Why the slow tab opening in IE?

Posted By: BitFlipper | Jun 21st @ 3:08 PM
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#Jun 21st @ 3:08 PM
BitFlipper
BitFlipper

At work IE8 opens a new tab extremely slowly when middle-clicking on a link. I am talking anything from 7 seconds to 25 seconds. During this time, IE is completely frozen. I looked at proxy settings, etc, but can't find anything that causes this. I did disable all plugins but it made no difference.  FF opens the same links very quickly.

At home I don't have this problem with IE8.

Any ideas?

#Jun 21st @ 4:27 PM
rhm
rhm

No ideas how to fix it, but I've seen that happen on my home PC from time to time - like it was trying to open a network connection (and timing out) just to show the 'new tab' page. Still using IE7 on my work machine - IE8 would probably grind it into the ground.

#Jun 21st @ 4:59 PM
Typhoon87
Typhoon87
Facilitator of our reality

Just for kicks go to  Tools--> Manage Add-Ons. Then sort by the LOAD TIME field. This will show you if any add-ons are cause extended time for tab opening. If any have a load time of a couple seconds or more disable them and restart IE.  If this helps try uninstalling or updating any  problem add-ons and see if there is any improvement.

If that does not yield any results try opening IE in No Add Ons Mode. This will disable anything that not a core IE component, if it still happens try an Antivirus/Antispyware scan. Malwarebytes is good for Spyware/Adware.

 

My last recomendation would be to go to Tools-->Internet Options-->Advanced-->Reset. This will reset all custom settings to IE.

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