Disable Add-Ons to Speed Up Browsing in Internet Explorer 9

We’ve shown you how to enhance Internet Explorer with add-ons, similar to Firefox and Chrome. However, too many add-ons can slow down Internet Explorer and even cause it to crash. However, you can easily disable some or all add-ons.

To begin, activate the Command bar, if it’s not already available. Right-click on an empty area of the tab bar and select Command bar from the popup menu.

Click the Tools button on the Command bar and select Toolbars | Disable add-ons from the popup menu.

The Choose Add-ons dialog box displays. The time each enabled add-on takes to load when Internet Explorer loads displays. To disable a specific add-on, click Disable to the right of the add-on name. You can also disable all add-ons by clicking Disable All at the bottom of the dialog box.

If you don’t want to disable the add-ons, you can tell Internet Explorer to tell you when the delay caused by the add-ons exceeds a certain amount of seconds. Select a value from the popup menu. Click Done to close the dialog box.

If you decide to enable the add-ons again, click Tools on the Command bar and then select Toolbars | Manage add-ons.

The Manage Add-ons dialog box displays. The different types of add-ons are listed on the left. Click a type to display the installed add-ons of that type. To enable a disabled add-on, click on the add-on in the list on the left and click Enable.

You may see the following dialog box if the add-on you are enabling have other related add-ons. Click Enable.

Remember that the more add-ons you install, the more unstable IE becomes and the more likely it may crash. Now you can control which add-ons are enabled at any one time.

How to Block Pop Ups in Internet Explorer 6

Steps for configuring Internet Explorer 6.0 to prevent pop-up advertising. IE 6.0 is the most widely used browser.

1. To Turn On Pop-up Blocker

• Open Internet Explorer.
• On the Tools menu, select Pop-up Blocker, then click Turn on Pop-up Blocker.

2. To Allow Pop-up Windows From a Specific Website After Pop-up Blocker is Active
Open Internet Explorer.

• On the Tools menu, select Pop-up Blocker, then click Pop-up Blocker Settings.
• Type the address (or URL) of the site in the Address of Web site to allow box, then click Add.
• Select 'Show Information bar when pop-up is blocked' in the Notifications and Filter Level box near the bottom of the dialog box.
• Now when a pop-up is displayed, an information bar will appear at the top of screen.
• Click the Information Bar, then click Temporarily Allow Pop-ups.

3. To Block Pop-ups Even If They Are Launched When You Click a Link or Button On a Website

• Open Internet Explorer.
• On the Tools menu, select Pop-up Blocker, then click Pop-up Blocker Settings.
• Select the High setting in the Notifications and Filter Level box near the bottom of the dialog box.

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Tips on How to Optimize Internet Explorer

This article will show you how to speed up Internet Explorer by modifying the maximum number of connections per server. This will allocate additional bandwidth and moderately improve your Internet browsing speed. This process involves editing the Windows Registry, so it may be a good idea to back up your registry accordingly.

1. Navigate to START > Run...

2. Enter regedit and press enter to open the Windows Registry Editor.

3. Navigate to "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings".

4. Look for two values called 'MaxConnectionsPerServer and MaxConnectionsPer1_0Server. If not, then perform the following:

1. Right click on the right panel.
2. Select "New > DWORD Value".
3. Create two DWORD Values named as above.

5. Double click on MaxConnectionsPerServer.

6. Change the value depending on your connection speed. If you use dial-up, set the value to 6. If you use DSL or faster, you may set a value from 10 to 16, as you desire.

7. Do the same as above for MaxConnectionsPer1_0Server.

8. Close the Registry Editor.

9. Restart Internet Explorer.

Optimize Internet Explorer all version

1. Turn off Phishing Filter. This feature supposedly helps to prevent you from being tricked into accessing a rogue web site that is masquerading as a bona fide web site. I’ve found this feature to really slow down web access at times. Microsoft released a patch that supposedly fixes the problem, but my computer has the patch and I still notice this feature slowing down web access. If you think you can live without the extra protection of IE7 anti-phishing, you can disable it by starting IE7 and then going to:

• Tools -> Phishing Filter

and then clicking on Turn Off Automatic Web Site Checking. Then click OK on the subsequent popup window:

After this, you might get an annoying balloon window at the bottom of the screen whining about Phishing being off. If you click on the X in the balloon, it won’t appear again.

