Quick overview:
If you use a provider that does not require a proxy server, Internet pages may not load until approx. 10 seconds after Internet Explorer is called up. The most prominent example of such a provider is America Online (AOL). Here we show you how to switch off the search for proxy servers:
1. Start Internet Explorer and click on Extras/Internet options.
2. Now switch to the tab Connections and click on the button Settings. Remove the tick in front of Automatic search of the settings.
After clicking OK, AOL and similar providers also load the pages much faster.
NOTE FOR NEW PUBLICATION: This article was produced by Sandro Villinger and comes from the Windows Tweaks archive, which has been built up since the late 1990s.
Founded Windows Tweaks as a teenager in the 90s. His helpful PC tricks made it Germany's most visited Windows site (at the time Sandro looked like this). He then went on to write elsewhere, for example for PC-Praxis, Computer Bild and PCWorld in the USA. Microsoft also poached him from us. Now Sandro is back, finally sharing his tweaks here again. For a stress-free digital everyday life. You can reach Sandro via e-mail.
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