Linkin Posted April 3, 2014 Report Share Posted April 3, 2014 5 – Install AdBlock to Block Advertisements Advertisements ‘hidden’ behind pages can interfere with your browser’s working and seriously dampen its performance. Useful resources are wasted, and surfing speed is considerably reduced by these unnecessary commercials. To help with your cause, find a free extension on Chrome Web Store that blocks any ad from bombarding your screen and keeps your web expedition clean. Follow the script below to install an ad blocker extension from the chrome web store: Log in to the address chrome.google.com/webstore In the search box, type Ad Blocker. Press Enter Locate and click the one with better rating from the search results Once the extension windows pops, click the Free button Confirm your decision by clicking Add 6 – Manage your priorities Windows allows its users to set higher priority to applications that demand more computer resources and extra CPU attention. Using this feature, you can give greater preference to Chrome over other processes and increase its urgency significantly. Here is the procedure for prioritizing chrome: Start your browser Simultaneously, launch Task Manager by pressing Ctrl + Shift+ Esckey Click Details tab from the top Locate chrome.exe and right-click it Hover over Set priority and choose Above Normal or High 7 – Monitor internet usage using Google Chrome Task Manager Chrome comes with a separate Task Manager that allows you to keep a watch on all internet applications and processes. It will show you the usage of CPU/Memory/Network/etc. by your browser, tabs, extensions, plug-ins, and other similar utilities. Useful when troubleshooting, this monitoring tool can help ensure you check your Chrome utilization efficiently and disable or close any plugin or tab you feel is unwanted. Perform these steps to observe your Chrome Task Manager: In Google Chrome window press Shift + Esc key to launch Task Manager See the Memory, CPU, and Network columns to view and analyze the resource usage by each sub-process of chrome If you want to kill any extension or tab, highlight it and click End process to terminate it 8 – Turn on DNS pre-fetching This tool causes Chrome to automatically perform Domain Name Lookups for all links currently displayed on the page, cutting down the DNS resolution time if the user requests to follow any of the links. To enable this option, do the following: Enter Settings from the Chrome menu Scroll down and until you find Show advanced settings. Click this option Tick the box against Predict network actions to improve page load performance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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