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Firefox is using 87% of my ram (1 gig) when running, is this supposed to be this way?

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Firefox is taking up a unbelievable amount of RAM. It uses on average 87% of my notebook's 1 gig when checked under my process' mem usage. Is this the way this browser is supposed to run?

This happened

Every time Firefox opened

== I opened Firefox, every time.

Firefox is taking up a unbelievable amount of RAM. It uses on average 87% of my notebook's 1 gig when checked under my process' mem usage. Is this the way this browser is supposed to run? == This happened == Every time Firefox opened == I opened Firefox, every time.

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No it is not under normal browsing conditions. Can I ask how many tabs you have open and whether you have disabled the following plugins?

Winamp Application Detector Yahoo Application State Plugin NPWLPG Windows Presentation Foundation BlackBerry WebSL Browser Plug-In

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Alright, so I disabled the plugins.

This improoved the function of Firefox. The browser is only one window with one tab playing a video off of youtube. The mem required for the process is now only 40%-55%

This is a great improovement but can we do any better?

- Andrew

cor-el
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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|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"

If that new profile works then you can transfer some files from the old profile to that new profile (be careful not to copy corrupted files) See http://kb.mozillazine.org/Transferring_data_to_a_new_profile_-_Firefox