Loads slowly, stops pwrking, freezes my OS

I'm having what seems to be a fairly common problem. Firefox loads extremely slow, freezes and will lock up my system requiring a hard shutdown.
I have ran anti-malware software, anti-virus software, cleared my cache, and optimized windows, to the best settings. I have restarted with all add on disabled, and I have rolled back to an earlier version of firefox, just to make this browser usable, but I am still getting the (not responding) error.
I can not view installed add ons or extensions, cannot update them or even download extensions from their websites. when I clicked the link to show details about the educated guess about my browser etc. my computer froze.
I have been a firefox fan for many years and have never had this much trouble. I need help, please
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Have you tried to disable hardware acceleration.
Perform these steps:
*Click the orange Firefox button at the top left, then select the "Options" button, or, if there is no Firefox button at the top, go to Tools > Options.
*In the Firefox options window click the ''Advanced'' tab, then select "General".
*In the settings list, you should find the ''Use hardware acceleration when available'' checkbox. Uncheck this checkbox.
*Now, restart Firefox and see if the problems persist.
Check for graphic driver updates:
* [[Troubleshoot extensions, themes and hardware acceleration issues to solve common Firefox problems]]
* [[Upgrade your graphics drivers to use hardware acceleration and WebGL]]

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