Tag: Browsers

How do I install or uninstall Internet Explorer 9? If you are running Windows Vista or Windows 7 on your computer, you can install Internet Explorer 9 to replace your existing version of Internet Explorer. After you install Internet Explorer 9, you can uninstall it to restore the previously installed version of Internet Explorer. Check the Internet Explorer 9 download page periodically for updates to Internet Explorer 9. If an update is available, repeat the installation process to install the latest version. Notes If you’ve already installed Internet Explorer 9 Beta or Internet Explorer 9 Release Candidate (RC), just follow […]

HKCUSoftwareMicrosoftInternet ExplorerMain – TabProcGrowth (string or dword) Tab Process Growth: This registry key sets the rate at which Internet Explorer creates New Tab processes. There are two algorithms used by Internet Explorer. Context-based algorithm: By default, the context-based algorithm is used and the curve is chosen based on the amount of physical memory on the machine. In addition, the TabProcGrowth string registry value might be manually forced to have any of the following options: small: Maximum 5 tab processes in a logon session, requires 15 tabs to get the third tab process. medium: Maximum 9 tab processes in a logon […]

To speed up web browsing, browsers store a copy of web page contents locally on hard disk,  and that location is called cache. The cache folder location for IE is named “Temporary Internet Files (or IE cache)“.  This cache permits Internet Explorer or MSN Explorer to download only the content that has changed since you last viewed a Web page, instead of downloading all the content for a page every time it is displayed.   There are four configuration options for you to control how IE handle it’s cache content and they can be configured under IE Options as shown […]