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Is your Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) slow to open a new tab?

By Matt on September 8, 2009

If you use Internet Explorer 8 (IE8), is it very slow to open a new tab, often taking 10 seconds or more?

Try disabling the Java Plug-In SSV Helper add-on.

Hopefully this blog post makes enough of a mark in search engines to help someone else experiencing the same problem of Internet Explorer 8 being slow to open a new tab. It’s a specific solution to a specific problem, so it may not work for everyone.

Go to your Tools menu and click “Manage Add-Ons.”

Under “Toolbars and Extensions,” scroll to “Java(tm) Plug-In SSV Helper.” Right-click it and choose “Disable.”

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Disabling this will not stop you from being able to run Java applets in your browser.

Did this work? Is IE8 no longer slow opening a new tab? If so, please let me know by leaving a comment here!

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17 responses to “Is your Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) slow to open a new tab?”

  1. waleed
    September 21, 2009 at 1:48 pm |

    yes IE8 no longer slow opening a new tab
    thanks 4 advice

  2. Helene
    September 27, 2009 at 12:40 pm |

    Sorry, but this didn’t make a difference for me.

  3. shane
    September 28, 2009 at 9:31 am |

    job done! thank you!

  4. No Tellin
    October 12, 2009 at 8:37 am |

    Great advice! Worked perfectly!

  5. SeanM
    October 19, 2009 at 7:54 pm |

    That helped speed it up considerably. Thanks!

  6. Rickard
    October 22, 2009 at 11:01 am |

    Awesome, it worked, thanks man ;)

  7. huno
    October 25, 2009 at 8:33 pm |

    Absolutly great result. Thank you alot for the post , very very useful. :jap:

  8. Nigel
    October 28, 2009 at 10:21 pm |

    Thanks. Worked for me too. I have also emailed sun

  9. Stink
    November 12, 2009 at 2:43 am |

    This absolutely worked for me. Thank you!

  10. mohammad
    November 12, 2009 at 5:27 pm |

    thank you thank you thank you. i was afraid it was a spyware of some sort and i only installed windows 7 three days ago!!!

    this helped me alot. thanks again ;-)

  11. mInA
    November 16, 2009 at 4:20 am |

    thanks… it work…. I Love You….

  12. Phil
    November 22, 2009 at 8:48 am |

    This worked atreat for me

  13. Bill
    November 23, 2009 at 11:31 pm |

    Worked like a charm! Thanks so much!

  14. Varun
    November 26, 2009 at 12:18 pm |

    Worked like a charm .. excellent .. :) .. IE8 Tab opens like never before .. I was too furious with the slow loading it was taking almost 10-12 seconds when I open new Tab. Now it works like in a flash …

  15. Pedro J. Moreno
    December 6, 2009 at 7:04 am |

    Thanks a lot. It worked like a charm.

  16. Mike
    February 22, 2010 at 10:30 am |

    My Java Plugin SSV Helper was already disabled. The new tabs still take a long time to load.

  17. Matt
    July 22, 2010 at 11:50 pm |

    Worked! Thanks! Been bugging me for ages

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