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How do I make firefox operate as fast as internet explorer?

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snakesjakes
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I have a brand new lenovo IBM thinkpad. I installed firefox 19 on this machine, and it takes up to a minute to open a webpage. I used the internet explorer and it operates 10 times faster. I have an older version on an XP computer that NEVER had this issue. Any advice? I would rather use Firefox, but feel like it will not work on this computer.

I have a brand new lenovo IBM thinkpad. I installed firefox 19 on this machine, and it takes up to a minute to open a webpage. I used the internet explorer and it operates 10 times faster. I have an older version on an XP computer that NEVER had this issue. Any advice? I would rather use Firefox, but feel like it will not work on this computer.

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cor-el
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A possible cause is security software (firewall,anti-virus) that 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:

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 or otherwise make changes.

Create a new profile as a test to check if your current profile is causing the problems.

See "Creating a profile":

If the new profile works then you can transfer some files from an existing profile to the new profile, but be careful not to copy corrupted files.