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Windows 7 and Firefox by Spunky on 07-02-2009 at 11:48 PM
Is anybody else having problems with the two together? Firefox takes about 5 minutes to load properly and become visible. It happens on all versions of Firefox I've tried and other Mozilla browsers...
RE: Windows 7 and Firefox by Mike on 07-02-2009 at 11:50 PM
No, everything works fine here.
Have you tried creating a new profile?
RE: Windows 7 and Firefox by tony on 07-03-2009 at 12:33 AM
I been experiencing some lagging problems since i updated to 3.5 
RE: Windows 7 and Firefox by Menthix on 07-03-2009 at 12:53 AM
Creating a new profile and freshly installing the add-ons you need is worth the trouble. Definitely when you have been using Firefox for a while now.
I created a new profile after installing too (in fact even completely uninstalled 3.0 first, because of some other issue). It feels a lot faster now.
RE: Windows 7 and Firefox by Th3rmal on 07-03-2009 at 04:58 AM
quote:
Originally posted by tony
I been experiencing some lagging problems since i updated to 3.5
RE: Windows 7 and Firefox by RaceProUK on 07-06-2009 at 05:21 PM
3.5's been fine with me on a Win7 machine and an XP box. In both instances, it's as if someone's rammed a turbocharger on the browser engine.
RE: Windows 7 and Firefox by Spunky on 07-06-2009 at 05:23 PM
Well, changing profile was of no use at all I'm afraid. I always experienced a little lag on starup, but not by this much =/
Looks like a may be stuck with Chrome until I can figure it out
RE: Windows 7 and Firefox by NanaFreak on 07-06-2009 at 05:26 PM
what are the specs of your system? this may just be the issue... or may help to eliminate a plausible issue...
RE: Windows 7 and Firefox by Spunky on 07-06-2009 at 06:29 PM
quote:
Originally posted by NanaFreak
what are the specs of your system? this may just be the issue... or may help to eliminate a plausible issue...
AMD 64 bit Dual Core (4600)
1 GB RAM
GeForce 9500GT Graphics Card
Windows 7 RC1
Seems to be all Mozilla browsers I've tried to far (Firefox 3 & 3.5, Flock and whichever Firefox was codenamed Shiretoko
[Might try Netscape 9 tonight if I can find it as that used quite good anyway and had all the same features etc, just no more support for it])
RE: Windows 7 and Firefox by Mnjul on 07-06-2009 at 06:32 PM
Same happend when I upgraded to 3.5. Fx takes a couple minutes to start up at boot, and when it's warming up, I can't start some programs such as IE. But once Fx is ready, even if I close it and restart it, it'll start fine and quick. :/
Vista x64 SP2 and 8GB RAM on a Q6600.
RE: Windows 7 and Firefox by RaPLeX on 07-06-2009 at 07:31 PM
quote:
Originally posted by Spunky
Is anybody else having problems with the two together? Firefox takes about 5 minutes to load properly and become visible. It happens on all versions of Firefox I've tried and other Mozilla browsers...
everything is ok for me.i ve windows 7 .7229 and firefox 3.5.
RE: Windows 7 and Firefox by RaceProUK on 07-08-2009 at 05:26 PM
quote:That's more than enough for Firefox.
Originally posted by Spunky
AMD 64 bit Dual Core (4600)
1 GB RAM
Try disabling all your add-ons, and see if that improves the loading. If it does, turn on the add-ons one at a time, until the loading times drop off again. Then you'll have the culprit.
RE: Windows 7 and Firefox by Spunky on 07-08-2009 at 06:58 PM
quote:
Originally posted by RaceProUK
quote:That's more than enough for Firefox.
Originally posted by Spunky
AMD 64 bit Dual Core (4600)
1 GB RAM
Try disabling all your add-ons, and see if that improves the loading. If it does, turn on the add-ons one at a time, until the loading times drop off again. Then you'll have the culprit.
I have no add-ons yet. Can never be bothered to wait for it to load =/
RE: Windows 7 and Firefox by Spunky on 07-08-2009 at 09:50 PM
quote:
Originally posted by nimicitor
Is 1GB of RAM ok for Windows 7 to run things smoothly?
