Policy
Turn off loading websites and content in the background to optimize performance
Microsoft Windows
Policy overview
Key metadata and intent for this policy.
This policy setting determines whether Internet Explorer preemptively loads websites and content in the background, speeding up performance such that when the user clicks a hyperlink, the background page seamlessly switches into view. If you enable this policy setting, Internet Explorer doesn't load any websites or content in the background. If you disable this policy setting, Internet Explorer preemptively loads websites and content in the background. If you don't configure this policy setting, users can turn this behavior on or off, using Internet Explorer settings. This feature is turned on by default
Registry values
How enabled and disabled states update the registry.
| Scope | Registry location | Type | Enabled value | Disabled value | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Path Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\PrefetchPrerender Value name Enabled | REG_DWORD | HKLM 0 HKCU 0 | HKLM 1 HKCU 1 |
Policy elements
Inputs and configuration options exposed by this policy.
This policy has no additional user input fields.