XP computer painfully slow when latest Firefox is installed

I have a win vista computer which has worked for years and run Firefox fine, Two weeks ago I upgraded firefox as usual and Firefox became painfully slow. A nerdy friend tried reloading the latest Firefox and concluded Firefox was much slower than Explorer or than Opera. My wife is very unhappy. What do I do now?

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SQL> select xml_loadid, xml_recordid, xml_date, xml_message
2 from OLAPSYS.xml_load_log
3 where xml_loadid = 1006;
XML_LOADID XML_RECORDID XML_DATE XML_MESSAGE
1006 1 12-AUG-07 14:17:30 Job# AWXML$_1006 to Build(Refresh) Analytic Workspace RLCUBEMGR.ACP_MTH Submitted to the Queue.
1006 11 12-AUG-07 14:17:31 Started Build(Refresh) of RLCUBEMGR.ACP_MTH Analytic Workspace.
1006 12 12-AUG-07 14:17:31 Attached AW RLCUBEMGR.ACP_MTH in RW Mode.
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1006 14 12-AUG-07 14:17:33 Started Loading Dimension Members.
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1006 16 12-AUG-07 14:17:34 Finished Loading Members for A_FICO_MTH.DIMENSION. Added: 27. No Longer Present: 0.
1006 17 12-AUG-07 14:17:34 Started Loading Dimension Members for A_GEN4_MTH.DIMENSION (2 out of 8 Dimensions).
1006 18 12-AUG-07 14:17:34 Finished Loading Members for A_GEN4_MTH.DIMENSION. Added: 11. No Longer Present: 0.
1006 19 12-AUG-07 14:17:34 Started Loading Dimension Members for A_LOC_MTH.DIMENSION (3 out of 8 Dimensions).
1006 20 12-AUG-07 14:17:44 Finished Loading Members for A_LOC_MTH.DIMENSION. Added: 22,887. No Longer Present: 0.
1006 21 12-AUG-07 14:17:44 Started Loading Dimension Members for A_MAKE_MTH.DIMENSION (4 out of 8 Dimensions).
1006 22 12-AUG-07 14:17:45 Finished Loading Members for A_MAKE_MTH.DIMENSION. Added: 59. No Longer Present: 0.
1006 23 12-AUG-07 14:17:45 Started Loading Dimension Members for A_PROD_MTH.DIMENSION (5 out of 8 Dimensions).
1006 24 12-AUG-07 14:17:45 Finished Loading Members for A_PROD_MTH.DIMENSION. Added: 31. No Longer Present: 0.
1006 25 12-AUG-07 14:17:45 Started Loading Dimension Members for A_SUBV_MTH.DIMENSION (6 out of 8 Dimensions).
1006 26 12-AUG-07 14:17:45 Finished Loading Members for A_SUBV_MTH.DIMENSION. Added: 3. No Longer Present: 0.
1006 27 12-AUG-07 14:17:45 Started Loading Dimension Members for A_TERM_MTH.DIMENSION (7 out of 8 Dimensions).
1006 28 12-AUG-07 14:17:45 Finished Loading Members for A_TERM_MTH.DIMENSION. Added: 12. No Longer Present: 0.
1006 29 12-AUG-07 14:17:45 Started Loading Dimension Members for A_TIME_MTH.DIMENSION (8 out of 8 Dimensions).
1006 30 12-AUG-07 14:17:45 Finished Loading Members for A_TIME_MTH.DIMENSION. Added: 11. No Longer Present: 0.
1006 31 12-AUG-07 14:17:45 Finished Loading Dimension Members.
1006 32 12-AUG-07 14:17:45 Started Loading Hierarchies.
1006 33 12-AUG-07 14:17:45 Started Loading Hierarchies for A_FICO_MTH.DIMENSION (1 out of 8 Dimensions).
