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I have a Windows 7 computer with Firefox and Chrome on my WiFi network. Chrome is slow. I open a new tab and then enter a url and it takes > 10 sec before the page starts to load. In Firefox, no delays. However, once the page does start to load, it loads at the same normal, fast, speed in both browsers.

Any suggestions?

I have no Chrome plugins or anything like that, I tried emptying my history, cookies, etc.

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Try adding --in-process-plugins to the command line.

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This would be worth a shot. You have plugins running whether you realize it or not, i.e. Flash, Silverlight, etc. – Will Eddins Sep 18 '09 at 18:04
@Linus: How do I do this... >_< ? – rlb.usa Sep 18 '09 at 19:03
@rib.usa blogsdna.com/1900/… – Linus Sjögren Sep 18 '09 at 19:12
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Under Options > Under the Hood try disabling Use DNS pre-fetchign to improve page load performance. That was causing all sorts of problems for me including slow page loads or inability to connect to a server.

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Two solutions:

  1. Use Chrome in Windows 7 Pro's Virtual XP mode.

  2. Run Chrome as administrator: Right-click the Chrome icon » Properties » Compatibility » Privileges

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