IE Desktop Shortcuts very slow to open web page

Hello,
I wanted to see if someone could help me solve a problem. I have a user at work I'm trying to help solve a slowness issue. He is using IE 9 on Windows 7, and visiting both Yahoo and Goggle Finance pages. What he does is save a shortcut to those pages on
his desktop. He has recently complained that when he clicks on either of the shortcuts, the page takes about 2 minutes to fully open. I confirmed that is the case.
If I open IE to his home page, then type the site manually, it opens very fast. I saved that page to the Favorites list, and that opens fast when accessed. I re-created the desktop shortcuts, but that does not fix the problem. Only the shortcuts to the web
are slow.
We are on a domain, and the My Documents folder is being redirected to a file server, but not the Desktop. I considered that desktop shortcuts might be directed through a different path, but I don't see where.
When asked the "what changed" question, he says nothing. But I'm pretty sure he upgraded Java when prompted, as it is not coming up. Not sure if Java would make IE shortcuts run slow.
Any help or guidance is appreciated.

Hi,
I suggest you test the issue with no add-on first.
Check Internet Explorer Add-Ons
=========================
1. Click Tools, and then click Internet Options. 
2. Click the "Programs" tab, and then click Manage Add-ons. 
3. Select an add-on in the Name list, and then click Disable. 
4. Restart IE with Add-ons and check the issue again.
Also refer to this: http://support.microsoft.com/gp/pc_ie_intro
Hope this helps.
Vincent Wang
TechNet Community Support

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