1006 34 12-AUG-07 14:17:46 Finished Loading Hierarchies for A_FICO_MTH.DIMENSION. 1 hierarchy(s) STANDARD Processed.
1006 35 12-AUG-07 14:17:46 Started Loading Hierarchies for A_GEN4_MTH.DIMENSION (2 out of 8 Dimensions).
1006 36 12-AUG-07 14:17:47 Finished Loading Hierarchies for A_GEN4_MTH.DIMENSION. 1 hierarchy(s) STANDARD Processed.
1006 37 12-AUG-07 14:17:47 Started Loading Hierarchies for A_LOC_MTH.DIMENSION (3 out of 8 Dimensions).
1006 38 12-AUG-07 14:18:03 Finished Loading Hierarchies for A_LOC_MTH.DIMENSION. 5 hierarchy(s) DLRGRP, RGNDLRGRP, RGNSTATE, STANDAR
D, STATE Processed.
1006 39 12-AUG-07 14:18:03 Started Loading Hierarchies for A_MAKE_MTH.DIMENSION (4 out of 8 Dimensions).
1006 40 12-AUG-07 14:18:03 Finished Loading Hierarchies for A_MAKE_MTH.DIMENSION. 1 hierarchy(s) STANDARD Processed.
1006 41 12-AUG-07 14:18:03 Started Loading Hierarchies for A_PROD_MTH.DIMENSION (5 out of 8 Dimensions).
1006 42 12-AUG-07 14:18:03 Finished Loading Hierarchies for A_PROD_MTH.DIMENSION. 2 hierarchy(s) NEWUSED, STANDARD Processed.
1006 43 12-AUG-07 14:18:03 Started Loading Hierarchies for A_SUBV_MTH.DIMENSION (6 out of 8 Dimensions).
1006 44 12-AUG-07 14:18:03 Finished Loading Hierarchies for A_SUBV_MTH.DIMENSION. 1 hierarchy(s) STANDARD Processed.
1006 45 12-AUG-07 14:18:03 Started Loading Hierarchies for A_TERM_MTH.DIMENSION (7 out of 8 Dimensions).
1006 46 12-AUG-07 14:18:04 Finished Loading Hierarchies for A_TERM_MTH.DIMENSION. 1 hierarchy(s) STANDARD Processed.
1006 47 12-AUG-07 14:18:04 Started Loading Hierarchies for A_TIME_MTH.DIMENSION (8 out of 8 Dimensions).
1006 48 12-AUG-07 14:18:04 Finished Loading Hierarchies for A_TIME_MTH.DIMENSION. 1 hierarchy(s) STANDARD Processed.
1006 49 12-AUG-07 14:18:04 Finished Loading Hierarchies.
1006 50 12-AUG-07 14:18:04 Started Loading Attributes.
1006 51 12-AUG-07 14:18:04 Started Loading Attributes for A_FICO_MTH.DIMENSION (1 out of 8 Dimensions).
1006 52 12-AUG-07 14:18:04 Finished Loading Attributes for A_FICO_MTH.DIMENSION. 2 attribute(s) LONG_DESCRIPTION, SHORT_DESCRIPTION
Processed.
1006 53 12-AUG-07 14:18:04 Started Loading Attributes for A_GEN4_MTH.DIMENSION (2 out of 8 Dimensions).
1006 54 12-AUG-07 14:18:04 Finished Loading Attributes for A_GEN4_MTH.DIMENSION. 2 attribute(s) LONG_DESCRIPTION, SHORT_DESCRIPTION
Processed.
1006 55 12-AUG-07 14:18:04 Started Loading Attributes for A_LOC_MTH.DIMENSION (3 out of 8 Dimensions).
1006 56 12-AUG-07 14:18:11 Finished Loading Attributes for A_LOC_MTH.DIMENSION. 11 attribute(s) A_DEALER_AMERICREDIT_IND, A_DEALER_E
CONTRACTING_IND, A_DEALER_MARKET_SEGMENT, A_DEALER_ONEGAP_IND, A_DEALER_RESERVE_PLAN, A_DEALER_RETAIL_SALES_AGR_APV, A_D
EALER_SEGMENT, A_DEALER_STATUS_CD, A_FLOOR_PLAN_PROVIDER_NAME, LONG_DESCRIPTION, SHORT_DESCRIPTION Processed.
1006 57 12-AUG-07 14:18:11 Started Loading Attributes for A_MAKE_MTH.DIMENSION (4 out of 8 Dimensions).
1006 58 12-AUG-07 14:18:11 Finished Loading Attributes for A_MAKE_MTH.DIMENSION. 2 attribute(s) LONG_DESCRIPTION, SHORT_DESCRIPTION
