Microsoft Disabling add-ons and extensions one at a time is a snap in both Firefox and IE. In the former, click Tools > Add-ons, select an entry under the Extensions tab, and click Disable.

Disable Java in Internet Explorer 9 by opening Manage Add-ons, selecting the Java entry, and clicking Disable. Screenshot by Dennis O'Reilly/CNET The next time you start IE, a notice will appear ...

Internet Explorer 8 added a column for load time to the Manage Add-ons dialog; this shows you how long each add-on takes to load, on average, each time you open a new tab.

To check if add-ons are causing Internet Explorer to crash, click the sprocket icon and the "Manage add-ons" button. Click the "All add-ons" option in the Show portion of the menu.

Disable all the Add-Ons Enable each add-on one by one and check the performance of Internet Explorer Once you find the add-on that is creating the problem, disable it in the Manage Add-Ons window.

If the issue is resolved, use the Manage Add-ons dialog within Internet Explorer to disable these plugins one by one until you identify the one at fault. Check with the developer for an updated ...

2. Select Manage add-ons. 3. Choose Search Providers in the left pane of the box that appears. In the Manage Add-ons menu in Internet Explorer, select the Search Providers add-on type. 4.

Add-ons cause most browser crashes, accounting for over 70 percent of Internet Explorer 8's crashes. Slowdowns in Internet Explorer 8 are very often caused by add-ons—especially when you open a ...

Each and every time you fire up a new tab. Pair that with the AVG Safe Search IE Add-on (also more than a second), and you're looking at about 2.5 seconds of waiting every time you open a new tab.

Open an elevated CMD, type iexplore.exe -extoff and hit Enter to open Internet Explorer in No Add-ons mode. To isolate the problematic browser add-on, you can use IE’s Manage Add-ons feature.