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Firefox5 makes my system freeze (have to reboot only)!

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iamd
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I'm using Firefix 5.0 Many times when I play video stream on one tab and close it during the stream still running my system stopped working (I can move the mouse pointer but can't click on anything and none of keyboard button including the ctrl-alt-del worked also.)

I got a suggestion from mozillazine forum to disable all add-on and it seems help. However I don't know how to set it permanently so it keeps freezing my system regularly. So I really need a better solution here.

PS One time it even freezes my system while I did not run any video stream on it.

I'm using Firefix 5.0 Many times when I play video stream on one tab and close it during the stream still running my system stopped working (I can move the mouse pointer but can't click on anything and none of keyboard button including the ctrl-alt-del worked also.) I got a suggestion from mozillazine forum to disable all add-on and it seems help. However I don't know how to set it permanently so it keeps freezing my system regularly. So I really need a better solution here. PS One time it even freezes my system while I did not run any video stream on it.

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Andrew
Andrew
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Please upgrade to the latest version(6.0)

iamd
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Actually I just did after posting this question. FF6 looks much better at first. I visited the same video page and close it and my system didn't freezed.

However just before I cameback to this post, it happened again with video on Youtube. (my system freezed)

PS I never experience anything like this with FF2 to FF4.