Quick and Easy Steps to Enjoy a Faster Internet Explorer

People who are on the go require things to work fast. Since important information is commonly found on the web, they need a browser to load data without delay to get what they need. However, the regular use of Internet Explorer greatly diminishes its loading speed due to different factors. Fortunately, there are quick and easy steps that can be done for you to enjoy a faster Internet Explorer.

Do away with videos and animations.

There are certain websites that feature lots of videos and animations on its pages. These files are large and take a longer time to download resulting in the delayed display of the page requested. While they may make the website look pretty, they are not necessarily needed. Here are some tweaks to do away with these needless files.

1. On your Internet Explorer, select the Tools menu and then click Internet Options on the choices that will appear.


2. Choose the tab that says Advanced and look for the box marked as Multimedia.


3. Uncheck the boxes that read as Play animations in web pages and Play videos in web pages.


4. Click OK and restart the browser and see the difference in the loading speed prior to the tweak performed.

Downsize page history.

Your browsing history is saved in Internet Explorer and this eats up memory resulting in slow IExplorer load times. Free up that used space to allow your browser to run at a much faster rate. This results to a quick loading of the requested web pages..

1. On your Internet Explorer, select the Tools menu and click Internet Options on the choices that will appear.


2. At the bottom part of the new window, you will see under the History folder a line that reads as Days to keep pages in history. Select the box and key-in a smaller number; ideally, 1, to save your page history for only a day.


3. Click OK and restart the browser and see the difference in the loading speed prior to the tweak performed.

Remove Temporary Internet Files

Every time you surf the internet, Internet Explorer saves temporary internet files as it loads the pages you have requested. These files lodge themselves in your computer´s hard drive taking up much needed space. Large amounts of them also results to a slower loading of websites. To perform the tweak for this:

1. On your Internet Explorer, select the Tools menu and click Internet Options on the choices that will appear.


2. Choose the tab that says Advanced and look for the box marked as Security.


3. Check the option that reads as Empty Temporary Internet Files folder when browser is closed.


4. Click OK and restart the browser and see the difference in the loading speed prior to the tweak performed.

Keep it plain.

To allow Internet explorer to load faster, you can set its default Homepage to ‘blank’. This can be done by…

1. On your Internet Explorer, select the Tools menu and click Internet Options on the choices that will appear.


2. At the uppermost part of the General tab, you will see the Home page section. You will see the Use Blank option and you will have to click it.


3. Click OK and restart the browser and see the difference in the loading speed prior to the tweak performed.

The above configurations will help you enjoy faster Internet Explorer performance. These tips are quick and easy steps that can be done even by non-techie people so do try them!

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