IE7 Slow if Protected Mode Turned On

Question

Internet Explorer in Vista is extremely slow when "Protected Mode" is turned on. Runs normally fast when Protected Mode is turned off. ( Protected Mode is unique to Vista, not used in XP, and is turned on in Inernet Explorer by default )

Turn Protected Mode off in TOOLS * INTERNET OPTIONS * SECURITY * Uncheck Enable Protected Mode for all 4 zones.

The internet has many postings on this problem, it is widespread and no solutions to date. Disabling Phishing Filter, add-ons, pop-up blocker no help. Uninstalling McAffee no help.

It is soooo slow that it takes 30 seconds or more to load any site, where Firefox loads a site in less than 3 seconds.

Has anyone found a fix? Should I contact DELL or Windows Tech Support?

Fred

SR45 · Answer

No fix, but......   Been there, done that.  I just turn the darn thing off, have a good anti virus software, good firewall, spyware program, and do not open attachments in my email, and never a problem  :smileyhappy:

Darrel112 · Answer

I always have Protected Mode turned off. You don't need it. It works much better without it.     Inspiron 1501, TL-50, 2gig ram

ora410 · Answer

Have you looked at this thread? http://www.dellcommunity.com/supportforums/board/message?board.id=vista&message.id=36142 In short, turn off Firewall in McAfee & turn off Phishing Filter in IE 7.

chama98 · Answer

ora410 wrote:
Have you looked at this thread?

http://www.dellcommunity.com/supportforums/board/message?board.id=vista&message.id=36142

In short, turn off Firewall in McAfee & turn off Phishing Filter in IE 7.

thats a bit silly isn't it? turning off the firewall in mcafee, it would mean now that there would be no firewall enabled, UNLESS you have a hardware version of a firewall,

ora410 · Answer

@chama98 wrote:

@ora410 wrote:
Have you looked at this thread?

http://www.dellcommunity.com/supportforums/board/message?board.id=vista&message.id=36142

In short, turn off Firewall in McAfee & turn off Phishing Filter in IE 7.

thats a bit silly isn't it? turning off the firewall in mcafee, it would mean now that there would be no firewall enabled, UNLESS you have a hardware version of a firewall,

I agree, it sounds silly. I haven't stated it clearly. I mean only turn McAfee Firewall off but leave Vista's Firewall on.

I am not sure whether turning McAfee Firewall on that automatically turns off Vista's firewall or not. I have tried Windows Vista RC2 few months ago so my memory is kinda a blur. I doubt about it. Do you have any reference I can read it?

Here is a link regarding to the slow Internet speed on Windows Vista.

http://www.ads-links.com/index.php/how-to-fix-windows-vista-slow-network-transfer.html

chama98 · Answer

@ora410 wrote:

@chama98 wrote:

@ora410 wrote:
Have you looked at this thread?

http://www.dellcommunity.com/supportforums/board/message?board.id=vista&message.id=36142

In short, turn off Firewall in McAfee & turn off Phishing Filter in IE 7.

thats a bit silly isn't it? turning off the firewall in mcafee, it would mean now that there would be no firewall enabled, UNLESS you have a hardware version of a firewall,

I agree, it sounds silly. I haven't stated it clearly. I mean only turn McAfee Firewall off but leave Vista's Firewall on.

I am not sure whether turning McAfee Firewall on that automatically turns off Vista's firewall or not. I have tried Windows Vista RC2 few months ago so my memory is kinda a blur. I doubt about it. Do you have any reference I can read it?

Here is a link regarding to the slow Internet speed on Windows Vista.

http://www.ads-links.com/index.php/how-to-fix-windows-vista-slow-network-transfer.html

Yeah it does as my screen shot will show. Vista reconises that Mcafee is installed and is working,

apologies for the bad web site design, its in progress.

http://www.alexchamberlain.com

Message Edited by chama98 on 07-04-2007 04:11 PM

Message Edited by chama98 on 07-04-2007 04:11 PM

snowshine · Answer

Hi,

I do not have any issues with the speed of internet access.

My Procected Mode is ON.

I have McAfee that came with the computer when I bought with my XP MCE SP-2 in Jan 2007.

I had the option to upgrade mine to VISTA OS through Dell's promotion and that I did in March2007.

After that I had to revisit the McAfee site to get my Vista version updated.

Now,

Fire Wall on my security centre reads as follows:

"Windows firewall and McAfee Personal Firewall both report that they are turned on."

Every morning when I first turned on my computer, McAfee automaticallychecks for the latest Personal firewall and other filters[spam etc]

I do not have any problems. I wonder as to why some are experienceing problems?

Dimension 9200
Intel ViiV Core 2Duo E6400 Processor 2.13GHz 1066 MHz 2MB
Windows XP media Centre Edition 2005 now VISTA OS 32bit
Memory:2048 MB Dual DDR2 533 MHz [2x1024]
Dell Wireless Bluetooth Keyboard & Mouse Dell Wireless Bluetooth
Video Card: 1GB nVidia GeForce 7950 GX2 Dual graphics card
Sound Card Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme music
Intel 82801 HR/HH/HO SATA RAID controller
Intel Matrix Storage Manager v7.5.0.1017
Chipset v.8.1.1.1013
HL-DT-ST DVD +/- RW GSA-H31N
HL-DT-ST DVD-ROM GDRH10N
Hard Drive: 640 GB [2*320GB]SATA stripe RAID 0
Media Card Reader 13-in- 1 internal

chama98 · Answer

snowshine wrote:

Hi,

I do not have any issues with the speed of internet access.

My Procected Mode is ON.

I have McAfee that came with the computer when I bought with my XP MCE SP-2 in Jan 2007.

I had the option to upgrade mine to VISTA OS through Dell's promotion and that I did in March2007.

After that I had to revisit the McAfee site to get my Vista version updated.

Now,

Fire Wall on my security centre reads as follows:

"Windows firewall and McAfee Personal Firewall both report that they are turned on."

Every morning when I first turned on my computer, McAfee automaticallychecks for the latest Personal firewall and other filters[spam etc]

I do not have any problems. I wonder as to why some are experienceing problems?

Dimension 9200
Intel ViiV Core 2Duo E6400 Processor 2.13GHz 1066 MHz 2MB
Windows XP media Centre Edition 2005 now VISTA OS 32bit
Memory:2048 MB Dual DDR2 533 MHz [2x1024]
Dell Wireless Bluetooth Keyboard & Mouse Dell Wireless Bluetooth
Video Card: 1GB nVidia GeForce 7950 GX2 Dual graphics card
Sound Card Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme music
Intel 82801 HR/HH/HO SATA RAID controller
Intel Matrix Storage Manager v7.5.0.1017
Chipset v.8.1.1.1013
HL-DT-ST DVD +/- RW GSA-H31N
HL-DT-ST DVD-ROM GDRH10N
Hard Drive: 640 GB [2*320GB]SATA stripe RAID 0
Media Card Reader 13-in- 1 internal

right if they are saying that they are both on then go into thw windows firewall which is in the control panel and turn it off, you will need administrator privelages to do this. This might also solve your problems.

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