http://www.tweakxp.com/article37247.aspxIsn't it annoying when you want to go to a new website, or any other site but your homepage, and you have to wait for your 'home' to load?
This tweak tells Internet Explorer to simply 'run', without loading any webpages. (If you use a 'blank' page, that is still a page, and slows access. Notice the 'about:blank' in the address bar. The blank html page must still be loaded..). To load IE with 'nothing' [nothing is different than blank]:
1. Right-click on any shortcut you have to IE
[You should create a shortcut out of your desktop IE icon, and delete the original icon]
2. Click Properties
3. Add -nohome [with a space before the dash] after the endquotes in the Target field.
4. Click OK
Fire up IE from your modified shortcut, and be amazed by how fast you are able to use IE!
Fix slow web page loading on DSL or any connection
http://www.tweakxp.com/article37127.aspxThis tweak is also valid for any windows version, and I have heard other operating systems to include Linux.
Symptom: 10 to 30 seconds delay or maybe even up to 1 minute when loading any web page. Once a web page is up, full internet speed is available, also downloads are not affected by speed loss. If you have TCP/IP version 6 installed this is highly likely the problem.
How to check if IPv6 is installed (Windows XP): Open up the control pannel. If it is titled "pick a category", click "switch to classic view." Open "Network Connections." Here there should be a list of your internet connections, they could be network cards, dial-up connections, or others. Find the one you connect to the internet with, for example "Local Area Connection #1" Right-click on its icon and choose properties. In the middle of the properties window you will see a smaller window that is titled "This connection uses the following items." Some of the common items are: "Client for microsoft networks" "Internet Protocal (TCP/IP)"
How to fix (Windows XP): In this windows if you see one of the items labeled "Microsoft TCP/IP version 6" select it and click the uninstall button. DO NOT UNINSTALL "Internet Protocal (TCP/IP)" this will disable your internet connectivity completely.
Other Notes: As far as I know this will be the next internet standard, but for now using the standard "Internet Protocal (TCP/IP)" will work. You shouldn't find any problems uninstalling IPv6. You may ask how did this get installed? IPv6 is listed in windows updates and could be installed this way. I am guessing that IPv6 slows down web connections because most web servers aren't using it yet.