Presumably some sort of add-on acting up? Have you tried starting FF in safe mode (there should be a shortcut for this in the start menu). Then try adding add-ons back one at a time. Can we assume browsing in other browsers doesn't affect the system?
What's really surprising to me is that this happens in two OS's. And that it happens in Win7. Something in common odd there, like maybe a video driver issue. On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 1:19 PM, Reid Katan <[email protected]> wrote: > When running XP, as soon as I start Firefox the computer slows down to 1/5 > of normal speed. How do I know it's 1/5? Because the clock ticks one time > every five seconds. Consistently. It doesn't pause for a bit then catch up, > it just runs at 1/5 speed. The only way to recover from it is to shut down. > > In Windows 7, I can start Firefox and run it until I get to certain pages > that seem to have some kind of video in them (playing or not). An example > includes <http://www.aopa.org/summit/live.cfm>. The YouTube home page will > do it also, though not quite 1/5 speed (more like 1/3). When I leave the > offending page, the system goes back to normal speed (although, several > seconds behind). I can even leave Firefox running. ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
