Guest James Finch Posted October 28, 2008 Posted October 28, 2008 Dear Ross, I cannot really suggest any programs that will speed up Internet Explorer. From my experience, programs that claim to speed up your Internet connection simply don't. I can, however, suggest the following: * Delete your temporary Internet files every couple of days. A full Temporary Internet Files folder will significantly reduce your browsing speed, as well as causing a few other problems * On the Advanced tab of Internet Explorer's Options dialog, in the Multimedia section, uncheck anything you don't need IE to load on a Web page. For example, if you uncheck 'Play sounds in webpages', IE won't bother downloading them. This will speed things up, if only a little Other than that I can't suggest anything else without more information from you... What speed is your Internet connection? What is your hardware set-up? Do other programs run slowly or is it just IE? If you are using a wireless connection, are you maybe a bit too far away from the router? If you like, you can e-mail me an export of your computer info, and answer the above questions. I'll make more suggestions if I spot anything that is likely negatively effecting your browsing speed. James Finch (MCP) "Ross" <Ross@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:204115DA-F30B-41EB-A9B6-53B54B301082@microsoft.com... >I am looking for a good tweak that will speed up IE 6 for faster web surfing. > A quick search of Google turns up like a million sites - too many to look > over. If anyone knows of a good download that will speed up IE 6 please let > me know. Thanks.
Guest Ross Posted October 28, 2008 Posted October 28, 2008 IE tweak for more speed I am looking for a good tweak that will speed up IE 6 for faster web surfing. A quick search of Google turns up like a million sites - too many to look over. If anyone knows of a good download that will speed up IE 6 please let me know. Thanks.
Guest Ray Parrish Posted October 28, 2008 Posted October 28, 2008 Re: IE tweak for more speed Forget it, it's bloatware that will never be fast. Instead download and use Firefox. When Firefox is started it restores your last session with all the tabs you had open last time. I can start Firefox and load 6 or 8 tabs with web sites faster than I can load IE with just my home page. Later, Ray Parrish Ross wrote: > I am looking for a good tweak that will speed up IE 6 for faster web surfing. > A quick search of Google turns up like a million sites - too many to look > over. If anyone knows of a good download that will speed up IE 6 please let > me know. Thanks. -- http://www.rayslinks.com/ Web index of human reviewed links. <http://www.rayslinks.com/Troubleshooting%20and%20fixing%20Windows.html> Trouble shooting and Fixing Windows http://www.writingsoftheschizophrenic.com My poetry in web pages
Guest Terry R. Posted October 28, 2008 Posted October 28, 2008 Re: IE tweak for more speed The date and time was 10/28/2008 4:10 PM, and on a whim, Ray Parrish pounded out on the keyboard: > Forget it, it's bloatware that will never be fast. Instead download and > use Firefox. When Firefox is started it restores your last session with > all the tabs you had open last time. > > I can start Firefox and load 6 or 8 tabs with web sites faster than I > can load IE with just my home page. > > Later, Ray Parrish > > Ross wrote: >> I am looking for a good tweak that will speed up IE 6 for faster web surfing. >> A quick search of Google turns up like a million sites - too many to look >> over. If anyone knows of a good download that will speed up IE 6 please let >> me know. Thanks. > Curious. How are you "loading" IE? -- Terry R. ***Reply Note*** Anti-spam measures are included in my email address. Delete NOSPAM from the email address after clicking Reply.
Guest Ross Posted October 28, 2008 Posted October 28, 2008 Re: IE tweak for more speed Terry, I am not sure what you are asking, but I click on the "E" on my desktop and then IE "loads". "Terry R." wrote: > The date and time was 10/28/2008 4:10 PM, and on a whim, Ray Parrish > pounded out on the keyboard: > > > Forget it, it's bloatware that will never be fast. Instead download and > > use Firefox. When Firefox is started it restores your last session with > > all the tabs you had open last time. > > > > I can start Firefox and load 6 or 8 tabs with web sites faster than I > > can load IE with just my home page. > > > > Later, Ray Parrish > > > > Ross wrote: > >> I am looking for a good tweak that will speed up IE 6 for faster web surfing. > >> A quick search of Google turns up like a million sites - too many to look > >> over. If anyone knows of a good download that will speed up IE 6 please let > >> me know. Thanks. > > > > Curious. How are you "loading" IE? > > -- > Terry R. > > ***Reply Note*** > Anti-spam measures are included in my email address. > Delete NOSPAM from the email address after clicking Reply. >
Guest db.·.. > Posted October 29, 2008 Posted October 29, 2008 Re: IE tweak for more speed well, we have no idea what your current speed is and perhaps you are already as fast as can be, but want to be "faster". unfortunately, tweaking the software you have now won't surpass your current threshold. however, there is a quick test you can try. boot into safemode w/networking and test run your web surfing. if your websurfing in safemode is faster than normal mode then it is likely that programs are loading and consuming some of your bandwidth. however, if there is no real difference in safemode, then your system is most likely optimal for web surfing. so the next step would be to upgrade your internet connection to a faster dsl speed. db·´¯`·...¸><)))º> DatabaseBen, Retired Professional - Systems Analyst - Database Developer - Accountancy - Veteran of the Armed Forces "Ross" <Ross@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:204115DA-F30B-41EB-A9B6-53B54B301082@microsoft.com... >I am looking for a good tweak that will speed up IE 6 for faster web surfing. > A quick search of Google turns up like a million sites - too many to look > over. If anyone knows of a good download that will speed up IE 6 please let > me know. Thanks.
