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    Firefox Dwonload window takes ages to load

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by moon angel, Dec 27, 2006.

  1. moon angel

    moon angel Notebook Virtuoso NBR Reviewer

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    One of the reasons I switched from Firefox is that the download window takes ages and I mean ages, at least 30 seconds to load! Defragging has had no effect. It could well be down to installing FF2 then uninstalling and going back to 1.5.

    Any ideas? I get loads of HDD activity but as long as other apps dont need the hard drive they respond fine during.
     
    moon angel, Dec 27, 2006
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  2. m9chan

    m9chan Notebook Enthusiast

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    have you tried cleaning up the download list?
     
    m9chan, Dec 27, 2006
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  3. Phillip

    Phillip Phillip J. Fry

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    you could always return to opera lol
    cleaning the download list sound like a good start......also perhaps you cookies/temp internet files need some cleaning up.
     
    Phillip, Dec 27, 2006
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    I had similar problems with FF2 on my NB (slow downloads, slow page loads), so went back to 1.5.

    FF2 (ver. 2.0.0.1) works fine on the desktop. Could be the processor (Sempron on the NB and Intel Core Duo on the desktop).

    Definitely try clearing cache, cookies, history, and cleanup the downloads. This blog has a little more info:

    http://billstclair.com/blog/slow_firefox_downloads_fixed.html
     
    sanpabloguy, Dec 27, 2006
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  5. NetBrakr

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    Huh, I installed Firefox 2 on my notebook, my mom's (500mhz) computer, and my uncle's computer. And all of them run smoothly, no slow down. My mom's is a Celeron and my uncle's is a P4. Weird.

    JC
     
    NetBrakr, Dec 27, 2006
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    moon angel Notebook Virtuoso NBR Reviewer

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    Thanks everyone, that worked great!
     
    moon angel, Dec 28, 2006
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    Do you use the Download Statusbar extension? I love it, but it also has a tendency to forget to clear the download list, so if I don't do it manually from time to time, I get the same problem...
     
    Jalf, Dec 28, 2006
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  8. iza

    iza Notebook Evangelist

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    You can set FF to clear the download list on exit.
     
    iza, Dec 28, 2006
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