16th May 2000
We're all trying to squeeze more speed from our system. When you launch IE, what page loads first? I have it set to a local HTML file (which is loosely based on an old Netscape 'bookmark.htm' file). This way, I don't need to be 'online' to see what I want to see in my browser window. Of course, the first thing most of us do (including myself): go directly to another site. There's a command line switch you can use to run Internet Explorer sans start page. Select the Run command in your Start Menu, and enter: "iexplore -nohome" (without the quotes). Almost immediately, IE will launch with a blank (white) face without all the "traditional" disk grinding. Now, you can select a page from your Favorites menu, or enter a URL in the Address field.