-=PCTechTalk=- Re: Internet Explorer
- From: Gman <gman.pctt@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2009 15:49:59 -0500
Hi KayCee,
There are a couple of possibilities that immediately come to mind, but
only trial & error will tell us what's really going on.
The first thing I would do is to clear IE's cache. This is an area of
the hard drive that's set aside for collecting all of the files that are
downloaded by your browser in order to present all of the elements of the
web pages you view. It contains the actual HTML files that make up the
individual pages along with all sorts of support files such as images,
javascript, cascading style sheet, etc. files. It also acts as the original
download location for anything you download to your system and the originals
usually remain there even after the files have been copied to wherever you
told it to be stored.
The location is known as the Temporary Internet Files and it can fill up
pretty fast. If any of the files within it become corrupted for any reason,
they can easily contribute to all sorts of browser problems including
slowdowns, crashes, etc. To clear out the junk, go to Start > Run, type in
"inetcpl.cpl" (without the quotes) and press Enter. On the General tab of
the resulting Internet Options sheet, locate the Browsing History section
and click on the Delete button to start the process. Depending on the
version of IE you're using, you may be asked to clarify just what you're
looking to remove. If it's IE7 (& possibly 8), select the top button in
order to only remove the Temporary files (unless you actually want to remove
some or all of the other types). If you're running IE6 or earlier, it'll
ask you if you wish to remove offline content. If you use the Offline
feature, there is probably no need to remove those.
Significant slowdowns can also be caused by malfunctioning or rogue
toolbars that are eating up more resources than necessary. If your browser
has any of these, you may want to reconsider their use. If you have any
you're not using, uninstall them. If there are some that you really feel
you must have, uninstall it, reboot and then download/install the latest
version. If there's any malware installed, it will likely be keeping itself
hidden from you and you won't be able to do anything about that (or even
know they're there) without digging a bit deeper. So, try out the advice
above first and let's see how your system responds before we even look in
that direction..
Peace,
Gman
"The only dumb questions are the ones we fail to ask"
----- Original Message -----
From: "KayCee" <kaffco@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, January 31, 2009 12:00 PM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Internet Explorer
> Why would my Internet Explorer suddenly become so slow??? It takes ages to
> load.
> Kathy
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