> "Youka" <Youka@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:576BAB38-57C5-4D45-9405-6336AC5BFF9E@microsoft.com...
> When I click on Internet Explorer, it takes approximately 15 seconds for
> my homepage to fully load.
>
> However, if I then close IE and re-open it again, my homepage is displayed
> in 3-4 seconds.
>
> If then shut down IE and try again later (e.g. 30 minutes), the pattern
> repeats itself.
>
> Any idea why, and how to speed things up from the start? Nothing I've
> tried seems to work.
>
> NOTE: I'm running IE8, but had the same problem with IE7 -- and with
> Firefox.

Assuming your "homepage" is an internet page:
1. Care to share the URL address so we can check it out?
2. Have you tried changing your homepage to "blank:about" to see if it is
your homepage or the browser that is slow? [or you can click Start, click
Run, type "iexplore.exe -nohome" (without quotes) and click OK.]
3. Is part of that 15 seconds, connect time with dial-up?
4. Does your Anti-Virus software, or any other programs like Windows
Updates, (or Malware,) automatically check a website for updates when you
first connect?
5. In Internet Options>Advanced, is there a checkmark before "Empty
Temporary Internet Files folder when browser is closed"?
6. You say "close IE" in one place, and "shut down IE" in the other. Do you
mean close the homepage with IE still open?
7a. Does your "homepage" become a "newer version" because of News updates?
7b. Are your Internet Options | General | Settings set to Check for newer
versions of stored pages either "Every time you start Internet Explorer" or
"Automatically"?
8. Right-click on the homepage and View Source. In the META tags near the
beginning, do you see "HTTP-EQUIV=Expires", or "HTTP-EQUIV=Refresh",
"Cache-Control", or something similar? (If so, copy complete tag and paste
here.)

FWIW. --Richard