firefox slowdown and instability
Jul 27, 2011 | 6:31 am
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firefox slowdown and instability
firefox upgraded itself to 5.0. now it is very slow, and unstable. i also put in a usb 3.0 card and hd. the last time this happened, an ad blocker had to be disabled. vista 6.0, firefox 5.0, ati video card, 4 gig ram, asus computer, amd quad something processor, panda antivirus , ........
Jul 27, 2011 | 8:30 am
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We assume they'll get this worked out, but many people are reporting this phenomenon. So in the meantime, 5 Things To Do When Firefox Runs Slow ...
Jul 27, 2011 | 9:02 am
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I haven't noticed a difference in Firefox 5. Some flash videos were slow, but I realized it was actually MS Security Essentials hogging the CPU when I was watching flash videos.
In the meantime, try starting Firefox in safe mode (disables all plugins) and see if that fixes it. There's a shortcut in the Firefox folder in the Start menu to start in safe mode.
In the meantime, try starting Firefox in safe mode (disables all plugins) and see if that fixes it. There's a shortcut in the Firefox folder in the Start menu to start in safe mode.
Jul 27, 2011 | 9:33 am
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No problems for me on a ThinkPad T500 with Win7 and 4GB RAM.
You can always roll back to version 4 or even version 3 if it helps, then wait for the next update on version 5.
You can always roll back to version 4 or even version 3 if it helps, then wait for the next update on version 5.