Processed.
1006 59 12-AUG-07 14:18:11 Started Loading Attributes for A_PROD_MTH.DIMENSION (5 out of 8 Dimensions).
1006 60 12-AUG-07 14:18:11 Finished Loading Attributes for A_PROD_MTH.DIMENSION. 2 attribute(s) LONG_DESCRIPTION, SHORT_DESCRIPTION
Processed.
1006 61 12-AUG-07 14:18:11 Started Loading Attributes for A_SUBV_MTH.DIMENSION (6 out of 8 Dimensions).
1006 62 12-AUG-07 14:18:11 Finished Loading Attributes for A_SUBV_MTH.DIMENSION. 2 attribute(s) LONG_DESCRIPTION, SHORT_DESCRIPTION
Processed.
1006 63 12-AUG-07 14:18:11 Started Loading Attributes for A_TERM_MTH.DIMENSION (7 out of 8 Dimensions).
1006 64 12-AUG-07 14:18:11 Finished Loading Attributes for A_TERM_MTH.DIMENSION. 2 attribute(s) LONG_DESCRIPTION, SHORT_DESCRIPTION
Processed.
1006 65 12-AUG-07 14:18:11 Started Loading Attributes for A_TIME_MTH.DIMENSION (8 out of 8 Dimensions).
1006 66 12-AUG-07 14:18:12 Finished Loading Attributes for A_TIME_MTH.DIMENSION. 2 attribute(s) LONG_DESCRIPTION, SHORT_DESCRIPTION
Processed.
1006 67 12-AUG-07 14:18:12 Finished Loading Attributes.
1006 68 12-AUG-07 14:18:12 Finished Loading Dimensions.
1006 69 12-AUG-07 14:18:12 Started Updating Partitions.
1006 70 12-AUG-07 14:18:12 Finished Updating Partitions.
1006 71 12-AUG-07 14:18:26 Detached AW RLCUBEMGR.ACP_MTH.
1006 72 12-AUG-07 14:18:26 Starting Parallel Processing.
1006 10073 12-AUG-07 14:18:27 Attached AW RLCUBEMGR.ACP_MTH in MULTI Mode.
1006 10074 12-AUG-07 14:18:27 Started Load of Measures: V_APP_RECEIVED, V_APP_APPROVED, V_APP_COUNTERED, V_APP_CANCELLED, V_APP_DECISIONE
D, V_BKD_UNIT, V_BKD_DOLLAR, V_OS_UNIT, V_OS_DOLLAR, V_DELQ_UNIT, V_DELQ_DOLLAR, V_CHGOFF_UNIT, V_CHGOFF_DOLLAR, V_REPO_
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1006 10075 12-AUG-07 14:18:42 Finished Load of Measures: V_APP_RECEIVED, V_APP_APPROVED, V_APP_COUNTERED, V_APP_CANCELLED, V_APP_DECISION
ED, V_BKD_UNIT, V_BKD_DOLLAR, V_OS_UNIT, V_OS_DOLLAR, V_DELQ_UNIT, V_DELQ_DOLLAR, V_CHGOFF_UNIT, V_CHGOFF_DOLLAR, V_REPO
UNIT, VDLRRSVUNEARN from Cube ACPMTH.CUBE. DEFAULT Partition. Processed 0 Records. Rejected 0 Records.
1006 10076 12-AUG-07 14:18:42 Started Auto Solve for Measures: V_APP_APPROVED, V_APP_CANCELLED, V_APP_COUNTERED, V_APP_DECISIONED, V_APP_
RECEIVED, V_BKD_DOLLAR, V_BKD_UNIT, V_CHGOFF_DOLLAR, V_CHGOFF_UNIT, V_DELQ_DOLLAR, V_DELQ_UNIT, V_DLRRSVUNEARN, V_OS_DOL
LAR, V_OS_UNIT, V_REPO_UNIT from Cube ACPMTH.CUBE. DEFAULT Partition.
1006 90112 12-AUG-07 16:09:33 Running Jobs: AWXML$_1006_577, AWXML$_1006_578. Waiting for Tasks to Finish...
1006 90113 12-AUG-07 16:18:57 Finished Parallel Processing.
1006 90114 12-AUG-07 16:18:57 Completed Build(Refresh) of RLCUBEMGR.ACP_MTH Analytic Workspace.
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SQL> SELECT EXTNUM, SUM(DBMS_LOB.GETLENGTH(AWLOB)) FROM AW$acp_MTH GROUP BY EXTNUM;
EXTNUM SUM(DBMS_LOB.GETLENGTH(AWLOB))
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3 3758960128
2 3758960128
0 1.1173E+10
4 2295138076

