Great point. Clearing out private data - in particular, the cache and cookies - is also a great thing to check...
Larry -----Original Message----- From: Computer Guys Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brian Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2008 9:44 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [CGUYS] Firefox - slow and freezing up Randall, Recently I had a terrible problem on one of two XP machines with Firefox, in particular GMAIL which would take forever to load and sometimes freeze (why only one of the two I do not know). I did a tools> clear private data including the cookies and response returned to normal.... Just a thought. Brian > > > Date: Thu, 15 May 2008 20:35:48 -0400 > From: Randall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Firefox - slow and freezing up > > For the past several months using FF has led to multiple freezes per day = > and often very slow loading. Has got so bad that I've gone back to IE = > (actually go back and forth between the two), though it, too, sometimes = > loads slow and occasionally freezes. The FF problem seemed to begin or = > at least significantly worsen around the time I switched from Comcast to = > RCN (though RCN says it has nothing to do with this and that I'm getting = > 3 to 4 or so Meg download speeds) and simultaneously started using = > Gmail. Are either of these things likely culprits? Gmail often takes = > long to load and sometimes freezes, for instance. Running Windows XP on = > a pretty fast desktop, 1 mg ram. Any suggestions? Slight but seemingly = > temporary improvement when I reset settings for FF, like for cookies. = > Think I reset to default options. Running Windows Defender, still free = > AVG antivirus and Zone Alarm free firewall, with Windows firewall turned = > off. Think I might be automatically running some antispyware software = > as well, but have to check. =20 > > Thanks for any thoughts on this, except for suggesting that I buy a Mac, = > which I presently cannot afford to do. > > Frustrated with Fickle Firefox, > > Randall > > ************************************************************************ * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** ************************************************************************ * ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
