Explorer 8. Check accelerators, search engines and add-ons (menu Tools - Add-ons). You'll find email, blogs, searches, forums, and more that you don't use often. Disable or remove unnecessary extensions, accelerators and search engines. For example, I have only Digg among the accelerators, the search engine is Google, and the Google toolbar is enabled. I disabled everything else so that my home page would load in less than a minute.
Internet Explorer 8 also has a feature called “Feeds and Slices”. If you don't need it, it's better to disable it to save time. To disable it, click Tools - Internet Options - Content tab, Feeds and Slices.
I would advise you to disable Recommended Sites in the Link Bar. Rarely does anyone use this feature.
When installing any download manager, do not integrate it with your browser. You can always right-click the URL and paste it into your download manager. This will also save Internet Explorer loading time, thereby increasing the speed of Internet Explorer 8.
The option to synchronize temporary nodes also takes time. You can save time by changing its settings in the General tab of your browser settings. In Browsing History, select Options and switch to “never.”
Finally, if you have Windows XP Pro, you can disable offline page saving and synchronization using GPEDIT.MSC. For other versions, you can download Windows XP Tweak from the Microsoft Download Center and use it for the same purpose.

By saving seconds with each of the above tips, you can overclock Internet Explorer 8 to a sufficient level.

To increase the loading speed of Internet Explorer, you need to disable the loading home page. It is worth keeping in mind that we are talking specifically about disabling the loading home page - setting a blank page does not have this effect.

To do this, right-click on the Internet Explorer shortcut and select Properties. After this, you will need to add the “-nohome” parameter on the Shortcut tab at the end of the command line to launch the program (Fig. 8)

Rice. 8. Window for changing Internet Explorer properties

Automatic removal of temporary files

The built-in Internet Explorer 6 browser in Windows XP can be configured to automatically delete temporary files. Open the Control Panel, double-click the Internet Options icon and, on the Advanced tab, check the box Delete all files from the Temporary Internet Files folder when closing the browser (Fig. 9).

Rice. 9. Window for setting up the removal of temporary files

Add buttons to Internet Explorer toolbar

If the desired button is in the list of standard buttons, then to add it you will need to right-click on the toolbar in the Internet Explorer program window, select the Settings command and click on the desired button in the Available Buttons window (Fig. 10).

Rice. 10. Customizing the Internet Explorer toolbar

It's more difficult to add a non-standard custom button. In this case, launch the Group Policy Editor using the Start>Run>gpedit.msc command. After that, in the window that appears, select User Configuration>Windows Configuration>Internet Explorer Settings>Browser User Interface. And then double-click on the Toolbar Customization option and in the dialog box that opens, create a new custom button by clicking on the Add button and defining a title, action, color and black and white icons for the button (Fig. 11)

Rice. 11. Adding a custom button to the Internet Explorer toolbar

Internet Explorer full screen

In most cases, Internet Explorer is more convenient to work in full screen mode, so it is preferable to set this mode as the default.

To do this, in the system registry (Start>Run>regedit), first find the HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Console section and change the value of the FullScreen key in it from 0 to 1, and then in the section

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\InternetExplorer\Main set the FullScreen parameter to Yes instead of No (Fig. 12)

Rice. 12. Setting full screen mode for Internet Explorer programs

If your browser is slow, it's not necessarily due to a poor internet connection. Third-party toolbars, some add-ons, cookies, or less-than-ideal settings may also hinder your browser's performance.

Here are some simple things you can do to optimize your Internet Explorer browser experience:

More ideas that may be useful:

Removing toolbars

Many toolbars that are downloaded and embedded in the browser affect not only its appearance, but also slow down Internet traffic.

A browser toolbar is an add-on (extension) added to its interface. While some browser add-ons can enhance your online experience and can be very useful, others have negative consequences. They can easily set themselves as default when bundled with widely available free applications, and they sometimes interfere with or conflict with other software on the computer.

Each toolbar has its own specialized functions, such as search, emoji, music player, etc., so they will require additional resources to function.

In order to remove some of the toolbars, you will need to open the list of installed programs (in Windows 7, click Start(Start) > Control Panel(Control Panel) and in the section Programs(Programs) click Uninstalling a program(“Uninstall a program”) - remove programs that you never use).

Right-click each toolbar in the list that you would like to remove and select Delete(Uninstall). Once you complete this process, the toolbars will be completely removed.

Disable toolbars and add-ons directly in the browser

2. Click the button Service(shaped like a gear) in the upper right part of the window, then select Configure add-ons(Manage add-ons).

