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my firefox is slow

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purky
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my firefox is very slow and when i use a other browser it isnt. but i like my firefox very much so i do not really want to change browser.

i olso have mouse lag. and opening a new tab. its not my pc. my cpu is good and i have enough ram

i hope you can help me

my firefox is very slow and when i use a other browser it isnt. but i like my firefox very much so i do not really want to change browser. i olso have mouse lag. and opening a new tab. its not my pc. my cpu is good and i have enough ram i hope you can help me

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vacationer
vacationer
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I had this problem so I disabled the latest extension that I added to my firefox and that cured it.

cor-el
cor-el
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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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Mrsandmann
Mrsandmann
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I have the same similiar problem when i try to visit www.lightbet.com , but not with my other browsers.

user633449
user633449
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Try to start Firefox in Safe mode. This mode disables all extensions, user customizations, hardware acceleration, etc. temporarily for diagnostic and troubleshooting. If Firefox works fine in Safe Mode, then this is likely an add-on issue. Restart Firefox in normal mode, then type "About:addons" (without the quotes) in the address bar. Disable your extensions one by one, restarting Firefox between each one, until you find the trouble maker. Once you do, you can disable that add-on and report the issue to that add-on's developer.

A few other basic trouble shooting things you can try is this: Run all Windows Updates, install all needed service packs, etc.

Update your graphics driver (Firefox uses your graphics card for some rendering, and an out of date graphics card driver can cause problems. https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/how-do-i-upgrade-my-graphics-drivers.

Update all your plugins (Flash, Java, etc.): http://www.mozilla.org/plugincheck/.