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firefox keeps hanging

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the last few days firefox 7 is hanging wehn i have a few windows open it freezes and i have to terminate it

the last few days firefox 7 is hanging wehn i have a few windows open it freezes and i have to terminate it

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any one please HELP

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Same for me it did it in 6 and it still does it in 7 I turned off all the addons and still it does it. It's the only thing making me want to stop using firefox cause it's really getting to be a pain but it's the only browser with the Gmail add on so until chrome get's on or something.

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  • Try this.
  • Type in the address bar about:config.
  • Accept the warning.
  • In the page that appears, in the Filter box, type network.http.max-connections.
  • Change the value to 32 (which is probably set to 256 in your case).
  • Close the about:config page.
  • Restart the browser.