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Do disabled add-ons use resources? Would removing them completely use less resources? The reason I ask is, I have quite a number of add-ons in the disabled state that I have not removed in case I decide to reactivate/use them again. I was just wondering if having the add-ons associated with the FF software, even in their disabled state, caused Firefox to use any more resources (cpu/ram) than if they were completely removed? If it makes no difference whatsoever in ram/cpu usage if the disabled add-ons are removed or not removed, then I'll just leave them disabled and undeleted. But since my Firefox eats up more and more cpu and memory the longer I use it, I'm interested in getting rid of anything that eats resources, especially if I don't really use them.

I don't think my question is specific to my tech specs, but am using: Windows XP Pro, SP3, and Firefox 9.0.1 (which I intend to upgrade when I finish researching what version is best for me in terms of performance, but especially compatibility with my essential add-ons). Thanks for your time and attention. ~ Zorg54

I have set Firefox so that every time I start it, it shows the tabs from last time. However, just recently it has started with the tabs from last time plus an extra tab.

The other day I installed three addons which all required Firefox to be re-started and each time it did so, there was an extra tab so that by the end of my addon session I had three extra unasked-for tabs. Not a problem really, just an irritation that I want to stop. How can I stop this?

Until recently this did not happen and I just got the tabs from my last session unless I had closed them before shutting down Firefox. Even if I make sure that there are no new, unused tabs before shutting Firefox, I still get a new tab when I start it again.

Hello fellow Firefox users!

For most of us, Firefox suffers from an insane memory leak, this can cause slow-down, and maybe even crashes. This happens mainly because when you close tabs, the RAM they took is still taxing your computer. That among other things cause this annoying leakage.

-SOLUTION- I recently switched to Firefox, and has this leak. I would not put up with it, so I set out for solutions. Here is what I came up with.

Some add-ons I've handpicked, that when combined, are extremely effective.

RAMBack https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/ramback/?src=ss

MemoryFox https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/memory-fox/?src=search

MemoryRestart 1.1 https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/memory-restart/?src=ss

-ALSO- Firefox acting slow? Try these great add-ons!

SpeedFox 0.9.11 https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/speedfox/?src=search

DownThemAll https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/downthemall/?src=search ________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Get all of those together, and make a leak free, and faster Firefox!

Dear If i wrote the address spelling correctly then its working. But if I make any mistake its automatically redirect me to this page http://www.rujkc.com/u_11997.html. for example if i wrote http://www.aaalj.com/ its automatically redirect me to http://www.rujkc.com/u_11997.html

but at the same time I am using opera and Chrome, they are not redirecting but only Firefox.

Please help me anyone

Firefox 9.0.1 Simply Mepis squeeze Linux Experienced user When clearing Firefox history, I get Libreoffice open up the New Document page. I have no other problems whatsoever. This occurs with no add-ons installed and with installed add-ons. It does not happen every time and I wonder why. Many thanks Nicktrcat

I use software like PicPick, Desktop Hunter, Screen Hunter and WebShot to capture parts of my computer screen (images, photographs, areas of text etc), save the captured area to a file or the clipboard and then load or paste it into a program like PowerPoint, Word or Excel.

None of these programs will work when I have Firefox open. This is the case even if I'm not trying to capture anything being displayed in the Firefox web browser. It's sufficient for Firefox to be open. If Firefox is open, but minimized and I try using say PicPick to capture part of a photograph being displayed in say Ashampoo Photo Commander, then the screen goes black except for the PicPick capture half rectangle.

The same thing happens when I try and capture any part of the screen in a Firefox tab.

The screen capture Firefox add-on Lightshot doesn't work either.

The only way I can use my screen capture software is by shutting Firefox down.

I wonder if anyone else has had this problem. It's annoying that every time I want to use screen capture software, I have to shut down Firefox. It's also annoying that I can't capture images being displayed in Firefox tabs.

So I'd be very grateful to anyone who could suggest what the problem might be.

My thanks for your suggestions i advance. I very much appreciate them.

I'm running Windows XP Professional on a Dell Dimension 8400.

