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\ bkostka4 (15 Jun 2007)
. \ David McRitchie (15 Jun 2007)

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Subject:	Re: Mozilla Firefox
Group:	Mozilla-support-firefox
From:	David McRitchie
Date:	15 Jun 2007

<bkostka4...
> I'm having problems with my browser it's very slow sometimes it won't
> even bring a page up. I have Road Runner and I'm sure it's not my
> them.
> I need help, I don't want to get rid of Mozilla and go back to Explore!

Do you have a name?

Sounds like you immediate problem might be with a Firewall.
http://kb.mozillazine.org/Firewalls
I can't get through to know if that article would be of help, but
basically the problem is that your new installation of Firefox
has to be known to the Firefox, so delete the old name/location
from the Firewall and let it know of the new one.

Some things that can slow things down.
- Ads, suggest installing "Adblock" or "Adblock Plus" extension
- Cache History, suggest clearing out, I actually use a .bat file
myself, but to through Firefox use Tools, Options, Privacy,
Settings (button) only check cache, OK
[x] Ask before clearing private data
Clear Now (button)
- Avoid the problematic extensions, unless you really need them.
Would certainly avoid useless extensions, many of which are
very large. Think twice before installing extension larger than
32KB download, really think before installing anything any
extension that is over 150KB to download.
- If you installed the Google Toolbar or Yahoo toolbar or any
third part search toolbar then get rid of it (uninstall or at least disable).
If you installed them you probably did not read what you are
accepting beforehand -- some of those default options will
really slow you down.
The builtin Search Bar is much better, suggest
you add "Add to Search Bar" extension to make things easier.

Check the following MozillaZine KB articles (all had timeouts at site)
http://kb.mozillazine.org/Problematic_extensions
http://kb.mozillazine.org/Memory_Leak
http://kb.mozillazine.org/Reducing_memory_usage_(Firefox)

If PageDn, PageUp, SpaceBar do not move down or up page
then hit F7 to turn off caret browsing.

For some specifics on things that have impacted users
or generated a lot of questions concerning FF 2.
http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/firefox/firefox.htm#fx2

For more information on any of the above, particularly for
any Extensions (#ext). I mentioned see my site.

--
David McRitchie, most questions have been asked before.
Firefox customizations/extensions notes, see
http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/firefox/firefox.htm

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