2. Automatically checking for RSS feeds is reported to slow IE7 performance. Most people don’t use this feature (if you don’t know what it is, you aren’t using it), and you can turn this off by going to:

• Tools-> Internet Options-> Content-> Feeds-> Settings

and then unchecking all boxes shown:

3. Use of ClearType with IE7 has been reported to slow IE7 performance. You can disable Cleartype in IE7 by going to:

• Tools -> Internet Options -> Advanced

and then moving the slider on the right until you see Always use ClearType for HTML*, at which point you can uncheck that option.

4. Disabling the SSVHelper Class plugin. There are several reports that the SSVHelper Class plugin causes significant browsing delays. The SVVHelper Class appears to be a non-essential portion of the Java Plugin. I’ve tested several Java applets at various web sites and they all work just fine after the SSVHelper Class plugin is disabled. You can disable the SSVhelper plugin in IE7 by going to:

Tools -> Manage Add-ons -> Enable or Disable Add-ons

Select the SSVHelper Class line, click the Disable button, and then click OK:

5. Finally, you can use IE7 max connections tool to increase the number of connection IE7 will open simultaneously to the same web site. The default is two simultaneous connections, and by increasing this to the maximum number of sixteen, IE7 performance is greatly improved on web sites that load a large number of files per web page. An example of a page with such a large number of files are ebay pages showing the results of searches.

8 ways to optimize Internet Explorer 8

Internet Explorer 8 is without doubt the best browser Microsoft has ever produced, but it still has a few problems.
In particular, you may find its performance tails off over time, pages can suddenly take ages to load, and you might even find it crashes unexpectedly.
The reason? Junk. Just as Windows slows down as it becomes clogged with leftover registry entries and unnecessary start-up programs, so Internet Explorer can become weighed down with unwanted toolbars, pointless plug-ins and other assorted rubbish.
But don't worry. All this trash may take months to build up, but in just a few minutes you can strip it all away, revitalising Internet Explorer 8 and restoring its original speedy performance.

1. Remove unwanted extensions
Click Tools > Manage add-ons to see the add-ons you've installed. If you spot anything you no longer need, click it and select Disable.

Do experiment – the worst that can happen is that some pages won't display properly, in which case you can simply re-enable the add-on and everything will be back to normal.

2. Remove Accelerators, too
Click Accelerators in the left-hand Add-on Types list. If you're sure you don't need one of these, click it and select Disable or Remove.

Click the Search Providers add-on type, remove any you don't like, and check Prevent programs from suggesting changes to my default search provider to keep current settings.

3. Download more
Download more files simultaneously. Launch Regedit and browse to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\ CurrentVersion\Internet Settings.

Double-click MaxConnections PerServer and MaxConnectionsPer1_0Server in the right-hand pane, select Decimal, set each to 10, then reboot your PC.

4. Save time
Some programs reconfigure Internet Explorer to check for a newer version of a web page every time you visit it, slowing down browsing.

To fix this, click Tools > Internet Options > Browsing History Settings and make sure Check for newer versions of stored pages is set to Automatically.

5. Configure the cache
Stay in the Browsing History Settings, and check that the cache Disk space to use value is set to the default 50MB.

If your PC has more than one hard drive, make sure your temporary files are stored on the fastest. Check the location path to see where they are, and click Move Folder to relocate them, if necessary.

6. Clean everything
Even when it's correctly configured, your IE8 cache may become corrupted. As a result, some pages may load slowly, or not at all, and the browser might crash.

Fortunately, this is easily fixed: click Tools > Delete Browsing History, check Temporary Internet Files, clear all the others, and click Delete.

7. Turn on Pop-up Blocker
Unwanted pop-ups sap your bandwidth, slowing down your browsing. Click Tools > Internet Options > Privacy and check Turn on Pop-up Blocker to keep them under control.

Then click Settings and check the sites that are allowed to display pop-ups. Select any that don't need to be on the list and click Remove.

8. The final step
Click Tools > Internet Options > Connections > LAN Settings. Most home users don't need Automatically detect settings checked – it can cut performance.

Clear the box and reboot. Then you just need to sit back, relax and enjoy a smoother and faster browsing experience.