Mozilla slow

kappage · Post by **kappage** » Fri Sep 26, 2008 5:04 am

My mozilla firefox 3 takes for ever to boot up i press it once nothing happens then i press it again and it boots up twice

Post by **DMB2000uk** » Fri Sep 26, 2008 5:29 am

Got any addons for it?

When you open it and its 'loading', what kind of CPU use is it using in the task manager?

Dan

kappage · Post by **kappage** » Fri Sep 26, 2008 5:52 am

Well it spikes up to about 22% for less than a second and still nothing happens. Im pretty sure my problem is just vista on a whole, which is a pitty i only but 64bit of less than a month ago. I also have no addons

Post by **DMB2000uk** » Fri Sep 26, 2008 6:21 am

You up to the latest 3.0.2 update?

Dan

kappage · Post by **kappage** » Fri Sep 26, 2008 6:54 am

How can i find that out?

stopthekilling77 · Post by **stopthekilling77** » Fri Sep 26, 2008 7:05 am

Toolbar > Help > About Mozilla Firefox - this will show you what version you have
alternately, Toolbar > Help > Check For Updates - would be a good idea too

kappage · Post by **kappage** » Fri Sep 26, 2008 7:42 am

Well it seems to be attempting to download the latest patch, ill comment once its done

kappage · Post by **kappage** » Fri Sep 26, 2008 7:51 am

just installed it and timed it, after me pressing the shorcut it took 28 seconds for it to boot the program while everything else is instant.. Argh it is a pain

DaIceMan · Post by **DaIceMan** » Sat Sep 27, 2008 4:52 am

DMB2000uk wrote:You up to the latest 3.0.2 update?

Dan

3.0.3 installed on my machine last night. Could have been an issue with the prior release, as the updates don't usually come 2 in a couple days.

Shut Firefox down and restart. It should auto install the latest version, again, and maybe that will help you. I'm having no issues currently with XP Pro and Firefox 3.0.3.

Post by **DMB2000uk** » Sat Sep 27, 2008 4:57 am

Yeah, I noticed that, was rather surprised to find that it had gone to 3.0.3 so soon.

Only other thing I can suggest Kappage is a complete re-install of firefox.

Dan

Alathald · Post by **Alathald** » Sat Sep 27, 2008 9:28 am

It seems Firefox 3.0.3 only had one bug fix: [link]

Post by **dicecca112** » Sat Sep 27, 2008 10:01 am

DMB2000uk wrote:Yeah, I noticed that, was rather surprised to find that it had gone to 3.0.3 so soon.

Only other thing I can suggest Kappage is a complete re-install of firefox.

Dan

not true it happens on linux sometimes, it just slows down. Fix at least on Linux is to backup your bookmarks.html and pref.js, delete your Mozilla cache folder, launch firefox, close it, and then move those two files back.

martini161 · Post by **martini161** » Sat Sep 27, 2008 12:11 pm

yeah, its just like windows or any other high use software, sometimes it just goes bad

kappage · Post by **kappage** » Sat Sep 27, 2008 6:17 pm

dicecca112 wrote:
DMB2000uk wrote:Yeah, I noticed that, was rather surprised to find that it had gone to 3.0.3 so soon.

Only other thing I can suggest Kappage is a complete re-install of firefox.

Dan

not true it happens on linux sometimes, it just slows down. Fix at least on Linux is to backup your bookmarks.html and pref.js, delete your Mozilla cache folder, launch firefox, close it, and then move those two files back.

Well how would i go about doing that? i dont really care about havinh to type my passwords in again, So long as it doesnt remove the password ive got for msn, yea i cant remembet it

Alathald · Post by **Alathald** » Sat Sep 27, 2008 8:13 pm

You can recover any saved passwords in Firefox, just go to Tools>Options...>Security>Saved Passwords...>Show Passwords to view them.

vicaphit · Post by **vicaphit** » Mon Sep 29, 2008 4:58 pm

Alathald wrote:You can recover any saved passwords in Firefox, just go to Tools>Options...>Security>Saved Passwords...>Show Passwords to view them.

I hate this feature. Makes me not want to save my passwords. Maybe if they had a password protect on the feature, then it would be cool.

Alathald · Post by **Alathald** » Mon Sep 29, 2008 5:23 pm

vicaphit wrote:I hate this feature. Makes me not want to save my passwords. Maybe if they had a password protect on the feature, then it would be cool.

If you're worry about security try a proper password manager like KeePass...there's even a portable version you can take on the road with you and always have your passwords with you.

Features

KeePass Portable Screenshot KeePass is a free/open-source password manager or safe which helps you to manage your passwords in a secure way. You can put all your passwords in one database, which is locked with one master key or a key-disk. So you only have to remember one single master password or insert the key-disk to unlock the whole database. The databases are encrypted using the best and most secure encryption algorithms currently known (AES-256 and Twofish).

davide1982 · Post by **davide1982** » Thu Jul 16, 2009 1:44 am

There's absolutely no reason to panic and switch to another browser. Here's the simple and quick way to speed it up:

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Major_A · Post by **Major_A** » Thu Aug 13, 2009 12:59 am

What antivirus are you running? When I download an exe file it takes ages to "finish" and become usable. Apparently it's an issue with FF and NOD32. Granted I'm running NOD32 2.7 when 4 is available. That's because 2.7 isn't a bloated mess like 3 and 4. If you have an AV program check for an update. Maybe it's scanning the firefox.exe every time you open it up?

Sporg · Post by **Sporg** » Sun Aug 16, 2009 7:51 am

Holy thread revival, batman!

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