Watrost makes some very valid points and you should review the suggestions he has made.
In addition I would like to add the following. When deciding on how and when to use partitioning and parallel processing I would suggest considering these points:
1) The partition dimension - most people partition on time, probably because all the examples I have seen in this area show this as if it were the "normal" method. Using time is a good idea if you want to perform some form of rolling time window and need to quickly and easily drop data for a specific time period. However, partitioning does impact on query performance and you need to balance the needs of "ease of maintenance" against query performance for your users. Once you have selected a level to use as the partition key you will notice on the Summary tab that levels above this key are in fact grayed out and cannot be selected. As Watrost points out, the partition key in effect becomes your top level of pre-aggregation. All other levels are summed at query time. This is normally ok, but for a 9 dimensional model it means you have no summary levels computed across any of your other 8 dimensions for levels above the partition key. This will have a serious impact on your query performance.
2) Parallel processing - many people seem to implement partitioning in the expectation that their cubes will aggregate more quickly. In most cases this can be true but there are many factors to consider. To be really effective you need to have multiple CPUs, and you should set the number of parallel jobs to a maximum of No of CPUs-1. For some reason I have seen many DBAs just randomly pick a number for this value that greatly exceeds the number of CPUs and then wonder why their cube build takes such a long time. I would start by using the No of CPUs/2 and scaling up to No of CPUs-1 to determine the sweet spot for your system based on resources. Don't forget it is not just CPUs that are important in this situation you also need fast disks as I/O contention can occur very easily.
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4) Sortarea size : check your sortarea size. Typically, this is set very small in most instances and OLAP operations are very sort intensive. Therefore, increasing this to 1M or higher can have a significant impact on load performance.
5) Monitoring Builds - There are some free performance views you can download from OTN that will help you monitor what is happening during a build. See the link for SQL Scripts for OLAP DBAs and the associated readme at:
http://www.oracle.com/technology/products/bi/olap/OLAP_DBA_scripts.ZIP
http://www.oracle.com/technology/products/bi/olap/OLAP_DBA_README.htm
I would look at the views AW_WAIT_EVENTS, OLAP_PGA_USE and AW_LONGOPS as well as generally monitoring your instance via OEM using the ADDM reports that can be generated. These will help you discover performance bottlenecks in your system
Now for the dilemma - parallel processing vs partitioning. Most people would agree that partial aggregation is a good idea as there is no need to re-aggregate a complete cube when there have been no changes to the dimensions/hierarchies and you are loading data for just the current month. But if you partition by month you will never get parallel processing because you will only be aggregating data within a single partition and for parallel processing to occur aggregation must occur across multiple partitions. What it does mean is that the time take for each load and partial aggregation should be consistent which makes it easy to plan.
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Hope this helps.
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Computer shuts off when using Firefox.

