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    Firefox troubles

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by dgerber87, Oct 12, 2006.

  1. dgerber87

    dgerber87 Notebook Enthusiast

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    So, i'm wondering if i am the only one who has problems with firefox.

    THese are the problems that I am facing:

    occasionally some websites (sub-sites) do not work. When i refer to subsites, i am talking about, for ex: i can get to Notebookreview.com, but i cannot get the forum section of notebookreview.com.

    What's going on with this. It has happened with several sites.

    My solution to this is to run IE. When i do that, the sites work. I'm not a fan of IE, and i don't plan on switching. I just want to know what's going on with FF.

    THanks for your help!
     
    dgerber87, Oct 12, 2006
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  2. count_schemula

    count_schemula Notebook Deity

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    Firefox uses a lot of memory. Sometimes when you close it, it does not really close.

    Try closing it, and look in the task manager to see if it's still running. If so, kill it there, and then re-open it.
     
    count_schemula, Oct 12, 2006
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  3. drumfu

    drumfu super modfu

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    works for me

    are you on the newest version?
     
    drumfu, Oct 12, 2006
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  4. Bog

    Bog Losing it...

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    Bog, Oct 12, 2006
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  5. qhn

    qhn Notebook User

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    currently running ff RC2 with following tweaks (from laszlo) = Zero issue!
    my connection is dsl over wireless router (802.11b/g)
    xp -sp2 home and vista rc2

    browser.cache.memory.capacity : 65536 (i have 1gigo ram)
    browser.cache.disk_cache_ssl : true
    browser.xul.error_pages.enabled : true
    content.interrupt.parsing : true
    content.max.tokenizing.time : 3000000
    content.maxtextrun : 8191
    content.notify.backoffcount : 5
    content.notify.interval : 750000
    content.notify.ontimer : true
    content.switch.threshold : 750000
    network.http.max-connections : 24 (laszlo = 32)
    network.http.max-connections-per-server : 8
    network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-proxy : 4 (laszlo = 8)
    network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-server : 2 (laszlo = 4)
    network.http.pipelining : true
    network.http.pipelining.maxrequests : 4 (laszlo = 8)
    network.http.proxy.pipelining : true
    nglayout.initialpaint.delay : 750
    plugin.expose_full_path : true
    signed.applets.codebase_principal_support : true

    cheers ...
     
    qhn, Oct 13, 2006
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  6. Fred from NYC

    Fred from NYC Notebook Evangelist

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    If all else fails, uninstall Firefox, delete your old profile, and install Firefox from scratch.
     
    Fred from NYC, Oct 13, 2006
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