Firefox Slow to Operate???

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Gudziel

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I've noticed a huge decrease in the performance of Firefox. I know that people are experiencing crashes and what-not, which I (knock on wood) have not yet. But I have definitely experienced a major decrease in speed, to start up and loading between pages.

Are there known issues with Firefox? I never had issues with Firefox in Vistax64. Any ideas?
 

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6x120mm Red LED Fans / ARCTIC COOLING Freezer 7 Pro
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I am not having any issues on Win 7 32 bit. It is snappy.

Have you upgraded to Firefox 3.5.4?

Do you have a bunch of extensions and how does it perform with the extensions turned off?
 

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Ignatz Special; 4 speed manual gearbox; factory air conditioning; one of one
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Windows 7 Home Premium SP1, 64-bit
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Intel Skylake i5-6600K, not overclocked
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AsRock Z170M Extreme 4, micro ATX
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8 GB HyperX DDR4-2666 (2 x 4 GB)
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none; graphics are integrated on CPU
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onboard: Realtek ALC1150; external: USB Behringer UF0-202
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Dell S2340M 23 inch IPS
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Rosewill SilentNight 500 watt fanless, semi-modular
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Antec Solo II
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Microsoft 200 6JH-00001 USB
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Dell or Microsoft optical wired; USB
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Microsoft Security Essentials and Malwarebytes Premium
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Pale Moon
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All fans PWM; speeds at idle: CPU circa 500 rpm; intake circa 600 rpm; exhaust circa 600 rpm; CPU temps 27 idle and 47 C load in a warm room (27 C/81 F) when running Intel Extreme Tuning Utility stress test.
Yeah I have 3.5.4 and I have no extensions on there (just did a clean install as I got Win7 last week). So I am unsure what else is going on...
 

My Computer My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Self Built
OS
Vista Home Premium 64bit
CPU
Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 Wolfdale 3.0GHz 6MB L2 Cache LGA 775
Motherboard
EVGA NVIDIA nForce 780i SLI ATX Intel Motherboard
Memory
OCZ NVIDIA SLI-Ready Edition 8GB 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM
Graphics Card(s)
EVGA GeForce GTX 260 896MB 448-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16
Sound Card
Creative Sound Blaster Audigy SE 7.1 Channels
Monitor(s) Displays
2 x LG - 23" Widescreen Flat-Panel LCD HD Monitor - Black
Screen Resolution
1920 x 1080
Hard Drives
Seagate Barracuda 250GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb
PSU
OCZ GameXStream 600W ATX12V SLI Certified CrossFire Ready
Case
COOLER MASTER HAF 932 Black Steel ATX Full Tower
Cooling
6x120mm Red LED Fans / ARCTIC COOLING Freezer 7 Pro
Other Info
Logitech G51 155 watts 5.1 Surround Sound Speakers
One thing I have noticed on Vista and once on Win 7:

I am viewing a web page. I shut Firefox down with the red X at the upper right.

A few minutes later, I poke the Firefox icon to restart the browser.

Nothing happens other than an error message to the effect that Firefox is already running, even though I see nothing on screen.

I look in task manager and see that Firefox in fact is running and is occupying 50% of my CPU cycles. I have to shut it down in the task manager before I can actually open it on screen.

This happens intermittently and may be rarer in Windows 7, but it is annoying.
 

My Computer My Computer

Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Ignatz Special; 4 speed manual gearbox; factory air conditioning; one of one
OS
Windows 7 Home Premium SP1, 64-bit
CPU
Intel Skylake i5-6600K, not overclocked
Motherboard
AsRock Z170M Extreme 4, micro ATX
Memory
8 GB HyperX DDR4-2666 (2 x 4 GB)
Graphics Card(s)
none; graphics are integrated on CPU
Sound Card
onboard: Realtek ALC1150; external: USB Behringer UF0-202
Monitor(s) Displays
Dell S2340M 23 inch IPS
Screen Resolution
1600 x 900
Hard Drives
System: Crucial MX100 series SSD, 128 GB;
Data: Samsung Spinpoint 103SJ, 1 TB;
Backup: WD Caviar Green WD30EZRX-00D8PB0, 3 TB
PSU
Rosewill SilentNight 500 watt fanless, semi-modular
Case
Antec Solo II
Cooling
Noctua NH-U12S; Noctua F12 intake, Noctua S12A exhaust
Keyboard
Microsoft 200 6JH-00001 USB
Mouse
Dell or Microsoft optical wired; USB
Antivirus
Microsoft Security Essentials and Malwarebytes Premium
Browser
Pale Moon
Other Info
All fans PWM; speeds at idle: CPU circa 500 rpm; intake circa 600 rpm; exhaust circa 600 rpm; CPU temps 27 idle and 47 C load in a warm room (27 C/81 F) when running Intel Extreme Tuning Utility stress test.
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