Firefox is running so slow even after clearing history, cookies, and cache

My firefox browser suddenly started running very slow. I have cleared history, cookies, and cache. I have run scans, and even tried to uninstall and reinstall. it is still running slow

flytnn,
after a fresh install, Spotlight will need to reïndex the files on your internal disk — that happens each time a fresh installation takes place.
I see that you have OS X 10.9.2 installed. Are you planning on installing the 10.9.3 update?
Your installed version of Java is outdated — the most recent version can be downloaded from here.

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Hi,
After noticing that YouTube was freezing more and more when I use it, I decided to try clearing history, cookies and cache through 'settings' 'Safari' then 'clear'.
The problem is that I don't think anything is happening when I do this. I still seem to have all my history in YouTube and Google, and I am not sure how to find out if Temporary or Cache files have deleted. I noticed that one of the postings suggested that I first need to close multiple Safari pages but this doesn't seem to have done anything either.
Can anyone recommend how to:
a- force a clearing of these files; and
b- check if temporary or cache files have deleted?
Thanks!

Try to set the network.http.spdy prefs to false on the about:config page.
*network.http.spdy.enabled
*network.http.spdy.enabled.v2
*network.http.spdy.enabled.v3
*http://kb.mozillazine.org/about:config
Boot the computer in Windows Safe mode with network support (press F8 on the boot screen) as a test to see if that helps.

My safari screen is greyed out, I checked and found a response to this question. I went to settings and cleared history, cookies, and cache, java script is on and I restarted, screen is still grey, cant touch it to do a thing. Help!

my safari screen is greyed out, I checked and found a response to this question. I went to settings and cleared history, cookies, and cache, java script is on and I restarted, screen is still grey, cant touch it to do a thing. Help!

That is usually the fix but try this now.
Reset the iPad by holding down on the sleep and home buttons at the same time for about 10-15 seconds until the Apple logo appears - ignore the red slider - let go of the buttons. See if that helps.
You can also try this - quit Safari. From the home screen - Double tap the home button and your recent apps appear the bottom. Tap and hold down on the Safari icon until it wiggles. Tap the minus sign in the upper left corner to close the app. Tap the home button twice. Restart the iPad.
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I cannot access the internet, I tried to answer that said to go to settings, safari, tap clear history, cookies and cache, cut off, then on, but it did not work. When I go to internet the screen is grey??? please help I am a new user!!

I cannot access the internet the screen is grey, I have tried by using the answer from someone but it does not work...I went to settings, tap safari, then clear the history, cookies, and cache, then turn off ipad. When I did that twice, it did not work. How long does it take for the clear history to work? I am a brand new
user of the ipad2 and I am disappointed that this is happening already.

Have you been able to access the internet previously and now it's suddenly not working, or are you still trying to access the internet for the first time on your iPad? Are you at home trying to connect through your home router? If you are at home, did you put your home routers encryption code as your password? The encryption code is what your iPad is looking for and it is usually found on the router and is typically a 13 digit combination of letters and numbers. Let us know......

My first generation iPad suddenly stopped opening Safari. I cleared history, cookies, and cache, and Safari still won't open. Any suggestions?

When I attempt to open a Safari window on my first-generation iPad, it opens to a blank screen. I can see the web address bar and the search box, but the rest of the page is white. I cleared cookies, history, and cache, but still nothing happens. The iPad is 3G, and I have tried to open Safari using both 3G and my home WiFi. My wife has an iPad 3 WiFi, and hers opens without issue. Any suggestions on what I might do? Thanks!

1. Double-click the Home button to close all Inactive Apps in Task Bar
2. Hold the Apps in Task Bar down for a second or two until you see the minus sign
3. Tap the minus sign to close Apps
4. Tap center of screen to return to Home Screen
5. Reset iPad. Hold the Sleep and Home button down for about 10 second until you see the Apple logo. Ignore the red slider

I cannot attach files to gmail. Tried everything including reset, uninstall, clearing history cookies and cache, nothing helps

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Try to set the network.http.spdy prefs to false on the about:config page.
*network.http.spdy.enabled
*network.http.spdy.enabled.v2
*network.http.spdy.enabled.v3
*http://kb.mozillazine.org/about:config
Boot the computer in Windows Safe mode with network support (press F8 on the boot screen) as a test to see if that helps.

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Occasionally an image from a previous website appears briefly when opening safari. I'm afraid it might do it with a site that has private information and other individuals use this ipad. Is this a problem fixed in the updates to the iOS or something different entirely. The image flashes sometimes even after clearing history and cache.

Try:
- iOS: Not responding or does not turn on
- Also try DFU mode after try recovery mode
How to put iPod touch / iPhone into DFU mode « Karthik's scribblings
- If not successful and you can't fully turn the iOS device fully off, let the battery fully drain. After charging for an least an hour try the above again.
- Try another cable
- Try on another computer
- If still not successful that usually indicates a hardware problem and an appointment at the Genius Bar of an Apple store is in order.
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Cookie settings are correct;history,cookies and cache have been cleared.Still some sites say I need to enable cookies

Cookie settings are correct;history,cookies and cache have been cleared.Still some sites say I need to enable cookies.

You need to enable third-party cookies if you want to logout from Hotmail. If you do not want to enable third-party cookies (I don't) then you need to remove the live.login and passport.net cookies yourself.
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U410 running really slow even after fresh installation

I bought an ideapad u410 a little over an year ago. It came pre loaded with windows 8. It had been running slow for some time. The machine would almost take 10 mins to boot up. Any time i try to access something for the first time, it would take almost 10 mins for it to open, be it files, file explorer, web browser, media file or any installed app or program. Once it opened if i tried accessing a second time, it didnt take long. I installed the lenovo solution centre and did a hardware scan to see if there is an issue with the hard disk or RAM or any other hardware. The scan came out clean with all the hardware tests passed.
I made a recovery disk and then reset the pc to get s fresh installation of the windows. I reset the system from PC settings. After getting a fresh installation when the problem persisted i reset the pc using the recovery disk. The recovery process took 30 hours to finish but that didnt solve the problem. When i tried to reset again it said that there is a partition error and partition could not be found. So i cleaned the hard drive using diskpart, made a primary partition and the. N formatted the HDD. When i tried to install windows 8 using recovery usb it says that it cant find active partition. So then i installed a copy of windows 7 which was very slow and took almost 3 hours to install. After installing windows 7 my laptop is still running very slow and it takes at least 5 minutes for me to access any file or to even right click and refresh the desktop.
How do i resolve this issue and how can i get a clean installation of the pre loaded windows 8 which i am not able to install from the recovery disk. In the beginning there was one drive of 1TB on which i created more partition to get 1 drive of 450 GB and another 200 GB using the default windows disk manager. Could this have led to the issue of the Laptop slowing down?

Kashb wrote:
I bought an ideapad u410 a little over an year ago. It came pre loaded with windows 8. It had been running slow for some time. The machine would almost take 10 mins to boot up. Any time i try to access something for the first time, it would take almost 10 mins for it to open, be it files, file explorer, web browser, media file or any installed app or program. Once it opened if i tried accessing a second time, it didnt take long. I installed the lenovo solution centre and did a hardware scan to see if there is an issue with the hard disk or RAM or any other hardware. The scan came out clean with all the hardware tests passed.
I made a recovery disk and then reset the pc to get s fresh installation of the windows. I reset the system from PC settings. After getting a fresh installation when the problem persisted i reset the pc using the recovery disk. The recovery process took 30 hours to finish but that didnt solve the problem. When i tried to reset again it said that there is a partition error and partition could not be found. So i cleaned the hard drive using diskpart, made a primary partition and the. N formatted the HDD. When i tried to install windows 8 using recovery usb it says that it cant find active partition. So then i installed a copy of windows 7 which was very slow and took almost 3 hours to install. After installing windows 7 my laptop is still running very slow and it takes at least 5 minutes for me to access any file or to even right click and refresh the desktop.
How do i resolve this issue and how can i get a clean installation of the pre loaded windows 8 which i am not able to install from the recovery disk. In the beginning there was one drive of 1TB on which i created more partition to get 1 drive of 450 GB and another 200 GB using the default windows disk manager. Could this have led to the issue of the Laptop slowing down?
You might want to check the ssd cache by following the command shown in the picture.

