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Firefox loads pages slow
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| I've been using Firefox for over a year without incident. For the past
few weeks, though, I find that the browser loads pages VERY slowly much
of the time. I've got Comcast broadband, I'm running a P4 w/500mb RAM
and W2k fully patched and updated. I always update both browser and
extensions and I've installed the latest auto update. My extensions
aren't exotic -- bugmenot, Forecastfox, adblock, another one or two.
I've tried doubling the cache (to 100mb), I've cleared the cache more
than once, I've uninstalled every extension that's incompatible with my
current version. I've restarted the PC and cold-booted it. After all
that, many pages load so slow that I have greater success clicking the
links a SECOND TIME to get them to load. I use Trend Micro's PC-cillin
2006 for A/V. What am I missing?
WC
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| Moz Champion (Dan) 2006-05-10, 7:13 am |
| WCH wrote:
> I've been using Firefox for over a year without incident. For the past
> few weeks, though, I find that the browser loads pages VERY slowly much
> of the time. I've got Comcast broadband, I'm running a P4 w/500mb RAM
> and W2k fully patched and updated. I always update both browser and
> extensions and I've installed the latest auto update. My extensions
> aren't exotic -- bugmenot, Forecastfox, adblock, another one or two.
> I've tried doubling the cache (to 100mb), I've cleared the cache more
> than once, I've uninstalled every extension that's incompatible with my
> current version. I've restarted the PC and cold-booted it. After all
> that, many pages load so slow that I have greater success clicking the
> links a SECOND TIME to get them to load. I use Trend Micro's PC-cillin
> 2006 for A/V. What am I missing?
> WC
Empty your cache and see if that increases the speed of pages loading.
To see if its an extension issue, start Firefox in safe mode and see if
the page load time is better.
If that doesnt assist any, then try disabling your AV program
temporarily to see if that is affecting the speed.
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| elaich 2006-05-10, 1:12 pm |
| WCH <DELwhexeterETE@yahoo.com> wrote in
news:QYydndhIDODTWfzZ4p2dnA@comcast.com:
> I've been using Firefox for over a year without incident. For the past
> few weeks, though, I find that the browser loads pages VERY slowly much
> of the time. I've got Comcast broadband, I'm running a P4 w/500mb RAM
> and W2k fully patched and updated. I always update both browser and
> extensions and I've installed the latest auto update. My extensions
> aren't exotic -- bugmenot, Forecastfox, adblock, another one or two.
> I've tried doubling the cache (to 100mb), I've cleared the cache more
> than once, I've uninstalled every extension that's incompatible with my
> current version. I've restarted the PC and cold-booted it. After all
> that, many pages load so slow that I have greater success clicking the
> links a SECOND TIME to get them to load. I use Trend Micro's PC-cillin
> 2006 for A/V. What am I missing?
> WC
Have you tried another browser? Sound to me more like a hardware problem
or connection problem. BTW, if your broadband is working correctly, you
don't need a cache. I set mine to zero.
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