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computer slow, cable co says it is firefox is problem. internet explorer is faster

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ran cable co's speed check with firefox and internet explorer and explorer was faster. Not sure that is the problem myself.

ran cable co's speed check with firefox and internet explorer and explorer was faster. Not sure that is the problem myself.

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cor-el
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The default of the pref network.http.max-connections has been increased from 30 to 256 in Firefox 6+ versions.

Try to decrease the value of the pref network.http.max-connections from 256 to 30 as used in Firefox 3 versions.

Start Firefox in Diagnose Firefox issues using Troubleshoot Mode to check if one of the extensions or if hardware acceleration is causing the problem (switch to the DEFAULT theme: Firefox (Tools) > Add-ons > Appearance/Themes).