IE8 slow?

Posted on July 28th, 2009 by Jason

If you’re experiencing problems with IE8 being slow to load pages, especially when multiple tabs are involved, this might be worth a try. Because this tweak is simply registering a DLL that should have been registered as part of the IE8 installation, there is no harm that can come from trying this.

Here are the instructions.

FOR WINDOWS XP

1. Click Start, then click Run.

2. In the Run dialog box, type cmd and press Enter.

3. In the Command Prompt window, enter this text and press Enter:

regsvr32 actxprxy.dll

4. Restart your computer.

FOR WINDOWS VISTA/WINDOWS 7

1. Type cmd in the Start menu Search box.

2. Right-click the Cmd shortcut that appears at the top of the search results list, Under Programs, as shown here.

3. Choose Run As Administrator.

4. In the Command Prompt window, enter this text and press Enter:

regsvr32 actxprxy.dll

5. Restart your computer.

If this works for you, let me know in the comments below…

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2 Responses to “IE8 slow?”

  1. bozo on 08 Aug 2009 at 8:33 pm #

    Tried the IE8 tweak but it’s still slow as sh!t

  2. Cheryl on 26 Oct 2009 at 7:41 am #

    I tried your suggestion to fix a slow IE8, but it didn’t work. In fact, I get the message that the application can’t be found.
    IE8 needs some major overhauls. Opera10 is much much faster..just as fast or faster than Chrome.

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