Guest Daave Posted October 29, 2008 Posted October 29, 2008 Re: IE tweak for more speed "Ross" <Ross@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:204115DA-F30B-41EB-A9B6-53B54B301082@microsoft.com... >I am looking for a good tweak that will speed up IE 6 for faster web >surfing. > A quick search of Google turns up like a million sites - too many to > look > over. If anyone knows of a good download that will speed up IE 6 > please let > me know. Thanks. The speed of Web surfing depends on the following factors: 1. speed of Internet connection 2. whether or not malware is on your PC 3. certain antimalware applications that may be problematic 4 the presence (or absence) of certain browser add-on toolbars 5. something in the broswer cache that may be interfering with downloading data 6. performace in general of your PC, especially whether or not you have enough RAM 7. amount of content that takes up a lot of bandwidth, such as ads, Flash content, etc. Sometimes a good Hosts file is all you need to speed up your browsing. Other times you need to remove all malware infections. Other times, you need to assess if you have too many programs running in the background for the anount of RAM you have installed. If you give us concrete information about your PC, we will be able to give you much better advice. For starters, let us know the following: *** Make/model of PC, amount of RAM, amount of free space left on your hard drive, the last time you entered your browser cache. Speaking of RAM, we need to know if you have enough (if you don't, you will be relying too much on the pagefile). Open Task Manager (Ctrl+Alt+Del) and click the Performance tab. Then note the three values under Commit Charge (K): in the lower left-hand corner: Total, Limit, and Peak. The Total figure represents the amount of memory you are using at that very moment. The Peak figure represents the highest amount of memory you used since last bootup. If both these figures are below the value of Physical Memory (K) Total, then you probably have plenty of RAM. *** Malware status and how you determined it. Which antimalware apps do you run? *** Method of connecting to Internet and results from speed tests, such as: http://www.speedtest.net/ http://performance.toast.net/ http://www.dslreports.com/stest
Guest Daave Posted October 29, 2008 Posted October 29, 2008 Re: IE tweak for more speed "Daave" <dcwashNOSPAM@myrealboxXYZ.invalid> wrote in message news:%23%23Au9GWOJHA.2912@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... > If you give us concrete information about your PC, we will be able to > give you much better advice. For starters, let us know the following: > > *** Make/model of PC, amount of RAM, amount of free space left on your > hard drive, the last time you entered your browser cache. Heh, make that *cleared* your browser cache...
