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FireFox hangs periodically with 100% CPU. All add-ons and plug-ins disabled.

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z00mantwo
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FireFox is hanging on me periodically with 100% CPU usage. I have every add on and plugin disabled. In safe mode I don't have the problem. Not sure what to do next since I've disabled all add-ons and plug-ins.

FireFox is hanging on me periodically with 100% CPU usage. I have every add on and plugin disabled. In safe mode I don't have the problem. Not sure what to do next since I've disabled all add-ons and plug-ins.

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Okay I fixed this by turning off "Use hardware acceleration when available" in the "Advanced" Options. I did have to restart FireFox for the change to take effect.

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z00mantwo
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Note that the "SYSTEM DETAILS" were collected while in Safe Mode.

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Okay I fixed this by turning off "Use hardware acceleration when available" in the "Advanced" Options. I did have to restart FireFox for the change to take effect.

Modified by z00mantwo