Firefox stops upload or download until mouse moves

FF7.0.1 on Win7 Pro-64
Another strange behaviour: sometimes FF stops transporting (uploading or downloading) until mouse is moved.
Very strange is, that it will do to move the mouse hovering over any FF window or FF download window, even WHILE ANOTHER (non-FF-)WINDOW IS THE ACTIVE WINDOW and in front of a FF window.
This doesn't depend on specific sites and happens on different sites. And it happens only once in a while, once-twice-three times a day.
Any idea???

Start Firefox in [[Safe Mode]] to check if one of the extensions or if hardware acceleration is causing the problem (switch to the DEFAULT theme: Firefox (Tools) > Add-ons > Appearance/Themes).
*Don't make any changes on the Safe mode start window.
*https://support.mozilla.com/kb/Safe+Mode
*https://support.mozilla.com/kb/Troubleshooting+extensions+and+themes

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