Microsoft edge running very slow

Anonymous
2020-07-22T17:08:52+00:00

Hi 

My laptop just updated to Edge and its running very slow. It takes over 10 minutes just to load one page. 

It has also stopped internet explorer working and getting error message ‘Cannot reach this page’. 

i even tried to download Chrome but its not allowing that either. 

Any ideas how i can fix this? This is a new laptop and now cant use it!

Microsoft Edge | Speed and responsiveness | Windows 10

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  1. Anonymous
    2021-04-07T19:51:40+00:00

    This didn't do anything for me, but the browser has suddenly started taking ages to load a page. If I look at the bottom for activity, it shows that it's taking incredibly long times to connect to browser.events.msn.com, which is the "home page" for a new tab which displays all sorts of tabloid news and which celeb is fighting with whom. You know.... incredibly useful and relevant news.

    Anyhow, it seems that that's where my slowdown has originated, as I can open a new tab and paste a URL, and it takes upwards of 10-20 seconds to stop loading browser.events.msn.com and then load the actual page that I want.

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  2. Anonymous
    2021-04-24T13:04:46+00:00

    I gave it my best shot but Edge is just painfully slow. Loading the identical extensions as I use in Slim Jet (A chromium browser) I get consistent browser scores with Edge at 1150+ while Slim Jet never tests over 850. That's about 25% slower using Edge. I've tried all the 'speed up Edge' suggestions I could find but my testing was on the same desktop using the same version of the same extensions and Edge just cant compete.

    After 4 hours of wasted effort trying to get Edge to be at least as fast as my current browser, my advice is to switch to Slim Jet....

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  3. Anonymous
    2021-07-31T06:56:20+00:00

    HI

    I have the exact same issue. I foudn that if I Turn Off Profile Sync then the browser goes back to normal. But the moment I have Profile Sync on it is a laggy mess.

    Any ideas what this could be?

    It's driving me mad as it means I have cross device issues when it comes to passwords and web history.

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  4. Anonymous
    2021-06-01T20:20:49+00:00

    I just started having this same issue with Edge.

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  5. Anonymous
    2021-09-15T10:00:33+00:00

    Edge has become unusable. It takes several seconds just toscroll down in jerks even on the Settings page. Even clicking into this text as I edit it takes 2 seconds to respond to the click! Everthing ele is working fine. Even IE is working fine! I have tried reinstalling (throughthe Apps -> repair buttong) and it's not fixed. Running version 93.0.961.47 > Task Manager shows nothing else running hard and all resources are fine.

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