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firefox has gotten extremely slow and sluggish also getting messages of "firefox no responding"

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williamsricky422
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firefox has gotten extremely slow and sluggish, also getting messages at top of screen saying "firefox not responding"

firefox has gotten extremely slow and sluggish, also getting messages at top of screen saying "firefox not responding"

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FredMcD
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Is this with all websites/pages, some, a few? What were you doing at the time? surfing, watching a clip, reading something . . . .

Start Firefox in Safe Mode {web link}

A small dialog should appear. Click Start In Safe Mode (not Refresh). Is the problem still there?