IE 7 Slow To Connect

[0ptima]

I installed IE 7 on XP and when I start it up, it take a long time to load the homepage (msn.com). Even opening a new tab takes time and the tab says "Conecting..." I have no problems with Firefox. I enabled port forwarding on my router and I wonder if that has anything to do with the problems I have with Ie7. Any ideas on my problem?

[Joe Gronlund]

Do you have automatically detect settings on in advanced LAN settings?

[0ptima]

Do you have automatically detect settings on in advanced LAN settings?
No.

[TommyBALL]

Are you using the IE 7 Phishing filter? It can send website addresses to MicroSoft for validation against a list they have of known phishing sites (depends on setting)

Tools -> Internet Options -> [Tab]Advanced -> [scroll down to] Phishing Filter -> Turn on automatic website checking

I do not know how much this affects loading of pages. If it is on, you can at least test quickly to see if it has any effect turning it off.

Regards
- Tommy

[0ptima]

I turned off the phishing filter and it makes no difference

[MRGTB]

I have no problems with IE 7. After you installed it, did you choose the option to delete all cookies and temp pages etc. If not, do that to see if it makes any difference.

[0ptima]

I wonder if it has to do with the port forwarding on my router?

[Wayne Luke]

It shouldn't. Port Forwarding refers to Incoming Request Traffic, i.e. refer all incoming Port 80 requests to your webserver. When you get a webpage, it is Response message. The router should use NAT to transfer it to the computer that sent the outgoing Request. That is provided your router is working as a Switch and not a Hub. Hubs have to send the message out to all computers until one says, "Yep, that is mine and accepts it." Switches keep track of which computer did the request and sends the results directly back to them.

I would say it is more likely related to the number of connections you have and your MTU (Maximum Tranmission Unit). You might try optimizing that for your connection.
http://www.winguides.com/registry/display.php/280/

Firefox probably gets around it because it does pipelining and will open multiple connections to download the same data and then reconstruct it on your end.

[MRGTB]

Might also be worth removing IE 7 and re-installing it again. You might just have a glitch that happened during the install.

I'd be tempted to remove it and re-install to see what happens

[JakeS]

Could be because its Microsoft :)

[0ptima]

It shouldn't. Port Forwarding refers to Incoming Request Traffic, i.e. refer all incoming Port 80 requests to your webserver. When you get a webpage, it is Response message. The router should use NAT to transfer it to the computer that sent the outgoing Request. That is provided your router is working as a Switch and not a Hub. Hubs have to send the message out to all computers until one says, "Yep, that is mine and accepts it." Switches keep track of which computer did the request and sends the results directly back to them.

I would say it is more likely related to the number of connections you have and your MTU (Maximum Tranmission Unit). You might try optimizing that for your connection.
http://www.winguides.com/registry/display.php/280/

Firefox probably gets around it because it does pipelining and will open multiple connections to download the same data and then reconstruct it on your end.

I added the MTU (Had 3 adapters listed, but I only have one physical one ??) rebooted, but that did not help.


Might also be worth removing IE 7 and re-installing it again. You might just have a glitch that happened during the install.

I'd be tempted to remove it and re-install to see what happens


I did and it is still slow. Even opening a link in a new tab is slow. :rolleyes:

Any other ideas?

[Floris]

I use Vista over Parallels on the mac here, and it loads ie7 just fine. I dont' get any delays to be honest. Quite impressed with how smoothly it runs.

[ManagerJosh]

Sorry to hijack your thread, but was gonna throw this out anyway and see if anyone else is having similar grief.

I've noticed all vBulletin AJAX functions aren't working as they should be in IE7. They are first and foremost treated as links, then as AJAX functions, therefore never fully working unless I manage to stop the browser in time from loading the next page.

Anybody else having that problem? If not, any recommended fixes? I've tried clearing cookies and cache, and doesn't work.

[Zachery]

Nope.

[Wayne Luke]

Sorry to hijack your thread, but was gonna throw this out anyway and see if anyone else is having similar grief.

I've noticed all vBulletin AJAX functions aren't working as they should be in IE7. They are first and foremost treated as links, then as AJAX functions, therefore never fully working unless I manage to stop the browser in time from loading the next page.

Anybody else having that problem? If not, any recommended fixes? I've tried clearing cookies and cache, and doesn't work.
Turn on "Enable XMLHTTP support" under Internet Options -> Advanced.

[ManagerJosh]

Turn on "Enable XMLHTTP support" under Internet Options -> Advanced.

