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Resetting,disabling.Clean-ups and Frag, just dosen't boot my pc any faster, any tips and what speeds it yup for accessing aother websites andtheir sites

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seamusglas200
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Tried resetting,disabling,clean-ups, defrag, changing proxy to 'No Proxy' even doing a number 20 in the DOM etc just doesn't boot my PC any faster or enable me to access my own website pages/sites a recent development, just keeps Turning around without loading the dashboard, though brings up webpage like with yahoo, but takes an awful long time in the morning to get to my email,, same as when booting up from closed; any tips and what speeds it up for accessing another websites and their sites edit;; getting fed up with Firefox,, much to problematic,, any ideas who has less problematic Browser. many thanks,

N.B, My PC is a an Windows Xp, the latest

Tried resetting,disabling,clean-ups, defrag, changing proxy to 'No Proxy' even doing a number 20 in the DOM etc just doesn't boot my PC any faster or enable me to access my own website pages/sites a recent development, just keeps Turning around without loading the dashboard, though brings up webpage like with yahoo, but takes an awful long time in the morning to get to my email,, same as when booting up from closed; any tips and what speeds it up for accessing another websites and their sites edit;; getting fed up with Firefox,, much to problematic,, any ideas who has less problematic Browser. many thanks, N.B, My PC is a an Windows Xp, the latest

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Aman Routh
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Usually slowness after one upgrade requires disabling hardware acceleration, or a possible new regression (hopefully not).

You might need to restart Firefox in order for this to take effect, so save all work first (e.g., mail you are composing, online documents you're editing, etc.).

Then perform these steps:

  • Click the orange Firefox button at the top left, then select the "Options" button, or, if there is no Firefox button at the top, go to Tools > Options.
  • In the Firefox options window click the Advanced tab, then select "General".
  • In the settings list, you should find the Use hardware acceleration when available checkbox. Uncheck this checkbox.
  • Now, restart Firefox and see if the problems persist.

Additionally, please check for updates for your graphics driver by following the steps mentioned in the following Knowledge base articles:

Troubleshoot extensions, themes and hardware acceleration issues to solve common Firefox problems

Upgrade your graphics drivers to use hardware acceleration and WebGL

cor-el
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It is possible that your security software (firewall, anti-virus) 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 and the plugin-container 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.

See: