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This is a handy little trick you can use with Internet Explorer 6 to make it boot up extremely fast
Make a shortcut of iexplore on your desktop ... right-click on the shortcut to Internet Explorer and add the parameter '-nohome' to the end of the command line, like so:

Target: Program Files\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE" -nohome
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What exactly does this do? Just not start up your homepage?
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Yes ... if you make about:blank your home page ... it'll load the default page .. you can see it in the registry .. somewhere like hkey_local_machine -- software -- microsoft -- internet explorer. and if the above mentioned parameter is specified .. the explorer will open with no page.
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Similar to removing as many icons as possible from the desktop. The less work to do, the faster it all gets done.
Often I'm asked to speed up a machine, and then see the desktop packed with icons, as few as possible helps out quite a bit.
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sorry but what is a shortcut?
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You can right click your desktop ---> on the right click menu select New --> Shortcut ...
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Instead of going into the registry, open up 'Tools' and then 'Internet Options', for the Home Page, click on 'Use Blank'.
Easier and less chance of screwing up the system.
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sorry but what is a shortcut?
A shortcut is a file that points to another item somewhere else on the filesystem. For instance, you could have "Shortcut to Notepad" point to Notepad.exe, in your WINDOWS folder.
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Is it different from making about:blank your home page ???
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