Firefox Not Responding?

joe2cool

Hi occasionally on my desk top with 'Vista', when trying to open sites I will just get a msg saying Firefox not responding. Sometimes it can take a while for the site to actually open or not at all. This doesn't happen on the laptop with Win 7? or when using any other browser?
On doing a bit of searching its been mentioned it could be a memory issue? Always used Firefox, so really wouldn't want a change. Using latest version 19.0 but has happened on past versions recently. I've tried clearing history regularly, unsure if this might help?
Just wondered if anyone else experienced this with 'Firefox'?

Appreciate any help

Thx

waddler_8

It may be one of the add-ons. Run it in safe mode and see how it performs. If it runs ok, then it's a case of enabling/disabling the add-ons till you find the one causing the problem.

http://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/troubleshoot-firefox-issues-using-safe-mode

santer_2

I have Palemoon which runs most Firefox add ons, as well as Firefox, though with different add ons running

http://www.palemoon.org/info.shtml

I have the add ons which don't usually cause a problem installed on both, having both can help determine if it is the browser or an add on etc.

agrinnall

The obvious solution, which will have many other benefits, is to upgrade your desktop from Vista to Win 7 or 8.

kwikbreaks

If I'd known about Palemoon at the time I'd probably have tried that rather than switch to Chrome because my FireFox was becoming pretty sluggish. I really don't want to swap browser again though.

joe2cool

Thx guys really appreciate all your help..................tend to use chrome more & more now, after using Firefox for yrs

macman

And upgrade your RAM to at least 2GB, if you have less.

joe2cool

Hi no problem with RAM Thx

bluesnake

try Options, Options, Advanced, Network, Cached Web Content - clear it.
Options, Options, Advanced, Network, Offline User Web.... - clear it.
Shutdown and restart the browser.

joe2cool

Cheers..........................

bluesnake

I do like FF ad-ons and wont leave because of them, but if you want speed then this for me was awesome, http://www.maxthon.com/