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When the computer "wakes" from sleep, how do I get it to return to the last screen I was on?

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When the computer is in sleep mode, I click to start back up, it goes into a search on firefox and ultimately times out. I have to manually it the home icon or x out.

When the computer is in sleep mode, I click to start back up, it goes into a search on firefox and ultimately times out. I have to manually it the home icon or x out.

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Are you trying to say that Firefox was open to a page when the computer went to sleep, and FF doesn't want to wake up when the computer does?

Did Firefox give you any kind of I have crashed message?

I found that after Firefox v29, a LOT of my settings and add-ons were changed / reset. Try this; Start Firefox in Safe Mode
While you are in safe mode;
Firefox Options > Advanced > General.
Look for and turn off Use Hardware Acceleration. Check your setting. Then restart.


We're sorry to hear that Firefox is crashing. In order to assist you better, please follow the steps below to provide us crash IDs to help us learn more about your crash.

  1. Enter about:crashes in the Firefox address bar and press Enter. A Submitted Crash Reports list will appear, similar to the one shown below.
  2. Copy the 5 most recent Report IDs that start with bp- and paste them into your response here.

SubmittedCrashReports-Win7

Thank you for your help!

More information and further troubleshooting steps can be found in the Troubleshoot Firefox crashes (closing or quitting unexpectedly) article.

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Hi palmermi, I am not sure if is timing out or crashing? If it is crashing, please check out the instructions in the post above. However if its freezing or the connection is timing out please check Firefox hangs or is not responding - How to fix

Please also provide a screenshot as it may better explain the issue. How do I create a screenshot of my problem?

Looking forward to your reply.