Firefox is unbearably slow on XP after updating (/questions/985969)

Typing is very slow in textboxes in Firefox 28 on XP Pro SP3

You can also check for problems with the sessionstore.js and sessionstore.bak files in the Firefox profile folder that store session data.
Rename (or delete) the sessionstore.js file and possible sessionstore-##.js files with a number and sessionstore.bak in the Firefox profile folder.
*Help > Troubleshooting Information > Profile Directory: Show Folder (Linux: Open Directory; Mac: Show in Finder)
*http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_folder_-_Firefox
*http://kb.mozillazine.org/Multiple_profile_files_created
Deleting sessionstore.js will cause App Tabs and Tab Groups and open and closed (undo) tabs to get lost and you will have to recreate them (make a note or bookmark them if possible).
It is possible that your security software (firewall, anti-virus) blocks or restricts Firefox or the plugin-container process without informing you, possibly after detecting changes (update) to the Firefox program.
Remove all rules for Firefox and the plugin-container from the permissions list in the firewall and let your firewall ask again for permission to get full unrestricted access to internet for Firefox and the plugin-container process and the updater process.
See:
*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Server+not+found
*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Firewalls

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Firefox is unbearably slow after updating (/questions/985969)

Extremely slow in paging up or down. CPU usage is at least 25%. The delay can be anywhere from 2 -20 or 30 seconds. It effects other programs that are active.

Try to set the Flash plug to click-to-play by setting the permissions for Flash to "Ask To Activate" in "Firefox/Tools > Add-ons > Plugins".
That way you can activate the Flash plugin when you need it via the Lego block icon on the location bar.
Also please update the Flash plugin to the latest version.
You can find the latest Flash player versions for Firefox on this page:
*http://www.adobe.com/special/products/flashplayer/fp_distribution3.html
*http://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player.html
You can check for problems with current Shockwave Flash plugin versions and try this:
*check for updates for your graphics drive drivers https://support.mozilla.org/kb/upgrade-graphics-drivers-use-hardware-acceleration
*disable protected mode in the Flash plugin (Flash 11.3+ on Windows Vista and later)
*disable hardware acceleration in the Flash plugin
See also:
*http://kb.mozillazine.org/Flash#Troubleshooting

Firefox is unbearably slow after updating to version 27

After updating to Firefox 27 all webpages take a few dozen seconds to several minutes to load. When loading a webpage Firefox's status displays "connecting" and the CPU gets maxed out with 95 to 100% of its cycles taking by Firefox.
The computer is older so it is a little slow but Internet Explorer 8 has no trouble opening the webpages and neither do other computers on the LAN so it is not a network issue. I have tried restarting Firefox, disabling add-ons, deleting add-ons, disabling hardware acceleration, restarting the computer, and reinstalling Firefox after wiping every trace of it and its user data from the hard drive and registry.
CPU: AMD Athlon 2800+ 2.08GHz
RAM: 1GB
OS: Windows XP Home Edition Service Pack 3 32bit
Comments by a forum moderator. (Modified April 30, 2014 12:11:58 PM BST by John99 ) ~J99 
Rather a long thread so I will add some comments here where easily seen.
* For general problems please see my post [/questions/985969?page=3#answer-546520] Updated 30th April 2014 to mention the outstanding known issue (aka the bug with only three votes)
* Just below that ''jigebren'' has kindly summarised some workarounds at that particular time and the issues found from this thread [/questions/985969?page=3#answer-546599]
Modified June 18, 2014 6:08:41 AM PDT by John99
* Workaround, A chrome hack to disable the throbber may resolve the issue as a workaround allowing pages to load quickly. See my post [/questions/985969?page=4#answer-595327]

