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Fifrefox 3.5 and RAM issues

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  • Started 4 months ago by jasonallen347
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jasonallen347
jasonallen347
Posts: 9

HI! First Post! So glad i found this place. has already solved many problems i was having.
my specs:
HP dv5 1004-nr
AMD Turion X2 Ultra dual-Core Mobile ZM-80 2.10 GHz
4.00 GB Ram
64 bit VISTA

About a week ago i "upgraded" to Ff 3.5 from Ff 3.0.11. As soon as I did this, my laptop became snail like. TONS of cpu usage and RAM usage. though this forum i have resolved many of the CPU usage and disabled junk that did not need to be running. Still have an inordinate amount of RAM usage. Anywhere from 1.38 GB (where it is right now and level on the usage graph) all the way up to 2.03GB (at that time level on the task manager usage graph) I can not find out what is using so much RAM constantly. Can not watch video on the net, and having issues with video on DL to my HDD. Even opening the folder where I keep my full length movies can take up to 2 minutes to load.

I uninstalled Ff3.5 and reinstalled Ff 3.0.11 just to see if that is what caused it, as i said it all started After i installed 3.5. No help there..
I am wondering if anyone can help me figure out how to find out what is running, how to tweak it and get my pc back to running like Usain Bolt, like it did before I made the change.
thank you.

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mikehunt
mikehunt
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Go to this link and download "advanced system care 3" fantastic tool for sorting out issues like yours try it you'll be quite surprised and it's easy to use and self explanatory http://www.iobit.com/

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raphoenix
raphoenix
Posts: 5223

jasonallen347,
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Instead of adding more "stuff" into the system, might consider "decrapifying" the machine.
Says compatible with all "flavors" of Vista.
http://www.pcdecrapifier.com/download
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A good reference for setting up your Vista Services.
http://blackviper.com
http://www.vistax64.com/tutori.....vices.html
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Regards,
Rick P.

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jasonallen347
jasonallen347
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Mike and raphoenix, thank you for your help, i am late for a baseball game and will get to this when that is over tonight. I will reply with an update tonight or tomorrow when i have time to go through that stuff.
:D

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mikehunt
mikehunt
Posts: 57

Hey raphoenix if you've used Iobit's advanced system care 3 you'll see that it does a full sys clean aswell as all other thing's !

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raphoenix
raphoenix
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mikehunt,
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Thanks.
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I will try it and post a review sometime.
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Regards,
Rick P.

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mattfu
Posts: 27

i too have had problems since upgrading firefox, it keeps telling me that scripts arent running because of low memory. im running it on xp

matt

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jmcguire
jmcguire
Posts: 511

To all having Firefox Memory Issues.

Back up your bookmarks.
Back up Stylish scripts.
Back up Greasemonkey scripts.
Take note of all your extensions and any special settings they have.
Uninstall Firefox using Revo Unistaller (most advanced option).
Install Firefox 3.5.
Import Bookmarks.
Install extensions and customize.
Import Stylish scripts.
Import Greasemonkey scripts.

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LH
LH
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The OP is using 3.5.

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jmcguire
jmcguire
Posts: 511

@LH
The reason I suggest this is, I have had issues with Firefox keeping old configuration files (especially for extensions, even ones long since uninstalled). A completely fresh installation seems to help.

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LH
LH
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Completely true. I have had similar probs with FF installations in the past. Thanks for the reminder :)

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jasonallen347
jasonallen347
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JM...

i want to try what you said, but i don't know what Stylish and Greasemonkey scripts are and i looked on the wiki page and there is nothing there?
i use XMARKS to backup my bookmarks etc.
I also have a TON of plugins that i have no idea what they do so i don't know if i need to get rid of them.
I am going to try what you said now. will get back to you with the results.

MIKEHUNT & RAPHOENIX:
I tried what you said and it cleaned up a lot of junk, but still devouring RAM and video is still incredibly choppy... i can handle the slightly slower (sometimes) if the video would play smooth.

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jasonallen347
jasonallen347
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JM... did that and it took a long time, but i got rid of all that i know i could safely to "start over" and see if i just deleted/uninstalled all the junk running around my pc if that wuold help the performance. also used CC Cleaner, and the defragger on both my drives, as well as iobit utility mentioned earlier... registry optimization/defragger, defragger on both drives, disk cleanup etc...

STILL SLOW!!!! aaAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGHHHHHH!!!1

I am now totally lost.
i have copies (screenshots) or my processes, installed programs and desktop if that would help anyone help me figure out why my pc is so slow now... for two weeks now. let me know, thanks,
Jason

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jmcguire
jmcguire
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You seem to have figured it out, but Stylish and Gresemonkey are add-ons for Firefox that have scripts used to customize many different things.

If I understand, it isn't just Firefox that is slow, but the entire computer?

Posting the screenshots might actually help, by the way.

I would check what programs you have starting up with Windows (AIM, MSN, Yahoo! Messenger, etc.) and turn off the feature to have them "Start with Windows." You could also check if you have any toolbars installed. (Open Internet Explorer... *shudder*)

Try running Ad-Aware and Spybot: Search and Destory as well.

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jasonallen347
jasonallen347
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JMc. yes, the whole computer is being slow now. it all started when i DL FF 3.5. i did what you said, and it is working a little better. video still choppy, but not as bad as it was. i am DL Ad-Aware and Spybot. I will let you know what happened.

BTW... FF 3.0.11 had 264 Registry files and 1004 Files and Folders when scanned with Revo Uninstaller.
Yahoo messenger had 1475 registry files and 1201 files and folders.

For All To See: Here is my Desktop, Installed Programs (some i do not know what they are and i don't know if i can get rid of them) and my running processes.

please follow this link:

processes, programs etc

thanks for your help all.

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jasonallen347
jasonallen347
Posts: 9

ad-aware and spybot found nothing.

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paulmoscrop
Posts: 5

How To Make Firefox Use Less Ram When Minimized

The above link will help you make it use less ram when it is minimized!

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jmcguire
jmcguire
Posts: 511

I didn't see anything that jumped out to me as "phishy." I do not know what "WebEx" is though.

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