IE 32 bit slow in Windows 7 x64?
My 32 bit internet explorer has been performing horribly under Windows 7 x64 bit at work. It has sucked so bad that I either would use the 64 bit version or more recently almost exclusively Firefox which performed just fine. I had spent some time trying to chase down the reason in the past with no success. Well today I think I found the culprit.
Today I did another search on the issue and came up with this hit. The article talks of how some Java browser add on (Java Plug-in SSV Helper) can bring your 32 bit IE sessions to a crawl. Well I didn’t expect something as simple as disabling the add on to make much of a difference. Well I was wrong.
I disabled the add on, closed all my browser windows and relaunched 32 bit IE. Wala, just like that it is back to being responsive instead of acting like it is fetching pages through a jar of molasses. If you are running 64 bit Windows and notice your 32 bit browser is blowing chunks I suggest you give this easy fix a try, or just run Firefox.