I had a very similar issue on a similar computer (Windows XP SP3, Pentium 4 2.4GHz, Nvidia GeForce FX 5500), and it came down that in my case the slowdown was simply introduced by animations (I believe the simple rotating icon on the tab was enough to slow the loading of a webpage).
The CPU used to reach around 100% in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Task_Manager#Performance Kernel mode] (for info this is the red line in the Windows Task Manager. To enable it go to the "Performances" tab then in the "View" menu ensure "Show kernel times" is selected).
To know if you face the same issue:
* Type "about:support" in the address bar and press Enter.
* In the "graphics" section check the line with the entry "AzureContentBackend".
* If the value is "cairo" you may well face the same issue than I did.
In that case I have found a workaround:
* Type "about:config" in the address bar and press Enter.
* Search for "gfx.content.azure.backends".
* The value should be "direct2d,cairo". Edit it to be simply "direct2d" (ie. remove "cairo"), then restart Firefox.
I have already filled a bug report which can be found here:
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=973149
Feel free to add feedback if you have the same issue.

Very slow and unstable after update...

Hello!
After update yesterday, my Arch64 was very slow and unstable... Eclipse IDE crashes, Firefox uses +200mb and Xorg uses +15% of CPU. Xorg lags when I'm going to switch between virtual desktop in KDE... very strange!
Some confs below:
[root@Selene hlegius]# uname -a
Linux Selene 2.6.25-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Sat Jun 14 17:44:19 CEST 2008 x86_64 Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T7100 @ 1.80GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux
[root@Selene hlegius]# free -m
total used free shared buffers cached
Mem: 3947 1121 2826 0 30 466
-/+ buffers/cache: 624 3322
Swap: 0 0 0
[root@Selene hlegius]# kde-config -v
Qt: 3.3.8b
KDE: 3.5.9
kde-config: 1.0
[root@Selene hlegius]# X -version
X.Org X Server 1.4.2
Release Date: 11 June 2008
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.25-ARCH x86_64
Current Operating System: Linux Selene 2.6.25-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Sat Jun 14 17:44:19 CEST 2008 x86_64
Build Date: 21 June 2008 11:53:34AM
Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
to make sure that you have the latest version.
Module Loader present
Any ideas ?

Rexilion wrote:
I misread that the in kernel driver of v3.12 was working properly. THat way you can figure out what exact change broke performance by testing different development kernels.
There is an in-kernel driver in staging called rtl8192u. It received a lot of changes in v3.12. Maybe try v3.11 and see if that works?
it didnt work in kernel 3.12, but with https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/dkms-8192cu/ it worked perfect
in kernel 3.13 it is horrible both witht he stock driver or with the AUR package.

System has slowed down considerably after updates from Apple. Is SyncServer the culprit?

I use MacBook with preinstalled OS Leopard since April 2009. I have also regulalry updated my computer system using the Software Update application. However, since my last update on 12th Aug 2011, I have noticed that my system has slowed down. There is long pause between every character I type, delay in switching applications, battery dries out quicker, slow response to every command.
I have started facing this problem after updating following software like iTunes 10.4, Safari 5.0.6, Migration Assistant Update for MAC OS Leopard & Quick Time 7.7 from Software Updater. Although, my OS is still leopard.
I noticed on the Activity Monitor that syncserver is using majority of my RAM and reappers even if I stop the process. Some of its subprocess like AddressBookSync also appears and consumes lot of memory. Is this the problem? Though, I never noticed earlier what size it consumed.
I use Microsoft Office suite for Mac and have also checked and deselected all sync services. Yet, the Process (PID 305) continues to appear in Activity Monitor.
I am no techie, and would appreciate quick help to resolve this issue.
Thanks!

I was just about to write the same problem, but I don't have VMware; my laptop is late 2008 was running Snow Leopard (uptodate version).
I've scientific softwares so probably would require a clean re-installation of ML. I MUST MENTION HERE that those software which were written for PPC will NOT work on ML. Just found out that one of my important softwares version won't work on ML; need $500 to upgrade that software .
Therefore, I'd also want to know how can I go back to SL.
I'll let you know how clean re-installation has worked.

Keypad is slow when typing after update?

why is it that after updating my phone to ios7 my keypad is incredibly slow when recognising touch and showing the typed words?
I was wondering if anyone else has had the same problem after updating their phone/ipod too and if there is any way to fix it.
its incredibly frustrating as I have to wait around 10 seconds before a sentence is typed up fully (its completely unresponsive then suddenly the whole thing appears) and if I need to add a number, comma, questionmark, etc it can take forever before I am able to do so. None of my friends who have updated have had the same problem but then they all have the iphone 5 (I have the iphone4)
any advise is extremely appriciated, thanks very much!

