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Slow Tab Opening in Internet Explorer 8

admin — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 14:17:13 +0000

Are you experiencing sluggish performance from a recently installed Internet Explorer 8? Many users are complaining about tabs opening and loading slowly inexplicably. Here is the answer to your woes.

People have been wasting their time troubleshooting plugins and extensions but usually this leads nowhere as the real issue is that during installation the actxprxy.dll file did not install properly during the upgrade. This is because of a bug in the code, that if the dll was loaded it could not be overwritten. If you have a similar problem with IE8, fixing the issue is as simple as a running one command.

Just open up an administrative level command prompt and type in regsvr32 actxprxy.dll and hit Enter.

Reboot your computer and your tab issue should be resolved.

Restore Start Menu Internet Search in Windows 7

admin — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 14:09:27 +0000

One of the features I really like in previous versions of Windows was the ability to search the Internet directly from the start menu without having to load a browser. In Windows 7 the ability to search the Internet from the Start Menu was removed by default. Here is how to restore it.

Click on the Start Button, type in gpedit.msc and hit Enter.
Once the Local Group Policy Editor has loaded navigate through User Configuration, Administrative Templates, Start Menu and Taskbar, and locate Add Search Internet link to Start Menu near the top.
Right click on Add Search Internet link to Start Menu and select Edit.
On the edit screen select Enabled and click OK.
Close the Local Group Policy Editor. You should now see the link restored on the Start Menu.