Hello. When I open a new TAB, with a lag, the new page address (http://isearch.babylon.com/?affID=120024&babsrc=NT_ss&mntrId=b06b4c1b00000000000000158315a310) and then it goes to the address (http://mystart.incredibar.com/MB131?a=6PQGKi6jIT) is the Home page of the settings tab is Blank., how can I solve the problem? your instructions.

I have a HP Pavilion desktop pc with at660a mother board and have just downloaded the latest Mozilla fire fox and now I cannot open PDF files when I am still on the web I can open then but as soon as I load into downloads on my hard drive all I get is a blank page except for borders etc but no script, incidentally this pc has never used Mozilla firefox. But when I use internet explorer it is all ok, I have Mozilla on all my other PCs and I don't have any problems but they are loaded with an earlier version when I manually try to open with Adobe reader it tells me that the file is corrupt hope you can help thank you.

I would link to send out a webpage link to users, where they may not have firefox as default browser. However, this link is best supported in FIrefox. So, I have to write my code in html to force the link to open in firefox.

Is there a syntax available.

i've tried following AKO's advise, previously post on this site (http://militarycac.com/dodcerts.htm,) etc...

please help me install all needed certs, so this message stops appearing:

"Secure Connection Failed

         An error occurred during a connection to akocert.us.army.mil.

SSL peer cannot verify your certificate.

(Error code: ssl_error_bad_cert_alert)

 The page you are trying to view can not be shown because the authenticity of the received data could not be verified.
 
 Please contact the website owners to inform them of this problem. Alternatively, use the command found in the help menu to report this broken site."

Error message: "Update could not be installed. Please make sure no other copies of Firefox running on your computer and restart Firefox again."

There are no other copies running. At least none that I know of - how do I check - and if not, what else would be the problem/how can I fix?

I need to know my user name and password please. What I wrote down doesn't work now. I've requested my user name and password be sent to my email account and not received any notices. Please help!

When I want to delete INDIVIDUAL cookies it is too easy to accidentally delete ALL cookies.

Here's what should be changed... 1) REWORD the button to the left. It now says, "Remove Cookies." It SHOULD say, "Remove SELECTED Cookie(S)." 2) There should be a WARNING box, if one hits "Remove All Cookies" by accident. Another box should pop up that says, "Are you sure you want to remove ALL cookies? (this cannot be undone)"

I hope FF reads this.

(note: Yup -- I just deleted all cookies by accident)

I was just using my computer just like any other day but then the fonts suddenly changed from the normal none-italic to italic, even this question I'm currently typing is in italics. This happened for a few days now but it's getting really irritating... Please help...

I have mistakenly clicked on the "Do this automatically for files like this from now on" in the download dialogue box. I want to open a pdf in adobe when I click on the link. currently the file just gets saved and I cannot change it. I have read thru the suggestions and gone into tools> options> applications and reassigned all of the pdf options to ask first and firefox still just downloads the files to somewhere. I don't want this option and I need to unselect the automatic box.

How do i do so? I would really like to talk to someone on the phone.

My firefox is currently in french. i do not know how to change this into english. no matter where i go i can not find a setting for the language to change it to english. can someone please explain to me how to do this

Hello,

In some pages, e.g. Twitter, and pages that load FB comments sections, I'm having problems with the certificates and the pages won't load. I don't get an option to add an exception either, therefore I cannot access pages.

I have pasted the error details below. Here is some important info for you:

Version: 9.0.1 <-- Upgrading is NOT an option, this is a corporate machine Connect via proxy: yes

I doubt very much that this is an issue with the connection, as IE and Chrome are NOT having this issue on the same connection.

Error I get:

This Connection is Untrusted

         You have asked Firefox to connect securely to twitter.com, but we can't confirm that your connection is secure.
         Normally, when you try to connect securely, sites will present trusted identification to prove that you are going to the right place. However, this site's identity can't be verified.
       
       
       
         What Should I Do?
         
           If you usually connect to this site without problems, this error could mean that someone is

trying to impersonate the site, and you shouldn't continue.

          Technical Details
         twitter.com uses an invalid security certificate.

The certificate is not trusted because the issuer certificate is not trusted.

(Error code: sec_error_untrusted_issuer)

Can anyone shed some light? The usual troubleshooting I've come across hasn't helped me much.