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Flickering spinning wheel cursor.

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On certain sites (youtube, nicovideo) the cursor flickers with a blue wheel next to it. It causes severe slowdown. I should mention that a clean reinstall does NOT work, and neither does restarting with add-ons disabled.

Also, Nicovideo doesn't even play. It's just a black box. I'm seriously considering using Internet Explorer again, despite discontinuation of support and slowness. I've reinstalled Firefox at least five times in the past 48 hours.

On certain sites (youtube, nicovideo) the cursor flickers with a blue wheel next to it. It causes severe slowdown. I should mention that a clean reinstall does NOT work, and neither does restarting with add-ons disabled. Also, Nicovideo doesn't even play. It's just a black box. I'm seriously considering using Internet Explorer again, despite discontinuation of support and slowness. I've reinstalled Firefox at least five times in the past 48 hours.

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Hello,

Try disabling graphics hardware acceleration. Since this feature was added to Firefox, it has gradually improved, but there still are a few glitches.

You might need to restart Firefox in order for this to take effect, so save all work first (e.g., mail you are composing, online documents you're editing, etc.).

Then perform these steps:

  1. Open Firefox Options window (Preferences on Mac or Linux) as follows:
    • In Firefox 29.0 and above, click the menu button New Fx Menu and select Options for Windows or Preferences on Mac or Linux.
    • In Firefox 28.0 and previous versions, click the orange Firefox button at the top left, then select the "Options" button, or, if there is no Firefox button at the top, go to Tools > Options.
  2. In the Firefox Options (or Preferences) window, click the Advanced tab, then select General.
  3. In the settings list, you should find the Use hardware acceleration when available checkbox. Uncheck this checkbox.
  4. Now, restart Firefox and see if the problems persist.

Additionally, please check for updates for your graphics driver by following the steps mentioned in the following Knowledge base articles:

Did this fix your problems? Please report back to us!

Thank you.

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If the above does not help,

Start Firefox in Safe Mode {web Link} by holding down the <Shift>
(Mac Options)
key, and then starting Firefox. Is the problem still there?