Is there a way to speed up IE?

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Commander in Chef

Running IE6 XP SP2.

Browser is way too slow in comparison with Firefox or Mozilla/Netscape.

My major problem I am having is when pressing the Back button to return onto
a "longish" page. The browser just takes so long to return to the previous
page. Whilst this is happening CPU usage maxs out to 100% for a good second
or two.

This performance is not satisfactory.

Any tips on how to speed things up?

BTW before people ask, yes spyware has been instaleld and the system
thoroughly cleaned, including using Giant. Firewall, AV, all working
perfectly and the system is secure in all those departments.
 
Commander in Chef said:
Running IE6 XP SP2.

Browser is way too slow in comparison with Firefox or Mozilla/Netscape.

My major problem I am having is when pressing the Back button to return
onto a "longish" page. The browser just takes so long to return to the
previous page. Whilst this is happening CPU usage maxs out to 100% for a
good second or two.

This performance is not satisfactory.

Any tips on how to speed things up?

BTW before people ask, yes spyware has been instaleld and the system
thoroughly cleaned, including using Giant. Firewall, AV, all working
perfectly and the system is secure in all those departments.
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What is the size of TIF?
Try reducing it to 50 MB.

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Hi Bobby :-)
What is a TIF?
Click to expand...

Maybe this will help explain:

What are TIFs and how do the work?

The Cache
http://sweb.uky.edu/~wvang00/sayre/cache.htm
http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/answers3.htm#Cache

and....

Clearing the TIF Cache -

Safely Delete the Temporary Internet Files
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/delcache.htm

Hope this helps

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Thank you.

Jan Il said:
Hi Bobby :-)


Maybe this will help explain:

What are TIFs and how do the work?

The Cache
http://sweb.uky.edu/~wvang00/sayre/cache.htm
http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/answers3.htm#Cache

and....

Clearing the TIF Cache -

Safely Delete the Temporary Internet Files
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/delcache.htm

Hope this helps

Jan :)
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Thank you.

You're very welcome! :-)

Jan :)
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I tracked down the culprit.

Following a suggestion in one of the other forums, about activex components,
it is actually Active Scripting which I have now disabled in my IE security
profile (buried deep down in IE, MS style).

You won't believe how fast IE surfs the web now.

Now then next question:

What are the benefits or drawbacks of disabling Active Scripting? Anyone
know? Some websites use Active Scripting, others don't. What is the function
of Active Scripting really?
 
Hi Commander in Chef :-)
I tracked down the culprit.

Following a suggestion in one of the other forums, about activex components,
it is actually Active Scripting which I have now disabled in my IE security
profile (buried deep down in IE, MS style).

You won't believe how fast IE surfs the web now.
Click to expand...

Glad you were able to find the cluprit and get it resolved.
Now then next question:

What are the benefits or drawbacks of disabling Active Scripting? Anyone
know? Some websites use Active Scripting, others don't. What is the function
of Active Scripting really?
Click to expand...

Here is a site that provides some information that might explain it better
than I can, including a section on your very question:
Disabling Active Scripting in Internet Explorer

http://acd.ucar.edu/~fredrick/win2k/active_scripting/



Hope this helps

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Arghhhhhhh.. it's actually useless turning it off, certain websites can't
function properly otherwise.
 
Commander in Chef said:
Arghhhhhhh.. it's actually useless turning it off, certain websites can't
function properly otherwise.
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But, I guess it depends on what websites you go to. However, here is an
atricle that might help you better understand how you might deal with it.

Allowing active scripting and ActiveX Controls
http://v4.windowsupdate.microsoft.com/en/dialog_learnabout.asp

and something else you can take a look at as well. It might be that you need
to allow it so that it will work properly. It works for some, but, you can
try and see it if works for you or not.

Allow active content to run in files on My Computer - Windows XP Service
Pack 2:
http://www.winxptutor.com/lmzunlock.htm

Also:

Help Getting Back
http://www.soundfeelings.com/free/back.htm

Cannot Navigate Back to Previous Web Page
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;q298639


Hope this helps

Jan :)
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Allowing active scripting and ActiveX Controls
http://v4.windowsupdate.microsoft.com/en/dialog_learnabout.asp

and something else you can take a look at as well. It might be that you
need
to allow it so that it will work properly. It works for some, but, you
can
try and see it if works for you or not.

Allow active content to run in files on My Computer - Windows XP Service
Pack 2:
http://www.winxptutor.com/lmzunlock.htm

Also:

Help Getting Back
http://www.soundfeelings.com/free/back.htm

Cannot Navigate Back to Previous Web Page
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;q298639


Hope this helps

Jan :)
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Yes this is all academic. I realise what you are saying but unfortunately I
don't believe the solution lies here.

Is there a way to make IE use Javascript instead of Active Scripting?

Netscape/Mozilla don't have this problem.
 
Hi Commander in Chef :-)

I'm not totally familiar with the Javascript in XP, however, you might try
the following and see if it helps;

Download the Microsoft Java VM for Windows XP here
http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com

or .....

You can get the Sun Java J2SE RunTimes or SDK here:
http://java.sun.com/downloads/index.html
(all versions - select using the dropdown) or here:
http://www.java.com/en/download/windows_automatic.jsp

Sun also offers an automatic download and install of the 1.4 Java plug-in
here:
http://java.sun.com/getjava/download.html

Or…the latest version is here:
http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/download.jsp

If you already have the Javascript, then you might try updateing your script
engine:

Update your script engine: For 2000 and XP go to
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...43-7e4b-4622-86eb-95a22b832caa&DisplayLang=en

This is about all that I can suggest at the moment.

Hope this helps

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FYI:


I use a 200MB TIF file on a seperate 2nd hard drive and that helps speed
things up too, without having to clear the TIF file too many times.
And having more than one hard drive helps overall, instead of one drive
doing everything.

Besides on dial-up it helps if the "same" files are available to speed
things up rather that downloading the page again.

HTH
 
Hi Jan,

Java and JavaScript are not the same thing. JavaScript runs within the
browser itself (script engine) as opposed to Java being in a "virtual
machine". Adding full Java would actually slow it down even more as many
sites try to instantiate it behind the scenes.

JavaScript does NOT cause IE to slow down, it's all the other rubbish.
The recent security updates have caused large chunks of programmatic
logic to be added to the already bloated "all singing and dancing" beast
and constant attempts by large corporates to "break in" via ActiveX is
not helping.
 
Hi Commander,
Yes this is all academic. I realise what you are saying but unfortunately I
don't believe the solution lies here.

Is there a way to make IE use Javascript instead of Active Scripting?

Netscape/Mozilla don't have this problem.
Click to expand...

Mozilla runs full speed and it's safe to leave JavaScript turned on.

Unfortunately, it's impossible to get IE to run in this same context.
When you try to turn the features off it will then annoy you with
pop-ups saying the site might not "display properly". It also downloads
the code-base first, so a large Flash animation would still slow it down
even if you tried to disable Flash. The only sensible option is to use
Mozilla.
 
Hi Gerry :-)
Hi Jan,

Java and JavaScript are not the same thing. JavaScript runs within the
browser itself (script engine) as opposed to Java being in a "virtual
machine". Adding full Java would actually slow it down even more as many
sites try to instantiate it behind the scenes.

JavaScript does NOT cause IE to slow down, it's all the other rubbish.
The recent security updates have caused large chunks of programmatic
logic to be added to the already bloated "all singing and dancing" beast
and constant attempts by large corporates to "break in" via ActiveX is
not helping.
Click to expand...

Thank you very much for the clarification. I really appreciate it . :-)

Jan :)
 
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