XPost: alt.windows7.general   
   From: MrPounder@RationalThought.com   
      
   Mr Pounder Esquire wrote:   
   > 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.   
      
   Just rolled Firefox back to version 51.0.1.   
   Sod the security warnings and "thou should not be doing this!"   
   I'll report back.   
      
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