Although it has not happened to me, there are two solutions that seem to work to other people
1.- Go to Settings > General > Reset > Reset All Settings
2.- Go to Settings > iCloud > turn off Documents and Data
Hope that helps

Firefox does not open to "maximized" after updating add-ons and performing the restart

After checking for any updates to installed add-ons and, if there should be an update(s) available, and ... after performing the download of the update(s) with a "RESTART FIREFOX" is needed ... Firefox does not restart/reopen to MAXIMIZED. I have to manually maximize Firefox.

This problem ... I suspect ... is only when I am using Windows XP Home w/SP3. This problem does not occur when I use Firefox on Ubuntu (Linux). So now, I don't know if there is a problem with Firefox using Windows XP or that the problem is with Windows XP using Firefox. In any case, I will not just do the extra clicking to maximize Firefox after updating the addons and such. Thanks anyway.

Firefox keeps slowing down/freezing after update, have to keep closing/opening it again to fix it

''locking as a duplicate of https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1035358''
I think it's flash related? I lose sound whenever it happens too, not just in the browser, the whole computer. as soon as I close/open firefox again, it's fine. Until it happens again, anyway. Never had this problem before today's update

* Websites remembering you and automatically log you in is stored in a cookie.
* You need an allow cookie exception (Tools > Options > Privacy > Cookies: Exceptions) to keep that cookie, especially for secure websites and if you let cookies expire when Firefox closes
* Make sure that you do not use [[Clear Recent History]] to clear the "Cookies" and the "Site Preferences"
Clearing "Site Preferences" clears all cookies, images, pop-up windows, software installation, and password exceptions.
* Make sure that you not run Firefox in (permanent) [[Private Browsing]] mode

Firefox keeps slowing down/freezing after update, have to keep closing/opening it again to fix it, lose sound whenever it happens too

I think it's flash related, but i'm not sure. it doesn't crash/freeze completely, it just suddenly out of nowhere becomes excruciatingly slow, never did this before todays update

Boot into the Recovery Drive by holding down Command R when restarting.
Run Repair Drive and Repair Permissions using Disk Utility in Recovery.
Restart and run the combo updater.
OS X Mavericks 10.9.5 Update (Combo)
http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1760
However, you might need to reinstall OS X in the Recovery Drive. This process should not damage your data but it's always advised that you backup first.
If you don't have a clone backup it's time to start. Just like a seat belt and an air bag protect you in different ways when driving, you need both Time Machine and a clone for full protection.
Both of these applications can be used to create a clone. You will need an external drive to backup your data.
SuperDuper! http://www.shirt-pocket.com/
CCC http://www.bombich.com/download.html
Free space: It suggested you have a minimum of 10% free but this can vary depending on the size of the drive. When you get below 10GB free you need to start moving files off the drive.
You can keep your iPhoto and iTunes Libraries on an external drive. Hold down the option key when launching the app to point to the new library location.

Droid razr m is slow to wake after update

I updated my razr m two days ago, and now my phone has been very slow to wake, sometimes over a minute. This happens even when my alarm sounds and it started more than 24 hours after the update.

Let's see what's going on with your phones goldeneyes. Do you mean from being powered off, to on? Or do you mean to get back to a normal screen takes so long? Please elaborate so we can better understand and assist.
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Help Please: Slow To Restart After Update

My family member got his Macbook in August 2006 but rarely if ever did any updates. I ran Software Update today and there were a lot of things listed so I decided to do it in steps. First, there were a couple of firmware updates which downloaded then I was returned to the Software Update window. I then selected the 10.4.11 update. After installing that, it said I should restart, which I agreed to.
Now, however, it has come back with the apple in the middle of the screen and the little spinning thing below it and it has been doing that for at least 30 minutes so far. I think I can hear the disk spinning, unless that's just a fan.
The machine is slow as it has the small amount of memory that it came with, but is this normal? Should I just let it keep going or should I kill it and try to restart?
Thanks.

