IE8 slow? Maybe this tweak will help

swarfega · 30 Mar 2009

actxprxy.dll is one of the core libraries for Internet Explorer (along with a few others such as Urlmon.dll and Mshtml.dll). If it’s not properly registered, IE won’t work at all. And re-registering it should never be necessary except in extreme circumstances.

Heres how to register it:

1. Open cmd prompt (winkey+r then type cmd and run it),
2. enter regsvr32 actxprxy.dll
3. reboot

It would be interesting to see if this tweak speeds things up for you.

source: http://www.edbott.com/weblog/?p=2443

karol · 30 Mar 2009

it gave me an error message when I entered regsvr32 actxprxy.dll

Ex_Brit · 30 Mar 2009

Go to Start/All Programs/Accessories, right-click Command Prompt and "Run as Administrator".

Swarfega, it seems to have worked here. Not a huge speedup but some...I think!!

Now to test it in Vista and XP.

Thanks.

davehc · 30 Mar 2009

Believe it or not. I have a little list if hints and tips, which slowly gets added too. I have that , from 2004, as a tweak for IE5 !!

Perhaps this page will interest anyone who wants to try it. This guy usually gets it right.
Within Windows

swarfega · 30 Mar 2009

lol well its going the rounds on various blogs atm.

and apologies I should've mentioned that it needed administrator priviledges.