Speeding up a Microsoft IE 7 Web Browser

Normally, I tend to use a FireFox web browser. So today was a good time to check out the new InternetTIPS.com v3.0 website using Microsoft's Internet Explorer IE v7.0 browser again. Yet recently, I had noticed that over time, my IE7 web browser had progressively started to run slower. Most importantly for me, the browser seemed to take much longer to start up than in previous weeks. However, with a few mouse clicks and about 3 minutes of time, I fixed the problem. Here's what I did.

I already had an idea of what was causing this particular slow start-up problem: since I regularly try out different software configurations and options, I suspected that I had too many add-ons installed - toolbars, etc. Here's the sequence I followed to fix the problem:

• Open the Tools menu.
• Choose the command Internet Options.
• Choose the Programs tab.
• Choose the Manage add-ons button under the Manage add-ons section.
• Work through / examine the list of add-ons. Edit using the steps below.
• For each add-on that you don't actually need right now, first, highlight / select the add-on.
• Under the Settings section, choose the Disable option button.
• When finished, choose the OK button to close the Manage Add-ons dialog box.
• Choose OK again to close the Internet Options dialog box.
• Closed your IE 7 web browser.
• Restart your IE 7 web browser once again. This time, the browser should start in record time.

Note: you can just as easily enable any add-on that you may choose to disable by simply following the steps above until you reach Step 7 - at this point, choose the Enable check box and continue the remaining steps.