Why is Chrome much slower at loading local files than online webpages?

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Chrome is very slow to load some HTML pages/websites stored locally on my SSD.

For example, if I download the NumPy documentation and try to load the pages while disconnected from the Internet, it takes many seconds or longer (with a "Resolving host" messages on the bottom of the browser). The page eventually loads with no errors, but the latency is consistent. It loads much slower than if I had accessed the website on the Internet.

However, if I do the same with the downloaded Python documentation while offline, it loads instantly with no errors. It loads faster than if I had accessed the website on the Internet.

What causes this and how can it be fixed?

user1109494

Posted 2019-11-05T15:52:32.943

Reputation:

See if this helps : https://superuser.com/questions/43823/google-chrome-is-slow-to-localhost

– harrymc – 2019-11-05T16:41:08.733

Looks like I need admin privileges to do that. Is there another way? – None – 2019-11-05T18:47:59.183

Windows or Linux? And why no admin permissions? – harrymc – 2019-11-05T19:31:45.170

Both Windows and Linux. – None – 2019-11-05T19:59:54.603

@harrymc I was able to get an admin to do that, but it did not solve this issue. – None – 2019-11-12T14:56:02.577

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