It was on. Set it off, turned it back on. No change. A minor FYI, I've went to a few other sites using AJAX, ie. Google, Yahoo Mail, IPS (whistles innocently), and they behave accordingly.

[ManagerJosh]

Update: Bug isolated. Flashget v1.8 was conflicting with vBulletin AJAX. See bug report.

[Xtremefoob]

You can set as homepage about:blank

[Greps]

I have the same problem. IE7 takes ages longer than the almighty Opera to load some pages. and I don't use any download accelerators...

[simsim]

Since I was introduced to Firefox, I never looked back. Recently, and due to the need of testing some CSS layouts in different browsers, I went back to use IE6 a little bit. To my surprise, it really loads pages slower than Firefox! The difference is, of course, almost unnoticed, but it does exist.

I thought Mozilla promoting of Firefox as a 'faster' web browser is vague, but it isn't.

[MRGTB]

Since I was introduced to Firefox, I never looked back. Recently, and due to the need of testing some CSS layouts in different browsers, I went back to use IE6 a little bit. To my surprise, it really loads pages slower than Firefox! The difference is, of course, almost unnoticed, but it does exist.

I thought Mozilla promoting of Firefox as a 'faster' web browser is vague, but it isn't.

try IE7, IE6 is outdatd now and IE7 has tabs just like Firefox

[Sergio68]

I installed IE 7 on XP and when I start it up, it take a long time to load the homepage (msn.com). Even opening a new tab takes time and the tab says "Conecting..." I have no problems with Firefox.

Could be because its Microsoft :)

Use Firefox ! It's even better.

[MRGTB]

Well I use IE7 and I have no problems with it.

Since I did a clean install of Windows XP Pro, I have never installed Firefox. And I'm not convinced that some peoples problems may be because they have both FF and IE7 installed together.

[0ptima]

Use Firefox ! It's even better.

FF is my main browser, but I'd like to have both....

[monky91]

I installed IE 7 on XP and when I start it up, it take a long time to load the homepage (msn.com). Even opening a new tab takes time and the tab says "Conecting..." I have no problems with Firefox. I enabled port forwarding on my router and I wonder if that has anything to do with the problems I have with Ie7. Any ideas on my problem?

I am too having that problem, it just sux.

So I am trying to remove it, please help.
http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showthread.php?t=212374

[LFransen]

Hi everyone,
I didn't see a posted solution so I thought I would chime in on what I found out to be a solution. On my system if I uncheck the 'Empty Temp Internet Files When Browser is Closed' checkbox under Advanced in Internet Options it takes care of the problem. Don't ask me why this should affect load times, it should only affect how long it takes to close the browser.

Try it, then go back and you'll see that the long load times come back.

Len

[Wayne Luke]

Deleting your temporary files everytime you close the browser affects load times because the browser has to retrieve every item from the site when you visit it the first time the next day. If it has images and such in the temporary files, then it can load them directly off your hard drive without making multiple connections to the website to download them.

[DaveTomneyUK]

I get the same problem it takes IE7 a while to connect when I use my DSL network connection but I am sure microsoft will fix it when the final version is out.

[0ptima]

I though the final version was already out.

[Wayne Luke]

It is... That is what I am using but no hiccups when connecting. Only have one issue with it on one of my PCs. That is because my son didn't follow instructions when installing the release version on the laptop he uses for his homework. Going to "slam" the laptop, because IE7 isn't the only thing he has screwed up on it. Once that is done, I'll reinstall IE7 from scratch.

[MRGTB]

I though the final version was already out.

Well I downloaded it from MS updates, so I'm thinking it is.

[Joe Gronlund]

Final shipped on Oct 18th..

[LFransen]

Quote from Wayne:
'Deleting your temporary files everytime you close the browser affects load times because the browser has to retrieve every item from the site when you visit it the first time the next day. If it has images and such in the temporary files, then it can load them directly off your hard drive without making multiple connections to the website to download them.'
Unquote

What I was referring to when I mentioned 'load times' was the application load time and not web pages. Checking and unchecking this box shouldn't affect how long it takes the app to load. I agree with your statement about the pages loading. I have tried this on three different computers and it was all the same so there is something going on in the background that I don't know about when the app loads.

Len

[0ptima]

The problem was due to spy sweeper
http://support.webroot.com/ics/support/default.asp?deptID=776

IE 7runs fine now.

Thanks to all that tried to help me out.