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Mozilla slow
Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2008 5:04 am
by kappage
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
Re: Mozilla slow
Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2008 5:29 am
by DMB2000uk
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
Re: Mozilla slow
Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2008 5:52 am
by kappage
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
Re: Mozilla slow
Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2008 6:21 am
by DMB2000uk
You up to the latest 3.0.2 update?
Dan
Re: Mozilla slow
Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2008 6:54 am
by kappage
How can i find that out?
Re: Mozilla slow
Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2008 7:05 am
by stopthekilling77
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
Re: Mozilla slow
Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2008 7:42 am
by kappage
Well it seems to be attempting to download the latest patch, ill comment once its done
Re: Mozilla slow
Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2008 7:51 am
by kappage
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
Re: Mozilla slow
Posted: Sat Sep 27, 2008 4:52 am
by DaIceMan
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.
Re: Mozilla slow
Posted: Sat Sep 27, 2008 4:57 am
by DMB2000uk
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
Re: Mozilla slow
Posted: Sat Sep 27, 2008 9:28 am
by Alathald
It seems Firefox 3.0.3 only had one bug fix:
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Re: Mozilla slow
Posted: Sat Sep 27, 2008 10:01 am
by dicecca112
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.
Re: Mozilla slow
Posted: Sat Sep 27, 2008 12:11 pm
by martini161
yeah, its just like windows or any other high use software, sometimes it just goes bad
Re: Mozilla slow
Posted: Sat Sep 27, 2008 6:17 pm
by kappage
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
Re: Mozilla slow
Posted: Sat Sep 27, 2008 8:13 pm
by Alathald
You can recover any saved passwords in Firefox, just go to Tools>Options...>Security>Saved Passwords...>Show Passwords to view them.
Re: Mozilla slow
Posted: Mon Sep 29, 2008 4:58 pm
by vicaphit
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.
Re: Mozilla slow
Posted: Mon Sep 29, 2008 5:23 pm
by Alathald
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
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Re: Mozilla slow
Posted: Thu Jul 16, 2009 1:44 am
by davide1982
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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Re: Mozilla slow
Posted: Thu Aug 13, 2009 12:59 am
by Major_A
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?
Re: Mozilla slow
Posted: Sun Aug 16, 2009 7:51 am
by Sporg
Holy thread revival, batman!