Laptop running really slow even after OKR??

my laptop is running really slow before and after one key recovery?
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You can download "Malwarebytes Free version" from here : https://www.malwarebytes.org/http://
When installing it, watch for and decline the 30 day trial. Then run a "Threat scan"
If it finds anything, delete it all.
Then run a "Custom scan" This will take a while to complete, and delete everything it finds.
Post back when you are done.

New Tab Contains History Even after clearing history and Privacy setting is set to "Never remember history"

I am using Firefox 14.0.1
I currently have "Never remember history" selected in the Privacy section underneath Tools->Options. I have even used the clear all current history option.
When I click the plus sign to open a new tab a history of the sites that I have visited is appearing. This is after clearing the history and closing all instances of firefox and opening it again.
I'm guessing that the "new tab" is using something other than history because when I type in a website it is not suggesting my recently viewed websites...as expected history was cleared.
I'd really like to know how to clear my entire history including the one that is used on the new tab section.

Did you drag a bookmark or history item to slots on the about:newtab page?
Changes manually made on the about:newtab page are stored in the chromeappsstore.sqlite file in the Firefox Profile Folder under the pinnedLinks key and blockedLinks key.
If you delete the chromeappsstore.sqlite file in the Firefox Profile Folder then you need to reset the browser.startup.homepage_override.mstone pref via the right-click context menu to the default on the about:config page and close and restart Firefox to assure that the chromeappsstore.sqlite file gets initialized properly. 
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*http://kb.mozillazine.org/about:config

Why does is my mac running so slow even after fresh install?

EtreCheck version: 1.9.11 (43) - report generated June 4, 2014 at 11:07:16 PM EDT
Hardware Information:
 MacBook Pro (15-inch, Late 2008)
 MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro5,1
 1 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU: 2 cores
 8 GB RAM
Video Information:
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 NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT - VRAM: 256 MB
System Software:
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 EFI (disk0s1) /Volumes/firmwaresyncd.bTix74: 209.7 MB (186.5 MB free)
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 MATSHITADVD-R UJ-868
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 Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
 Apple, Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
 Apple Inc. BRCM2046 Hub
 Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Gatekeeper:
 Mac App Store and identified developers
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Launch Agents:
 [running] com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist Support
User Launch Agents:
 [loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist Support
User Login Items:
 iTunesHelper
 Dropbox
 Google Drive
 Google Chrome
 HazelHelper
Internet Plug-ins:
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 QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
 JavaAppletPlugin: Version: Java 7 Update 45 Check version
Safari Extensions:
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 AppleAVBAudio: Version: 203.2 - SDK 10.9
 iSightAudio: Version: 7.7.3 - SDK 10.9
iTunes Plug-ins:
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3rd Party Preference Panes:
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 Auto backup: YES
 Volumes being backed up:
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flytnn,
after a fresh install, Spotlight will need to reïndex the files on your internal disk — that happens each time a fresh installation takes place.
I see that you have OS X 10.9.2 installed. Are you planning on installing the 10.9.3 update?
Your installed version of Java is outdated — the most recent version can be downloaded from here.

Firefox 7 is terribly slow even after disabling plugins and complete reinstall

Since upgrading to 7.0, and 7.0.1, I have had major problems with Firefox tabs being stuck on "Connecting..." and never loading the web page. Occasionally this is accompanied by a crash. I have disabled all extensions, disabled IPv6, dnsPrefetch, removed and reinstalled the app with a new blank profile and the issue continues. I also disabled Sophos, the security suite I am currently using. I never ran into any of these issues in version 6. I am currently running the roboform plugin but I have disabled this previously in an attempt to resolve the issue.

Go to Tools > Options > Advanced > Network and click Settings under Connection. Try no proxy (or if that's what it currently is, try system default).
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Iphoto running super slow even after upgrading to 11', iphoto running super slow even after upgrading to 11'

iphoto is taking FOREVER to edit and move through photos. Any help?

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Redirecting incorrectly every day several times a day EVEN AFTER clearing history. Want it FIXED!

Earthlink is my internet provider. Since the last update of Firefox, I cannot connect to my earthlink email or home pages.
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This is a real problem for me. I love Firefox, but this could cause me to stop using it! Please help

LowLuster is correct.
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Firefox is running so slow even after clearing history, cookies, and cache

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