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Firefox 9.0.1 seems can not handle more than 2 tabs at the same time. If I open a third tab Fire fox 9.0.1 chrashes

Firefox 9.0.1 seems can not handle more than 2 tabs at the same time. If I open a third tab Fire fox 9.0.1 chrashes

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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).

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I have now disabled all my addons firefox 9.0.1 has now got 2 proplems it is very slow almost twice as slow as it use to be with the addons enabled and it still crashes

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Create a new profile as a test to check if your current profile is causing the problems.

See "Basic Troubleshooting: Make a new profile":

There may be extensions and plugins installed by default in a new profile, so check that in "Tools > Add-ons > Extensions & Plugins" in case there are still problems.

If that new profile works then you can transfer some files from the old profile to that new profile, but be careful not to copy corrupted files.

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A possible cause is security software (firewall) that blocks or restricts Firefox or the plugin-container process without informing you, possibly after detecting changes (update) to the Firefox program.

Remove all rules for Firefox from the permissions list in the firewall and let your firewall ask again for permission to get full unrestricted access to internet for Firefox and the plugin-container process and the updater process.

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