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How do you stop automatic refreshing

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How can I stop Firefox from constantly refreshing pages. It is driving me mad when reading newspapers etc. online that the pages are refreshing every 1 - 2 minutes. There use to be a fix which worked but of course with all the unwanted upgrades that stopped working a few unwanted upgrades ago.

How can I stop Firefox from constantly refreshing pages. It is driving me mad when reading newspapers etc. online that the pages are refreshing every 1 - 2 minutes. There use to be a fix which worked but of course with all the unwanted upgrades that stopped working a few unwanted upgrades ago.

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Riya
Riya
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See https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/864071, it might help!

cor-el
cor-el
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Start Firefox in Safe Mode to check if one of the extensions (Firefox/Tools > Add-ons > Extensions) or if hardware acceleration is causing the problem.

  • Switch to the DEFAULT theme: Firefox/Tools > Add-ons > Appearance
  • Do NOT click the Reset button on the Safe Mode start window

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