When using Firefox on my XP machine, the computer shuts down while on the Internet at random. I removed FF and reinstalled it, and it still shuts my computer down while on the net. I swap over to IE and there is no problems so it's in the Firefox program. Did not do this until a few weeks ago. HELP

I had this same problem, searched the net, got frustrated, but finally worked it out. If I used Mozilla my computer running Xp would shut off, if I used IE I could surf the web. However flash was not working on Youtube. In the end the problem was simply that my version of Adobe Flash was not the current one, this was causing a software conflict, which in turn was shutting down my computer while running firefox. I simply went to the Adobe site, and updated to the latest Flash, and also downloaded a debugger program for IE. Since then everything is ok, Mozilla no longer turns off my computer, and IE8 works fine with Youtube.
Hope this helps, as it sure frustrated me at the time.

My computer locks up when using Firefox

When using Firefox my computer periodically locks up. My screen goes blank and everything is unresponsive. I have to to a hard reboot to get my computer back up. I'm using a 64 bit version of Windows 7 and I have the latest version of Firefox installed. I typically don't use any of the plug-ins.

Ever since I downloaded v12, my computer has been locking up at least twice a DAY. I have uninstalled and reinstalled everything, including Firefox itself, as well as Adobe, and all the plug-ins associated with the application. I've run Spybot, C-Cleaner, and my anti-virus to confirm that there's nothing else wrong with the computer outside Firefox. If the computer is rebooted and Firefox is not opened, the system is fine. But once Firefox has been opened - even if it survives the session and I close Firefox - the computer is about 75% likely to lock up, requiring a hard reboot. I'm running Vista Home edition (32 bit). If anyone has a clue what might help stop this - because I'm quite sure that it's not healthy for my computer to be hard rebooted twice (or more) a day - I'd love to hear it! It's getting waaaay more than annoying, enough so that I'm ready to move to another browser to stop the problem.

Computer runs slow when Mac Mail open

Mail works ok, albeit very slow, but the computer runs painfully slow. Spinning beach ball trying to perform the most mundane tasks, like clicking between pages in Safari. Once I right click on Mail and close it, the computer runs just fine.

Also, with Activity Monitor open but Mail quit, select CPU down at the bottom, see what the % Idle is. Then open Mail and see what it says.
You should run the Combo Update to 10.5.8. This might help.
http://support.apple.com/downloads/Mac_OS_X_10_5_8_Combo_Update
@Eric: I'm not ruling it out 100% as a fix for this problem, but Permissions Repair is not the panacea or valuable troubleshooting step you seem to think it is. It may have been more useful in pre-Leopard OSs like Tiger.
http://unsanity.org/archives/000410.php

Computer is slow when plugged in

Hello,
I have this strange issue with my computer. When I connect my Power Adapter to computer, the computer will be very slow. If I remove the Power Adapter, everything runs normal. This was not the case earlier, and it just worked fine. I started facing this
issue recently.
System Model HP ProBook 4530s
System Manufacturer Hewlett-Packard
System Type X86-based PC (This is a 64-bit computer and I have installed 32-bit OS)
OS Name Microsoft Windows 8 Pro
Version 6.2.9200 Build 9200
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
BIOS Mode Legacy
Installed Physical Memory (RAM) 4.00 GB
Please let me know if Anyone has any clues on this.

If you remove the battery and just run on AC, does it work normally? I found
this thread on the HP forums where the battery was causing slowness when plugged in, and one person found that the AC adapter was causing the issue.
Hope this helps,
David
Windows Outreach Team - IT Pro
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Lag/computer is slow when sharing the screen durin...

Hi everyone. I have a question. (New here on the forum so hope I'm doing this correctly)
Me and my friend often have a Skype Call where one shares the screen. (One plays a game while the other one watches.) However, whenever I share the screen, there is this immense lag for me, making it pretty hard to do anything while screen sharing. Even when I simply browse the internet with nothing else but the screen sharing open makes my computer really slow. My computer is fast without screen sharing.
The funny thing is that everything else in Skype works just fine. When I simply chat or when I'm calling someone without the screen sharing, my computer just works great and fast. And whenever my friend is the one sharing the screen with me, she is experiencing no lag at all. It's just when I share my screen there's lots of lag.
So I was wondering what the problem here could be. The connection between us seems good enough. After all, regular calls are just fine. Does anyone know what the problem could be and how to fix it? Thanks a lot.

@AutoRepairMedia, Can you please reproduce the issue and provide logs as described in this link https://support.skype.com/en/faq/FA12321/how-do-i-create-log-files under Skype for Windows Desktop and attach it to your post?
Can you also try to share only a smaller window since if you are sending a high resolution contect, it is quite cpu heavy to encode such a video.
Thank you

Firefox crashed, can't open it at all, having to go thru internet explorer to use computer. Crashed when two firefox updates were done. Refreshing and rebooting didn't work. How do I fix this so my computer runs again with firefox?