3. Under the inscription Display(Show) select All add-ons(“All add-ons”).

4. Select each add-on you want to disable and click Disable(Disable).

5. When you're done, close the window and restart your browser.

Delete cookies and clear browser cache

Few people remember to do this, and eventually the hard drive becomes full of large amounts of data stored by the browser for years.

To clear your browser cache:

1. Open Internet Explorer.

2. Click the button Service(Tools) , hover your mouse over the item Safety(Safety) and select Delete browsing history(Delete browsing history). If you do not want to delete cookies and files from websites in your favorites list, select the checkbox Save data from your favorite websites(Preserve Favorites website data).

3. Check the boxes next to the types of data that you want to delete.

4. Click Delete(Delete).

Resetting your browser settings

Sometimes when you install a program, it may change your browser settings without your knowledge. You may notice that your browser is behaving in some unusual way.

If Internet Explorer stops responding to commands or working in general, if you encounter error messages indicating that Internet Explorer will close, or if you experience slow performance, you may want to reset Internet Explorer settings. To do this, follow the steps below.

1. Launch Internet Explorer.

2. Click the button Service(Tools) then select Browser properties(Internet Options).

3. In the window Browser properties(Internet Options) click the tab Additionally(Advanced).

4. Click Reset(Reset).

5. In dialogue ResetparameterssettingsInternet Explorer click Reset
Check the box Remove personal settings(Delete personal settings) only if you want to simultaneously delete your browsing history, search service settings, Accelerators, home pages, Tracking Protection and ActiveX Filtering data. By checking this box, you are essentially launching a fresh version of Internet Explorer.

6. When Internet Explorer has finished reverting to its default settings, click Close(Close), and then OK.

7. Close Internet Explorer and restart it.

Installing a new version of Internet Explorer

Upgrading to the latest version of Internet Explorer will make your Internet access faster. In addition, your computer will be more secure, and it is very likely that the problems you were experiencing with your old browser will disappear.

Using the table below you can find out which latest version of Internet Explorer you can use due to the operating system you are using:

To get the latest version of Internet Explorer, follow this link.

Switch to another browser

There are many internet browsers, each slightly different from the others. Some browsers have a lot of features, others are quite simple in this sense. Some work a little better than others. But all Internet browsers basically perform the same function: allow us to browse websites.

The most popular browsers are Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer, Safari and Opera. There are also other, less popular browsers such as RockMelt, Avant Browser, Maxthon, Deepnet Explorer, Flock, SeaMonkey, AOL Explorer, etc.

Switching from one browser to another is in most cases the fastest and easiest way to fix many of the problems we encounter. If the browser is cluttered with toolbars and plugins, if it won't open some websites, or if it takes too long to load content, you can try installing a different one and see if it works better.

To install a new internet browser, you will need to use the one you already have to find and download another one. Simply use a search engine such as Google or Bing to find the browser you want to install and click the download link.

Here are the pages on our website for the most popular browsers that can be used instead of Internet Explorer:

You might also find this guide on how to optimize your browsing speed and performance when using Chrome and Firefox helpful.

Based on materials from the Internet portal. Translation into Russian: Alexander Ryabov

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Let's start with the Internet Explorer browser preinstalled on Microsoft Windows operating systems. Since versions 8 and 9 of this browser are now often used, we will consider the option of optimizing the operation of these particular versions.

Most often, Internet Explorer is slowed down by add-ons, namely all kinds of extension panels, extensions and accelerators. Therefore, we turn off everything unnecessary. You may have to disable the necessary add-ons to increase the speed of the browser.

2. Select the “Add-ons” item (Figure 1).

Figure 1. Tools menu

In the window that opens, we are interested in several types of settings. Let's start with Toolbars and Extensions.

1. Select the item “Toolbars and extensions” (Figure 2).

Figure 2. Toolbar and extensions

2. In the list that appears, select the Toolbar you don’t need or the Extension you don’t need and click “Disable” (Figure 3).

Figure 3. Disabling an add-on

3. Next, if the selected add-in has a connection with another element, a window may appear confirming the disconnection (Figure 4). Check the boxes next to unnecessary, related add-ons and click “Disable”.

Figure 4. Confirmation of disabling the associated add-in

4. Repeat the operation until we turn off all unnecessary elements. If this does not help, you can sacrifice the necessary add-ons at your discretion.

Now let's move on to Accelerators.

1. Select the “Accelerators” item (Figure 5).