Recent answers to Why is my system so slow? It seems to be related to Firefox and their 'updates.'https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/12970692020-07-29T08:03:34-07:00Start Firefox in Safe Mode {web link}
A small dialog should appear. Click
Start In Safe Mode (no2020-07-29T08:03:34-07:00fredmcd-hotmailhttps://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1297069#answer-1337137<p><a href="https://support&#46;mozilla&#46;org/en-US/kb/troubleshoot-firefox-issues-using-safe-mode" rel="nofollow">Start Firefox in Safe Mode</a> {web link}
</p><p>A small dialog should appear&#46; Click
<strong>Start In Safe Mode</strong> (not Refresh)&#46;
Is the problem still there?
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<a href="https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/firefox-slow-how-make-it-faster" rel="nofollow">https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/firefox-slow-how-make-it-faster</a>
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</p><p><a href="https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/firefox-hangs-or-not-responding" rel="nofollow">https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/firefox-hangs-or-not-responding</a>
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MemTest LAST UPDATED&nbsp;: 27/09/2013
Could you please run a tool from <a href="http://memtest.org/" rel="nofollow">http://memtest.org/</a>
in order to check the integrity of your RAM?
</p><p>You will need a thumb or disk drive to install it on.
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Do you let Windows handle the page file or did you set a fixed size&nbsp;?
If you use a fixed size for the page file then try the former and let Windows handle the page file.
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