# Speed up browsing by disabling add-ons. Make it stop! **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [June 11, 2018, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speed-up-browsing-by-disabling-add-ons-make-it-stop/815877 "2018-06-11T14:41:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2018, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speed-up-browsing-by-disabling-add-ons-make-it-stop/815877/1 "2018-06-11T14:41:15Z")
I use Explorer at work because copy-and-paste works better with it for my purposes than Chrome. (I could use Chrome and just open Explorer for the one page I need to C&P from, but I don’t like a lot of things open.) Periodically Explorer will pop up a box at the bottom of the window that says ‘Speed up browsing by disabling add-ons.’ I can ‘Choose add-ons’ or ‘Ask me later’. If I click the former, the only add-on is Adblock Plus. I don’t want to disable that. If I choose the latter, I can choose ‘Don’t disable’. So I’m _telling_ the browser to leave me alone about this add-on. But the annoying window keeps coming back after a time. How do I make it stop? ---
**Author:** ![Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/channing_idaho_banks/32/250_2.png) [@Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Channing_Idaho_Banks)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2018, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speed-up-browsing-by-disabling-add-ons-make-it-stop/815877/2 "2018-06-11T15:53:03Z")
Strategically place some tape over that part of the monitor. ---
**Author:** ![Arkcon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@Arkcon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arkcon)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2018, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speed-up-browsing-by-disabling-add-ons-make-it-stop/815877/3 "2018-06-11T16:58:50Z")
Would an update of Ad-block or Explorer fix this annoyance? I’m grasping at straws here. I was gonna ask what add-ons you were running – currently Firefox asks whenever I want to start a Flash plug-in. I have to approve it if I want to play a Flash game. Which is far, some Flash applets are real dogs on a system. But it seems like the powers that be are determined to annoy you until you shut off Ad-Block. ---
**Author:** ![erysichthon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d07c76/32.png) [@erysichthon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/erysichthon)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2018, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speed-up-browsing-by-disabling-add-ons-make-it-stop/815877/4 "2018-06-11T17:30:48Z")
Next time you get that message, click the “Choose add-ons” button. When the window listing your add-ons opens, look at the bottom—you should see “Tell me when the delay caused by add-ons exceeds:” with a drop-down menu. Click that drop down menu, select the highest possible value (10 seconds), and click “Done.” That should help. ---
**Author:** ![markn\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2018, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speed-up-browsing-by-disabling-add-ons-make-it-stop/815877/5 "2018-06-11T20:29:46Z")
Several ways to deal with this: [https://www.askvg.com/how-to-disable-speed-up-browsing-by-disabling-add-ons-popup-notification-message-in-internet-explorer/](https://www.askvg.com/how-to-disable-speed-up-browsing-by-disabling-add-ons-popup-notification-message-in-internet-explorer/) ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2018, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speed-up-browsing-by-disabling-add-ons-make-it-stop/815877/6 "2018-06-11T21:14:37Z")
> [@erysichthon](#): > > Next time you get that message, click the “Choose add-ons” button. When the window listing your add-ons opens, look at the bottom—you should see “Tell me when the delay caused by add-ons exceeds:” with a drop-down menu. Click that drop down menu, select the highest possible value (10 seconds), and click “Done.” That should help. > [@markn\_1](#): > > Several ways to deal with this: [How to Disable “Speed up Browsing by Disabling Add-ons” Popup Notification Message in Internet Explorer? – AskVG](https://www.askvg.com/how-to-disable-speed-up-browsing-by-disabling-add-ons-popup-notification-message-in-internet-explorer/) Thanks, I’ll try this. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2018, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speed-up-browsing-by-disabling-add-ons-make-it-stop/815877/7 "2018-06-13T14:47:32Z")
> [@erysichthon](#): > > Next time you get that message, click the “Choose add-ons” button. When the window listing your add-ons opens, look at the bottom—you should see “Tell me when the delay caused by add-ons exceeds:” with a drop-down menu. Click that drop down menu, select the highest possible value (10 seconds), and click “Done.” That should help. I’ve tried this first. ---
**Author:** ![DavidwithanR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3bc359/32.png) [@DavidwithanR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidwithanR)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2018, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speed-up-browsing-by-disabling-add-ons-make-it-stop/815877/8 "2018-06-13T15:29:18Z")
I wonder if Chrome’s copy & paste could easily be modified to suit your use. I think it probably could. ---
**Author:** ![Jasmine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jasmine/32/2964_2.png) [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2018, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speed-up-browsing-by-disabling-add-ons-make-it-stop/815877/9 "2018-06-13T15:31:41Z")
Use Firefox. It’s a great browser.