Firefox problem.

[powerdesal]

I wonder if anyone can help.

I am running firefox 2 and, starting a few days ago, all my computer functions - mouse selections, scrolling etc stated to run progressively more slowly after about 10 to 15 mins of being on line reaching a point of the computer being unusable.

I tried the following.

Shutdown firefox and used IE, no problems at all, even after ages on line (I am using IE now)

Shutdown computer and restarted, all ok for about the same time then onset of slow down.

Ran CCleaner, no problems

Ran spybot, no problems.

Ran full scan with AVG, no problems

Unloaded firefox, downloaded new edition still have the same slowing down.

Removed various un used programs to free up more space, still the same firefox slowdown

When FF is running the "hard drive in use" light continuously flashes, obviously something is going on in the background.

I even tried a system restore to the 1st September but no improvement.

If its relevent I am running XP pro on a relatively new Toshiba Satellite Pro.

Has anyone any ideas, cos I have run out of thoughts on this one.

[Clair]

Are there any other processes running in the background? (ctrl+Alt+Del will bring up a window listing all active processes)

Try highjackthis to try and determine if something is running that should not be running...

[Cat]

You could also try opening a DOS command prompt (Start/all programs/accessories) and typing the word netstat, this will list all active internet connections by IP address. 

 

[powerdesal]

Thanks for the replies, before I could really do much I got a "Firefox urgent update" notification., downloaded it and have just had FF running for 1 1/2 hrs without any problem.

I guess that says it all.

Thanks again.

[Clair]

Glad it resolved itself so easily!

My FF is set to get its necessary updates in the background and I never notice them until a pop-up screen appears to say it's been updated to whatever version...

My current version is 2.0.0.6.

[Mr Coeur de Lion]

I'm the same version as Clar. My FF slows down and when I ctrl alt del and check the processes normally see FF taking up to 700mb of ram, which is clearly not right.

R.

[Onion van man]

I had some difficulty when upgrading to firefox 2.0.0.6. I later found that it had not overwritten or got rid of the previous version. I uninstalled both of them using add/remove programs in control panel then cleaned the registry and reinstalled 2.0.0.6. and now its fine and it only uses 70,390K of memory.

[powerdesal]

I also have updates on automatically, the "urgent" notification was additional to the scheduled update.

My FF is currently using 66,876 K. Also v 2.0.0.6

[Mr Coeur de Lion]

[quote user="Onion van man"]I had some difficulty when upgrading to firefox 2.0.0.6. I later found that it had not overwritten or got rid of the previous version. I uninstalled both of them using add/remove programs in control panel then cleaned the registry and reinstalled 2.0.0.6. and now its fine and it only uses 70,390K of memory.

[/quote]

Tried that. 206mb now.

Might blow FF off and try Opera.

[Onion van man]

[quote user="LyndaandRichard"][quote user="Onion van man"]I had some difficulty when upgrading to firefox 2.0.0.6. I later found that it had not overwritten or got rid of the previous version. I uninstalled both of them using add/remove programs in control panel then cleaned the registry and reinstalled 2.0.0.6. and now its fine and it only uses 70,390K of memory.

[/quote]

Tried that. 206mb now.

Might blow FF off and try Opera.

[/quote]

I have Opera installed too and use it from time to time. It uses approx half the memory that FF does. I quite like the speed dial idea too. While I like to use a browser other than IE, I find that every now and then there is a website that I need to view that is not compatible with either FF or Opera.

[Clair]

Firefox has updated itself to version 2.0.0.7 on my PC today.

[powerdesal]

Ditto