XPost: alt.windows7.general
From: MrPounder@RationalThought.com
Mr Pounder Esquire wrote:
> 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?
It was fine for a few hours today, then it slowed down again. Aww well,
cleaning the browser with Revo Uninstaller only takes a few seconds.
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