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Firefox 4.0 hogs memory 704,148 K makes 2 GB memory machine very slow

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M.R.
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Besides crashing rather too often, Firefox 4.0 seems to have made my dual-core + 2 GB machine very slow despite regular registry cleaning, regular defragmentation, regular cleaning unwanted files, cookies, etc., and keeping machine free of virus, malware, spyware and all sorts of undesirable things

Besides crashing rather too often, Firefox 4.0 seems to have made my dual-core + 2 GB machine very slow despite regular registry cleaning, regular defragmentation, regular cleaning unwanted files, cookies, etc., and keeping machine free of virus, malware, spyware and all sorts of undesirable things

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zerofire
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If 700,000k is making your system slow then you should consider closing tabs and windows. Especially close any Java, Flash, or Quicktime based page as those eat memory like Professor Nutty's family. Also stating the processor and graphics card in your system could help to understand why your having issues.

M.R.
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Thanks! Here is a screenshot of Windows Task Manager of that point of time, in case it offers any useful clues. Processor is AMD Athlon 64X Dual Core Processor 4000+ 2.21 GHz Graphics Card on Motherboard NVIDIA GeForce 6150SE nForce 430 OS Windows 7 Ultimate 32-bit (Service Pack 1) Thanks again.