I run windows 7 & firefox crashes all the time - no common factor - have tried disabling add-ons & have sent lots of crash reports

I only have one add-on and I disabled it. Took a bit longer to crash but then kept crashing. I play games from big fish and sometimes download stuff. I also get a message from Norton telling me Firefox has high memory usage. Other than that, I have just normal usage like web browsing and emails. Any ideas? Thanks.

These are likely out-of-memory crashes where all available memory is used up.
You can try to disable hardware acceleration in Firefox (you need to close and restart Firefox).
*Tools > Options > Advanced > General > Browsing: "Use hardware acceleration when available"
*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Troubleshooting+extensions+and+themes
See also:
*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/firefox-uses-too-much-memory-ram

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I finally resolved my problem after spending way too much time on it. I simply handed my 160GB iPod to my husband to put his fav Stones & Beatles songs on and I went back to my 80GB Microsoft Zune which has never disappointed me.
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Hej!
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Assuming you have crashes, you can submit that data to Mozilla and share it with forum volunteers to see whether it points to the solution. Please check the support article "[[Firefox Crashes]]" (especially the last section) for steps to get those crash report IDs, and then post some of the recent ones here.
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I install new hard drive 500gb and i still have 400gb available but my macbook run very slow getting rainbow all the time on screen

i have install new hard drive 500gb and i still have 400gb available but my macbook run very slow getting rainbow all the time on screen.
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If there is no improvement, perform a Safe Boot:
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1
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Ciao.

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HT1338 Is there a Mac System Clean-up? My computer is running very slow and freeze all the times

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Pretty much all "clean-up" utilities will just make things worse.
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What you describe can be caused by incompatible third-party software. Boot into Safe mode and see if the problems still exist. Safe mode will be a little slower than normal, but you shouldn't see the system freeze up.
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The process name is "socket". Is the user cupsd? Check for a print job stuck in the queue.
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