If you are using a slower Internet connection, 3 simple steps can help improve your browsing experience with Internet Explorer.


1. Turning off graphics in Internet Explorer

Under Tools menu, click Internet Options

Internet Explorer 8 -> Internet Options under Tools Menu Internet Explorer 8 -> Internet Options under Tools Menu

In Internet Options dialog box, go to the Advance tab. Now under settings, please turn / check off the following options,

  • Play animations in webpages
  • Play sounds in webpages
  • Show pictures
  • Play videos in webpages

Internet Options Advance TAB under IE8 Advance TAB of Internet options under IE6

2. Increase your IE’s cache size for faster browsing

Internet Explorer uses the cache to store files of webpages what you visit. So on next visit it doesn’t have to download those images and all those static page content again and again thus making the browsing experience faster

By increasing the amount of memory allocated in cache, you can allow IE to store more data for faster browsing.

Under Tools menu, click Internet Options

Internet Explorer 8 -> Internet Options under Tools Menu Internet Explorer 8 -> Internet Options under Tools Menu

On General TAB under browser history / Temporary Internet files click Settings to open the dialog box where you can find the option to increase the disk space.

Increase the disk space to 250MB and set the option to check newer version of stored pages to Automatically

Increase the cache under IE8

Increasing the cache size for Internet Explorer 6

3. Compress (ZIP) your files before sending them as attachment

You can reduce the file size of your documents by compressing them, so when you are sending multiple files (picture / documents / spreadsheets), use Windows built in compression utility to compress them in a single zip file before attaching.

Reduced file size would mean less time and bandwidth for upload / attaching.

Zip your files before attaching them to your email.

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