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Problems with Firefox 3.5.1. Help please

lew
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I have XP Home, yet firefox takes ages to open a new tab with a new site. I have done this on Explorer 8 and it open immediately, so it is not a problem with my pc. Why has it suddeny gone SO SLOW?

Thanks for any help. Never had this problem before!
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  • peter_the_piper
    peter_the_piper Posts: 30,269 Forumite
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    Try updating to 3.5.4 and see if that helps.
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  • fermi
    fermi Posts: 40,542 Forumite
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    A few suggestions......

    Clear your cache/cookies etc.....

    Update FF. Version 3.5.4 is now out. Click 'Help' > 'Check for updates'

    Plus, have you installed any new extensions lately? If so, then maybe disable the recent ones to see if they are causing probs.
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  • alanrowell
    alanrowell Posts: 5,395 Forumite
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    Start Firefox in Safe mode (click on start menu, all programs, mozilla firefox) and see what happens
  • cyberbob
    cyberbob Posts: 9,480 Forumite
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    The past few releases of Firefox have been really bloated and generally a lot slower (just do a google search and your find lots of reports) It also seems to be resource hungry when left running for a long time especially on older machines. there is a lot of information out there about this. getting rid of some extensions can help.

    I actually downgraded to 2.5 as an experiment and the speed was greatly improved. Though I rarely now use firefox due to these issues. It may be worth looking at other browsers if the upgrade doesn't work

    *Sits quietly and waits for the Firefox fans to pounce (can you hear the drooling on the keyboards?)*
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