Firefox opening slow

17 years ago

When I start my computer (OS: Win XP Media Edition) in the morning, Firefox 3.0.4 now takes an inordinately long time to open, like 3 minutes. Is this normal, and 3.0.4 is just slow, or is there something wrong with my computer?

After FF has opened for the first time, I can close it and it will open again at what I consider an acceptable speed, so long as I do not restart my computer. I have cable Internet and Web sites are coming up just as quickly as they always did.

I used AdAware and Spybot Search & Destroy to ferret out any malware and ads, but the slowness persists.

I could go back to an earlier version of FF, but then I am afraid it would be lacking some critical security update.

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ravencajun Zone 8b TX
17 years ago
if you hit your firefox update button you should be given the newest updated version 3.0.5 through your firefox auto update feature. That update may help.
Firefox 3.0.5

do you have add-ons? sometimes load times are affected by some add-ons. Disabling them and re-enabling one at a time could help determine if it is one of them. Also what is your home page set at on firefox? if it is a heavily laden site it can often really increase the load time.
biwako_of_abi
Original Author
17 years ago
Thanks. I'll try the update. I do have add-ons, but up till I got 3.0.4, they had not caused any slowing that I could see. My home page is hotmail and has been hotmail for ages, so unless it suddenly changed at the same time I updated FF, I don't think it can be the problem.

I will update to 3.0.5 and see what happens, and if there is still trouble, I will try what you said with the add-ons. Possibly 3.0.4 gets indigestion from some of them that were all right in the past! =)
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Those readings in the task manager look ok, I'm not sure where you are reading this from ( my memory is 1.37gb). In your first post you led me to believe the only slow down was the fact that internet pages are slow to open and that is why I addressed the browser. Is this the only problem? If the entire computer is slow follow through with ravens post. If it is just the pages opening slow we can give you a link for a different browser to try to see if that resolves it and then we can focus on the browser issue. Please run the SUPERAntiSpyware program in the link that ravencajun gave you follow the directions with the scan, after the scan completes open SUPERANTIspyware again in the window that opens CLICK on PREFERENCES at the top click on STATISTICS/LOG choose the latest log by date view the log, now copy and paste the log here so we can see it.
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biwako_of_abi
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17 years ago
RavenCajun: I installed 3.0.5, and presto, no more trouble. FF opened in less than 20 seconds. Thanks so much!
not2bright
17 years ago
biwako_of_abi wrote: I do have add-ons, but up till I got 3.0.4, they had not caused any slowing that I could see.

My situation is kind of similar. My FF2 opened in less than 30 seconds (complete with all my dozen or so add-ons), but upon upgrading to FF3 (3.0.4) things slowed down to a crawl (minimum 45 seconds to open). There was no change upon getting the latest update (3.0.5). Still sllloooowwwww.... (Opera opens in less than 15 and Iron (based on Chrome) in less than 4 !!) Once open, though, FF is its 'normal' surfing speed. Maybe my FF 3 has more indigestion than yours ! ;-)

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biwako_of_abi
Original Author
17 years ago
Not2bright: No, no, MINE had more indigestion! LOL See in my first post where I mentioned that it was taking up around 3 minutes to open? I'm sorry that getting 3.0.5 hasn't fixed yours, though. Wonder what can be going on?
Jasdip
17 years ago
I installed FF2 several months ago and yesterday upgraded to 3.05.
My first site I open after my computer has been shut down has ALWAYS been slow to open. Whether it's my email, or GW, the first site takes minutes to open.

As long as 1 site stays open, my subsequent sites open in a flash. I use 3 add-ons, and uninstalled them initially to see if it improves the speed, but they have no significance on them.

Any ideas?
biwako_of_abi
Original Author
17 years ago
I'm afraid not. In my case, FF itself opened slow, not my home page. FF 3.0.5 is better than 3.0.4, but it is still slow when opening for the first time after I turn on my PC in the morning or "restart it" (slow, that is, as compared with its speed in coming up when I have not just turned on my computer). Once it has been turned on, then it comes up quickly.

I hope someone else will recognize your problem and be able to help you. Have you run software to see if your computer has gotten any malware?
Jasdip
17 years ago
Hi biwako,
Yep, ran my SuperAntiSpyware yesterday and my Avast is terrific.
Often Yahoo Groups is slow to open as well, but that's okay, I kind of expect that since it happens regularly. But I wish the sites wouldn't open so slow, initially.
ravencajun Zone 8b TX
17 years ago
one suggestion you might try getting ATF and running that for each of your browsers that could possibly help.
Please download ATF Cleaner by Atribune from http://www.atribune.org/index.php?option=c...5&Itemid=25 . Save it to your Desktop.
http://www.atribune.org/index.php?option=c...5&Itemid=25

Run ATF Cleaner

* Double-click ATF-Cleaner.exe to run the program.
* Click Select All found at the bottom of the list.
* Click the Empty Selected button.
* Click Exit on the Main menu to close the program.
* Shutdown/restart the computer.

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