Well, I think I got it to work based on input from another forum. I shut the MacBook down and rebooted. Then I did the firmware updates by going directly to the Utilities folder and in turn double clicking on each update and following the directions there.

Internet is SUPER slow on Macbook after update!

I updated my Macbook to 10.4.10, and for some reason ever since the internet has been slow It takes at least double if not triple the time to load Facebook and Myspace takes about 1 minute.
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Here are some pictures of my network activity! Anything I can do? Is there an update I can do to fix this?
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...and if Rick's suggestion doesn't provide any improvement to your situation, try downloading the OS 10.4.10 COMBO update for Intel and reapplying it. Reapplying the combo update has been reported to fix numerous crappy performance problems that people have posted in the iChatAV, Mail, Print&Fax, and other forums.
<soapbox flag = .TRUE.> As a general rule, I ALWAYS download the combo update, NEVER the incremental updates through system update, and have NEVER had a problem develop after applying a combo update. <soapbox flag = .FALSE.> (problems typically have only developed for me after I've installed some piece of crapware on my computer, which usually gets fixed after reapplying a COMBO update or by removing the piece of crapware and reapplying the combo update).
Don't forget to verify your boot disk before starting, and repair permissions before starting and after you're done.

Q 10 became extremely slow in responding after update to 10.2.1.537 - battery draining very fast since, too

Hi,
my Q10 now got very slow after the update to 10.2.1.537
It takes ages for switching from e.g. text to E-Mail Inboxes, from Hub to oriority Hub view or just to opening an email or an app. Also, it s draining the batterry very fast. Down to 20% after only 3 hrs , and than it is switching off. Even in Aircraft mode the battery is down after 5 hrs without me even touching the device.
Any clue what went wrong?

I am also experiencing all kinds of problems since the 10.2.1.537 upgrade. I now have to reboot my Q10 constantly as it will just freeze intermittently! After making a call I sometimes have to wait 5 minutes+ untill I can make another call. My battery also drains very fast - I have to charge it everyday.

Firefox won't open email links after update to version 32

I just updated to Firefox 32. When I have FF open but hidden in my Dock on my Mac 10.6.8 it will not open links from my email in Outlook 2011 for Mac. All it will do is unhide Firefox from my dock. Once FF is visible and I click the same link in my email it will open a new tab to that web page. If FF is completely closed and I click a link in an email it will launch FF and open the web page. Only when FF is already open but "Hiding" in my Dock will it not open a new tab with the web page when I click a link from email. I didn't have this problem before the update.
FYI, Firefox is my default browser. I opened Safari and have FF listed as my default browser too. When I did the update I did a brand new download and install.

I use Outlook as my email client on my MAC and since the Firefox update, I cannot open hyperlinks in emails at all. The hyperlinks will open in Safari, but I prefer using Firefox and have it set as my default browzer.
Please fix this. It's truly annoying not to be able to open things!
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Bridge and PSCS5 slow and unstable after update

I allowed my system to install the updates for Bridge, ACR and PS CS5. Since then everything is unstable.
I open bridge and click an image. I'm first told Bridge is not responding. After a couple minutes it will respond and open ACR. If I click "OPEN" ACR closes but the image doesn't openin PS. PS opens but again I'm told "not responding"
I'm running windows 7 64-bit with PS CS5 64-bit. I have a quad core an 8gb of ram I have dual video card and dual monitors
(if you need any other technicalinfor please ask) All was fine until the update
Marc

Interesting, I'm having a similar problem since the latest update.
TIFF files won't open in PS when clicking on them in either Bridge or Mini-Bridge from within PS. In Mini-Bridge right clicking the image then "Open Image" does load the image in PS. However, in Bridge the only way is to right click on the image and choose "Open in Camera Raw"
I've made sure that PS CS5 is selected as the preferred program for TIFF files, but to no avail. The same applise to PSD files. Although, RAW files bring up Camera RAW by double clicking on them.
There must be an easy answer... and hopefully someone in the know sees these posts.
Cheers,
Michael

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