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JFV
Asked: 2009-05-22 11:22:16 +0800 CST

Slow IE8 Startup

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Has anyone else had issues with IE8 taking it's own sweet time starting up and/or hanging?

I have a couple of machines on my network that won't start up quickly (like over a minute to load). I've disabled the 'Accelerators' included, but it still takes quite a while to open it up (if at all).

Has anyone else encountered this? If so, any ideas on how to speed up the startup?

Thanks! -JFV

EDIT: This is happening mostly on my WinXP SP3 computers and some on Vista 32-bit systems. Hardware is beefy enough to handle this with dual-core procs and 3gig RAM.

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  1. Best Answer

    I haven't had the problem but I remember that Ed Bott did some investigation and has specific recommendations on "slow to start" ie8. Here's the link: Ed Bott and slow IE8

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  2. For the archives (since an answer has already been accepted.)

    IE Slow Down.

    With IE8's RTW release, users of the popular anti-spyware tool SpybotSD started having serious problems with IE's speed (from working as normal in the Beta and RC stages) to taking X minutes for startup and creating new tabs.

    A problem was identified/highlighted by Safer Networking authors of SpytbotSD with IE8's handling of extremely large lists in the "Restricted Zones." Safer Networking's press-release references a Microsoft fix at KB969897 (released June 19th, 2009.

    The finger pointing aside (as blame can be evenly divided between MS and SN) if you're having the speed issues and have SpybotSD installed, check the above references or update both pieces of software to their 'current' renditions as the problem seems to have been resolved.

    Technical Summary:

    • SpybotSD "Immunize" feature stuff's IE8's Restricted Zones list with a lot of sites.
    • The list isn't designed for this use (abuse?)
    • MS Changes the base code used within the Restricted Zones functionality to support new web standards directions.
    • "Restricted Zones" feature slows insignificantly for a short list, but significantly for the huge lists generated by SpybotSD's "Immunize" feature.

    Technical Solution:

    • Do not use IE8 -or-
    • Disable SpybotSD's "Immunize" feature (i.e. if you've already used it, undo it!!)
    • Use IE8's "Smart Screen Filter" (use it anyway, even if you want to use SpybotSD.)

    I run 'current' versions of IE8/SpybotSD and Windows 64bit 7RC1 without problems, where I remember disabling spybotsd to get IE8 RTW functional in Vista 32bit.

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  3. You can usually take 1-2 seconds of start up if you disable 'Java 2 SSV helper' - i've never found a satisfactory description of what it does - the only thing i can see it do is slow down the opening of IE windows.

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  4. I've seen it on WinXP SP3 computers. I was told by some people I trust that it has performance issues on WinXP systems. I ended up uninstalling it. I realize this didn't answer your question about how to improve, sorry.

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  5. Disable unnessary IE plugins such as toolbars and the like. Make sure that you defrag your HDD and delete temp files via CCleaner

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  6. I've noticed slow 32bit IE8 performance on startup and slow opening of new tabs. With the x64 version it's lightning fast.

    Still trying to figure out why - applied all the so called fixes.

    Bob the Builder

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  7. Do you have autodetect proxy turned on?

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