Opening up a new window in IE-taking a very long time

beachlou

Hello all,

I am having a problem when opening new windows in IE. Whenever I open up a new window in IE, whether it's a link or simply opening up a new page, it takes a very long time. Does anyone know what I can do about it? It didn;t used to be like this-it used to open up instantly.

Thanks

asininity

Install firefox or opera. What version of IE are you using?

bobh567

Could be some spyware or a virus.

One thing to check is the Internet Explorer Add-ons.

(In IE 7) Go to Tools, Manage Add-ons, Enable or Disable Add-ons.

Disable all the options that you don't think should be there. Post here if you're not sure.

This should speed up IE's loading time.

Conor_3

How much memory have you got in your PC? Just repaired a laptop where the user was getting so sick of waiting they punched the screen and broke it. One fresh install of Windows later and it does what yours is doing once all the drivers and updates were installed. Its only got 256MB in it. Just ordered another 1GB from Crucial for the grand total of £15.50. It'll fly once that's in.

beachlou

asininity wrote: »

Install firefox or opera. What version of IE are you using?

Going to sound like a complete idiot, but I'm not sure what version it is-it's just normal IE.

beachlou

bobh567 wrote: »

Could be some spyware or a virus.

One thing to check is the Internet Explorer Add-ons.

(In IE 7) Go to Tools, Manage Add-ons, Enable or Disable Add-ons.

Disable all the options that you don't think should be there. Post here if you're not sure.

This should speed up IE's loading time.

Thanks-I've just done that-I had a fair bit of stuff on there that I didn't need.

iviv

asininity wrote: »

What version of IE are you using?

He's opening tabs. Take a guess

nzseries1

bobh567 wrote: »

(In IE 7) Go to Tools, Manage Add-ons, Enable or Disable Add-ons.

Disable all the options that you don't think should be there. Post here if you're not sure.

This should speed up IE's loading time.

Wow! This helped so much! THANKS!
I know it's an old thread, but this helped too much to ignore.
It used to take 10 seconds to open a new window. Now it takes about 1 or 2 max.
Disable EVERY add-on except Java - that's what I did.

nzseries1

(And for the usual people who say "Install Firefox or Opera" - this is not always possible, for example in my case it's a work PC and those applications are not allowed).