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Firefox Doesn't Recognize Keystrokes Randomly

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Sphinx8888
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My keyboard works fine in all programs. Today after clearing cache and cookies in Firefox for it acting slow, I suddenly have an issue where randomly the browser won't recognize my keystrokes. Switching a tab, it will work, but it is driving me crazy. I know my Firefox updated recently, and that seems to have made it slower. I'm on Windows 7.

My keyboard works fine in all programs. Today after clearing cache and cookies in Firefox for it acting slow, I suddenly have an issue where randomly the browser won't recognize my keystrokes. Switching a tab, it will work, but it is driving me crazy. I know my Firefox updated recently, and that seems to have made it slower. I'm on Windows 7.

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FredMcD
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Start Firefox in Safe Mode {web Link} by holding down the <Shift>
(Mac=Options) key, and then starting Firefox. A small dialog should appear. Click Start In Safe Mode (not Refresh).

Is the problem still there?

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/firefox-slow-how-make-it-faster

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/firefox-uses-too-many-cpu-resources-how-fix

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/firefox-hangs-or-not-responding