windows 7 - Chrome slow, especially when unlocking computer

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2013-11
  • Brett

    I've been having a lot of slowness with google chrome. When I come to work in the morning, I unlock my computer. I then try to browse in chrome. I'll go to my already open tabs (won't be unusual for me to have 20 open) and they show blank pages. If I leave the computer for a few minutes, it'll eventually re-render these tabs. However, the computer will be really slow during the period. I'm also experiencing intermittent slowness in chrome with going to new pages and opening tabs... but like I said it's very intermittent. I have a really decent PC... any ideas what could be causing this? Nothing jumps out while watching the chrome or windows task manager.

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  • mjb

    It's answered very clearly in another Q on superuser.

    Quoting:

    "In the fallowing scenario:

    have multiple tabs opened in Chrome, and don't use it for a while

    have many opened applications that trigger windows to send unused applications to swap file (run out of memory)

    When you return to Chrome, you will feel each tab recovering from swap slowdown. In other applications you will be delayed only once.

    You could call it a performance issue, but it's only a side-effect of the different process architecture."


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  • rlb.usa

    I have a Windows 7 computer with Firefox and Chrome on my WiFi network. Chrome is slow. I open a new tab and then enter a url and it takes > 10 sec before the page starts to load. In Firefox, no delays. However, once the page does start to load, it loads at the same normal, fast, speed in both browsers.

    Any suggestions?

    I have no Chrome plugins or anything like that, I tried emptying my history, cookies, etc.


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  • amiregelz

    Try adding --in-process-plugins to the command line.

  • dlux

    Under Options > Under the Hood try disabling Use DNS pre-fetchign to improve page load performance. That was causing all sorts of problems for me including slow page loads or inability to connect to a server.

  • slhck

    Two solutions:

    1. Use Chrome in Windows 7 Pro's Virtual XP mode.

    2. Run Chrome as administrator: Right-click the Chrome icon » Properties » Compatibility » Privileges

  • studgeek

    Instead of making plugins inline, you can also set things up so plugins don't run until you click on them. Like no-flash for all plugins.

    The option is at Settings > Advanced Settings > Content Settings Plug-ins > Click to play. More info here - Description is here http://www.webmonkey.com/2010/11/chrome-now-offers-click-to-play-option-for-flash-other-plugins/.