XPost: alt.windows7.general   
   From: MrPounder@RationalThought.com   
      
   Ian Jackson wrote:   
   > In message , Wolf K    
   > writes   
   >> On 2018-01-31 01:19, Steve Hayes wrote:   
   >>> On Tue, 30 Jan 2018 18:42:09 -0000, "Mr Pounder Esquire"   
   >>>  wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>> Sorry to have to ask here. The XP groups are not doing very much.   
   >>>> I've tried the Mozilla groups and got nowhere.   
   >>>  I reverted to Firefox v41 and turned off update nagging.   
   >>>  It runs much faster now, and only crashes once a fortnight instead   
   >>> of   
   >>> 7 times a day.   
   >>>  But every time I run it it tells me how much faster the latest   
   >>> version   
   >>> is. So much for truth in advertising.   
   >>>   
   >> FF 52.6.0 ESR, no problems, Win8.1 Home 64bit, no auto-updating for   
   >> anything.   
   >>   
   > With my XP Pro, 32-bit, FF 52.6.0 ESR now takes at least a minute to   
   > 'get up to speed' after launch. It's often not too happy with those   
   > websites that carry a lot of additional baggage. It usually helps if   
   > run with the addons disabled.   
   >   
   > I also find it helps to have a dummy (unused) session of FF running -   
   > and if I then launch another session, that starts quite quickly.   
      
   Well, I followed Paul's advice and turned off hardware acceleration in   
   Firebox (it's in "Advanced" and is easy to ignore)  and all has been fine   
   all day long. I tried youtube, no problems.   
   Tonight  I have just turned off and on computer twice. Firefox/Google has   
   loaded like lightning, like it used to do.   
   Also, believe it or not, this old computer seems to have booted up a lot   
   faster, and I don't understand why.   
   I just hope it lasts. Touches wood .............   
   Many thanks to Paul.   
   Are you the guy that helped me out with a television aerial a few years ago?   
      
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