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how to solve very slow browser

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mmortimer
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been using mozilla for a while and it is getting slower and slower. It is almost unusable.

using 38.0.5 and have tuened off all addons, tuened off antivirus, turned off hardware acceleration and it is still slow.

Using OS7, I7 processor and 8 gb of ram.

been using mozilla for a while and it is getting slower and slower. It is almost unusable. using 38.0.5 and have tuened off all addons, tuened off antivirus, turned off hardware acceleration and it is still slow. Using OS7, I7 processor and 8 gb of ram.

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ideato
ideato
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Hello mmortimer, create a new Firefox profile and check it again.

thank you

cor-el
cor-el
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Boot the computer in Windows Safe mode with network support (press F8 on the boot screen) to see if that has effect.