For me, yes...
RE: RE: Windows 7 and Firefox by andrewdodd13 on 07-08-2009 at 11:25 PM
quote:I've found this as well, although it's not a particularly long time - 10 seconds or so.
Originally posted by Mnjul
Same happend when I upgraded to 3.5. Fx takes a couple minutes to start up at boot, and when it's warming up, I can't start some programs such as IE. But once Fx is ready, even if I close it and restart it, it'll start fine and quick. :/
Vista x64 SP2 and 8GB RAM on a Q6600.
XP32 Pro SP3 and 4GB RAM on a Q9550.
RE: Windows 7 and Firefox by Menthix on 07-10-2009 at 05:26 PM
You may also try cleaning out these folders:
C:\Documents and Settings\*user*\Local Settings\History
C:\Documents and Settings\*user*\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files
C:\Documents and Settings\*user*\My Recent Documents
C:\Documents and Settings\*user*\Temp\
On Vista or Windows 7 systems, simply replace "Documents and Settings" with "Users."
See: Lefehacker - Speed Up Slow Firefox 3.5 Windows Start-Ups
RE: Windows 7 and Firefox by RaceProUK on 07-13-2009 at 05:39 PM
The first two folders are for IE though...
And why Firefox would be accessing 'My Recent Documents' I don't know.
Personally, I'd recommend a quick run of CCleaner.
quote:And drop the 'My', I think.
Originally posted by Menthix
On Vista or Windows 7 systems, simply replace "Documents and Settings" with "Users."
RE: Windows 7 and Firefox by Menthix on 07-13-2009 at 05:52 PM
quote:Good point, I would say so too, just copy/pasted it without paying too much attention. It comes from a Mozilla dedicated site though: http://mozillalinks.org/wp/2009/07/workaround-for...artups-on-windows/
Originally posted by RaceProUK
The first two folders are for IE though...
And why Firefox would be accessing 'My Recent Documents' I don't know.
It may just be /Temp/ that does the speeding up. Oh well, doesn't hurt to clean out the others too.
RE: RE: Windows 7 and Firefox by segosa on 07-13-2009 at 05:58 PM
quote:
Originally posted by Menthix
You may also try cleaning out these folders:
C:\Documents and Settings\*user*\Local Settings\History
C:\Documents and Settings\*user*\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files
C:\Documents and Settings\*user*\My Recent Documents
C:\Documents and Settings\*user*\Temp\
On Vista or Windows 7 systems, simply replace "Documents and Settings" with "Users."
See: Lefehacker - Speed Up Slow Firefox 3.5 Windows Start-Ups
That's definitely the reason for the startup problems. I was scrolling through this thread hoping someone would have posted that link earlier 'cause everyone was suggesting things like making new profiles and disabling addons which had nothing to do with it.
RaceProUK: If you read the post linked to, you'll see that it's using temporary files to generate random numbers for the security-related functions in the browser. Very stupid idea, yes.
RE: Windows 7 and Firefox by NanaFreak on 07-17-2009 at 05:24 AM
good news: http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2009/07/firefox-351-...g-later-this-week/
=D
RE: Windows 7 and Firefox by RaceProUK on 07-19-2009 at 01:11 PM
quote:I know: it was on Slashdot
Originally posted by segosa
quote:
Originally posted by Menthix
You may also try cleaning out these folders:
C:\Documents and Settings\*user*\Local Settings\History
C:\Documents and Settings\*user*\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files
C:\Documents and Settings\*user*\My Recent Documents
C:\Documents and Settings\*user*\Temp\
On Vista or Windows 7 systems, simply replace "Documents and Settings" with "Users."
See: Lefehacker - Speed Up Slow Firefox 3.5 Windows Start-Ups
That's definitely the reason for the startup problems. I was scrolling through this thread hoping someone would have posted that link earlier 'cause everyone was suggesting things like making new profiles and disabling addons which had nothing to do with it.
RaceProUK: If you read the post linked to, you'll see that it's using temporary files to generate random numbers for the security-related functions in the browser. Very stupid idea, yes.
