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spinning circle wont stop on TABS

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transam98
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so all of the sudden today Ive got a spinning circle on the TAB on webpages, it looks like the pages loaded but is annoying. Ive got FF 39, Win 8.1. I havent installed ANYTHING, Ive scanned for maleware virus's etc...nothing, ive done a FF REFRESH, still wont go away, I get it on everything from HOTMAIL even GVOICE tabs.... PLEASE Help ! Ill try whatever suggestions. thanks in advance.

so all of the sudden today Ive got a spinning circle on the TAB on webpages, it looks like the pages loaded but is annoying. Ive got FF 39, Win 8.1. I havent installed ANYTHING, Ive scanned for maleware virus's etc...nothing, ive done a FF REFRESH, still wont go away, I get it on everything from HOTMAIL even GVOICE tabs.... PLEASE Help ! Ill try whatever suggestions. thanks in advance.

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cor-el
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Start Firefox in Safe Mode to check if one of the extensions (Firefox/Tools > Add-ons > Extensions) or if hardware acceleration is causing the problem.

  • Switch to the DEFAULT theme: Firefox/Tools > Add-ons > Appearance
  • Do NOT click the Reset button on the Safe Mode start window

Do a clean reinstall and delete the Firefox program folder before (re)installing a fresh copy of the current Firefox release.

If possible uninstall your current Firefox version to cleanup the Windows registry and settings in security software.

  • Do NOT remove "personal data" when you uninstall your current Firefox version, because this will remove all profile folders and you lose personal data like bookmarks and passwords including data in profiles created by other Firefox versions.

Remove the Firefox program folder before installing that newly downloaded copy of the Firefox installer.

  • (32 bit Windows) "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\"
  • (64 bit Windows) "C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox\"

Your bookmarks and other personal data are stored in the Firefox profile folder and won't be affected by an uninstall and (re)install, but make sure NOT to remove personal data when you uninstall Firefox as that will remove all Firefox profile folders and you lose your personal data.

If you keep having problems then create a new profile.