Guest Mike Hall - MVP Posted October 29, 2008 Posted October 29, 2008 Re: IE tweak for more speed "Ross" <Ross@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:204115DA-F30B-41EB-A9B6-53B54B301082@microsoft.com... >I am looking for a good tweak that will speed up IE 6 for faster web >surfing. > A quick search of Google turns up like a million sites - too many to look > over. If anyone knows of a good download that will speed up IE 6 please > let > me know. Thanks. Run the Internet speed test at speedtest.net and make a note of the result Next Start registry editor by clicking on Start | Run .. Click in the Open dropdown box and type in regedit.exe Click OK . Back up your registry by selecting File | Export type in a meaningful file name, in the export range section select All and save to your hard drive. To restore your old registry you simply import this file. Next you need to create a new registry key. On the left side you need to go to the directory HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters Select Edit | New | DWORD Value Rename the new registry key to TcpWindowSize. Modify the registry setting for TcpWindowSize by double clicking on the key. Change the Base Setting to Decimal. Enter the value 64240 and click OK, then exit RegEdit. For these settings to take effect you need to close all your open applications and reboot your system. Run the speed test again and comare results Good Luck -- Mike Hall - MVP How to construct a good post.. http://dts-l.com/goodpost.htm How to use the Microsoft Product Support Newsgroups.. http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=newswhelp&style=toc Mike's Window - My Blog.. http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/default.aspx
Guest Ray Parrish Posted October 29, 2008 Posted October 29, 2008 Re: IE tweak for more speed By clicking on it's icon in the Quick Launch bar. Later, Ray Parrish Terry R. wrote: > The date and time was 10/28/2008 4:10 PM, and on a whim, Ray Parrish > pounded out on the keyboard: > >> Forget it, it's bloatware that will never be fast. Instead download >> and use Firefox. When Firefox is started it restores your last session >> with all the tabs you had open last time. >> >> I can start Firefox and load 6 or 8 tabs with web sites faster than I >> can load IE with just my home page. >> >> Later, Ray Parrish >> >> Ross wrote: >>> I am looking for a good tweak that will speed up IE 6 for faster web >>> surfing. A quick search of Google turns up like a million sites - too >>> many to look over. If anyone knows of a good download that will speed >>> up IE 6 please let me know. Thanks. >> > > Curious. How are you "loading" IE? > -- http://www.rayslinks.com/ Web index of human reviewed links. <http://www.rayslinks.com/Troubleshooting%20and%20fixing%20Windows.html> Trouble shooting and Fixing Windows http://www.writingsoftheschizophrenic.com My poetry in web pages
Guest Terry R. Posted October 29, 2008 Posted October 29, 2008 Re: IE tweak for more speed The date and time was 10/28/2008 10:44 PM, and on a whim, Ray Parrish pounded out on the keyboard: > By clicking on it's icon in the Quick Launch bar. > > Later, Ray Parrish > > Terry R. wrote: >> The date and time was 10/28/2008 4:10 PM, and on a whim, Ray Parrish >> pounded out on the keyboard: >> >>> Forget it, it's bloatware that will never be fast. Instead download >>> and use Firefox. When Firefox is started it restores your last session >>> with all the tabs you had open last time. >>> >>> I can start Firefox and load 6 or 8 tabs with web sites faster than I >>> can load IE with just my home page. >>> >>> Later, Ray Parrish >>> >>> Ross wrote: >>>> I am looking for a good tweak that will speed up IE 6 for faster web >>>> surfing. A quick search of Google turns up like a million sites - too >>>> many to look over. If anyone knows of a good download that will speed >>>> up IE 6 please let me know. Thanks. >> Curious. How are you "loading" IE? >> > You have a QL bar in Linux? ;-) -- Terry R. ***Reply Note*** Anti-spam measures are included in my email address. Delete NOSPAM from the email address after clicking Reply.
Guest HeyBub Posted October 29, 2008 Posted October 29, 2008 Re: IE tweak for more speed Ray Parrish wrote: > Forget it, it's bloatware that will never be fast. Instead download > and use Firefox. When Firefox is started it restores your last > session with all the tabs you had open last time. > > I can start Firefox and load 6 or 8 tabs with web sites faster than I > can load IE with just my home page. > > Later, Ray Parrish > Firefox will give your cat warts. If you don't have a cat, you'll probably be okay.
Guest Ray Parrish Posted October 29, 2008 Posted October 29, 2008 Re: IE tweak for more speed Terry R. wrote: > The date and time was 10/28/2008 10:44 PM, and on a whim, Ray Parrish > pounded out on the keyboard: > >> By clicking on it's icon in the Quick Launch bar. >> >> Later, Ray Parrish >> >> Terry R. wrote: >>> The date and time was 10/28/2008 4:10 PM, and on a whim, Ray Parrish >>> pounded out on the keyboard: >>> >>>> Forget it, it's bloatware that will never be fast. Instead download >>>> and use Firefox. When Firefox is started it restores your last >>>> session with all the tabs you had open last time. >>>> >>>> I can start Firefox and load 6 or 8 tabs with web sites faster than >>>> I can load IE with just my home page. >>>> >>>> Later, Ray Parrish >>>> >>>> Ross wrote: >>>>> I am looking for a good tweak that will speed up IE 6 for faster >>>>> web surfing. A quick search of Google turns up like a million sites >>>>> - too many to look over. If anyone knows of a good download that >>>>> will speed up IE 6 please let me know. Thanks. >>> Curious. How are you "loading" IE? >>> >> > > You have a QL bar in Linux? ;-) > Well, if I did I wouldn't be loading IE with it would I??? I dual boot so I have both Ubuntu and Windows XP, not that I use Windows much anymore. Later, Ray Parrish -- http://www.rayslinks.com/ Web index of human reviewed links. <http://www.rayslinks.com/Troubleshooting%20and%20fixing%20Windows.html> Trouble shooting and Fixing Windows http://www.writingsoftheschizophrenic.com My poetry in web pages
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