We heard firefox had crashed, friend 4 hours away has same problem. She got hers fixed but even tho I can get a message that firefox is running , its not functioning so I can use it. Had two updates to do, one automatically, one I started at firefox request. Since then, we can't get on the internet or any programs. Unless you can tell me what's wrong, I'll have to have a computer company come in to fix problem.

It is always a good idea to back up your bookmarks, if you are able to do that now it may help, and if you are considering using them in an alternative browser it may be a good idea to back them up as HTML as well as the default .json files.
* see [[Backing up and restoring bookmarks]]
Have you read the articles shown in my first message above with the blue clickable links. One of the first things to try is using Firefox in firefox [[safe mode]] which should be available from your program list, BUT when trying that on the first dialogue do not make changes just click on continue.
*Does that work ?
* did you see the list of options and click on the continue button ?
* are you seeing any error messages ?

Computer is slow to quit Firefox

I will close Firefox and then try to go back to and it will say something like Firefox is still running. We need to close Firefox before opening it or restart computer.

Time Machine, Spotlight indexing, a hard drive over 85% full, a program checking for updates, or a third party utility not known to be compatible with your operating system are all possibilities. Is your data backed up?

Computer running slow when iTunes is converting

It hasn't always happened, but just recently when I convert a CD into iTunes my computer stutters, i.e. the mouse pointer skips, songs skip eratically if they're playing and the CPU usage goes through the roof. What's wrong, and what can I do?

I know it isnt the answer you want, but there is nothing 'wrong'. You are very likely to see this on 'modest' powered computers. Ripping and converting an entire CD is a computing intensive process, and unless you have a very high powered high end machine, you will probably see symptoms of the machine working it's tail off to complete the job as you described.
I'd first reccomend closing any programs you arent actually using (like the 10 thousand things most people usually have running down there where the clock is). This will free up some processing power to help the conversion go faster, and to leave a litle extra for what ever else it is you are working on.
If you are up for it, you might want to do some research into ways you want to upgrade the computer. I hate to reccoment this to anyone, but you will be suprised at the boost you can get out of something like putting in some memory. The obvious tradeoff there is that they dont usually give away memory for free.
Or plan a CD rip for a better time. Drop in the disk when you are going to be away from the computer for a while, or going to bed, and when you get up, it will be done.

Outlook 2010 painfully slow when sharing calendars

Hello - we are using Exchange Server 2003 with Outlook 2010 and one of the main admin assistants here shares MANY calendars. When she tries to open other calendars that she has been granted full rights to, the calendar will sit there on her screen
and say "Busy" for up to five minutes before it provides her with the details of each calendar entry. This is not an "every time" occurrence. But it does happen most times. And almost always there will be some type of significant delay.
Are there any settings on the Exchange server or within Outlook that could affect this? My concern is that she may be opening up too many simultaneous calendars or a bunch of calendars that total too many simultaneous entries.
Any thoughts? HELP!!!!!!

Hi,
Create a new profile to try if this issue fixed. No need to delete the old profile just yet, just make a new one to see if the problem is fixed.
If this fixes the problem, you can delete the old profile.
Sincerely

My Macbook Pro 15" has become painfully slow when transferring files to USB or my Externel HardDrive. Any ideas?

I's unsure when it started but for quite some time copying even 100-200MB files is taken 5-10 minutes. I have tried many different USB's and External HardDrives, but nothing seems to be working, no matter what USB port it is plugged into. I have researched online and have found many people with the same issue, but no one seems to have a fix. If I am in a rush to get to school it's the last thing I want to have to deal with. I am running Lion 10.7.4 on my 15" Macbook Pro.

From the Safari menu bar, select
Safari ▹ Preferences ▹ Extensions
Turn all extensions OFF and test. If the problem is resolved, turn extensions back ON and then disable them one or a few at a time until you find the culprit.
If you wish, you may be able to salvage the errant extension by uninstalling and reinstalling it. Its settings will revert to their defaults. If the extension still causes a problem, remove it permanently or refer to its developer for support.

Why does computer reacts slow when I double click.

It seems I have trouble double clicking on something while online or scrolling, as if the cursor isn't "grabbing" the scroll bar.

The exclamation point means iTunes is no longer able to locate the track and the location specified. See this article for more details.
iTunes: Finding lost media and downloads
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