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    Browser(s) Freeze on W7

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by usapatriot, Jan 14, 2010.

  1. usapatriot

    usapatriot Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    So far I've tried both Firefox (my preference) and Chrome after I got annoyed at FF's intermittent freezers.

    Now there are not crashes, but intermittent freezes that occur when scrolling or if I start moving and clicking stuff while the page is still loading.

    This incurs a huge time loss on my part by having to wait until everything is fully loaded before I click on anything.

    This does not occur on my desktop while using FF, so I'm not sure why it happens on my laptop with FF and Chrome. If anyone has any suggestions I'd be very glad to hear them.
     
    usapatriot, Jan 14, 2010
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  2. coolguy

    coolguy Notebook Prophet

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    I have this issue too with the latest FF in my laptop with Win 7 64-bit, not there in my work desktop with Vista 64 bit. FF is also using the CPU much when viewing web pages with flash animations.
    I don't have any issues with IE 8.
     
    coolguy, Jan 14, 2010
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  3. usapatriot

    usapatriot Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    I guess I ought to try IE8 as well then because Chrome does the exact same thing as FF. Bleh.

    I can't believe I will have to use IE8.

    EDIT: IE8 is doing the SAME thing. I am very annoyed right now.
     
    usapatriot, Jan 14, 2010
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    If you only have freezes in Webpages could be a background running process or a bad add on.
    If you do freeze in Desktop as well could be harddisk failing.
     
    weinter, Jan 16, 2010
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    I was having the same issues with FF on mine, but the it all went away when it updated to 3.5.7. It sounds more like to me that either an addon is messed up, or you've got a bug running around...
     
    Larmie1997, Jan 16, 2010
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    Flash use to do this crap to me. Especially Flash heavy pages like ESPN.
     
    surfasb, Jan 16, 2010
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  7. usapatriot

    usapatriot Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    I just completely uninstalled Firefox, Adobe Flash and Adobe Reader. I just reinstalled everything again, I'm checking it out now.
     
    usapatriot, Jan 16, 2010
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    If I could stab Adobe Flash in the chest.....
     
    surfasb, Jan 16, 2010
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  9. Darth Bane

    Darth Bane Dark Lord of the Sith

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    I also have had this issue with ff and 7 x64.
     
    Darth Bane, Jan 16, 2010
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  10. usapatriot

    usapatriot Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    It's odd that it only happens on laptops and not desktops.
     
    usapatriot, Jan 17, 2010
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  11. sgogeta4

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    I get that too :(
     
    sgogeta4, Jan 18, 2010
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  12. usapatriot

    usapatriot Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Good to know I'm not alone at least! :D
     
    usapatriot, Jan 19, 2010
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  13. Darth Bane

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    I did notice that if I set firefox to the highest priority in task manager, it would reduce the frequency/eliminate the problem.
     
    Darth Bane, Jan 19, 2010
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  14. yknyong1

    yknyong1 Radiance with Radeon

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    It's your Intel wireless driver that's causing this problem. DPC latency.
     
    yknyong1, Jan 19, 2010
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    It happened to me when not using wireless.
     
    Darth Bane, Jan 19, 2010
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    yknyong1 Radiance with Radeon

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    You have to disable the wireless card using device manager. My opera and chrome no longer freeze after trying that.

    Some people recommended Version 11 or earlier Intel drivers; they were reported not to cause any latency issues.
     
    yknyong1, Jan 19, 2010
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