Find what a process do
So I got the "A web page is slowing down your browser, what do you want to do, wait or stop it" message, I stopped the script, but it kept showing up. Then I opened task manager and a Firefox processor was using 30% cpu and 6gig ram. I killed it and the only thing I was forced to do was to play next song on spotify to fix it. about:memory and about:performance didn't show anything.
So can i find out what that process do, and what it is?
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Simple answer, no you can not. The Script error you had was because of something (javascript) on the Spotify site that Firefox could not handle as maybe bad coding or...... Suggest Clean your Cache and Cookies.
In Task Manager there are various Firefox's that you see there. Some are for add-ons, some for each tab you have open and others no idea... add-ons can use aprox 20megs each. As Firefox is a multi-processor and multi-thread browser it does use more ram. that is a good thing : https://www.howtogeek.com/334594/stop-complaining-that-your-browser-uses-lots-of-ram-its-a-good-thing/
You can control the processors though by : Options --> General --> Performance and untick everything. change the recommended size lower then see how it runs. Note: 1 = No Multiprocessor = slow again. Try 2 Restart Firefox after making these changes please. Note : Hardware Acceleration is for Video Card, Monitor to see if remain off or to turn back on.
If this is a low ram and system is older than 5yrs then it maybe time to think of a upgrade especially if the motherboard has never had it's drivers updated or it's Bios Flashed and that you can no longer get current drivers for your video card.
https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/26120-optimize-performance-windows-10-a.html
Please let us know if this solved your issue or if need further assistance.
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spotify.com gives me the warning after a while (it was fine yesterday), task manager says a firefox processor is using 30%CPU and 6gig RAM. I want to know what that process is, is it an addon? the spotify tab? is it a spotify problem? is it a flash problem? does firefox even use flash?
I want to know what that process is.
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Simple answer, no you can not. The Script error you had was because of something (javascript) on the Spotify site that Firefox could not handle as maybe bad coding or...... Suggest Clean your Cache and Cookies.
In Task Manager there are various Firefox's that you see there. Some are for add-ons, some for each tab you have open and others no idea... add-ons can use aprox 20megs each. As Firefox is a multi-processor and multi-thread browser it does use more ram. that is a good thing : https://www.howtogeek.com/334594/stop-complaining-that-your-browser-uses-lots-of-ram-its-a-good-thing/
You can control the processors though by : Options --> General --> Performance and untick everything. change the recommended size lower then see how it runs. Note: 1 = No Multiprocessor = slow again. Try 2 Restart Firefox after making these changes please. Note : Hardware Acceleration is for Video Card, Monitor to see if remain off or to turn back on.
If this is a low ram and system is older than 5yrs then it maybe time to think of a upgrade especially if the motherboard has never had it's drivers updated or it's Bios Flashed and that you can no longer get current drivers for your video card.
https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/26120-optimize-performance-windows-10-a.html
Please let us know if this solved your issue or if need further assistance.
Then there is a memory leak somewhere. The process goes from 200MB to ~55500MB in 5 sek when this happens. But I can just kill the process and refresh spotify to fix it.
Thanks for the help.