XPost: alt.windows7.general   
   From: MrPounder@RationalThought.com   
      
   Mr Pounder Esquire wrote:   
   > 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.   
      
   Reporting back.   
   Rolling back made no difference.   
   Not that it really matters, Revo cleans the browser in a few seconds.   
   But ............. why is this happening?   
      
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