Start Firefox in <b>Troubleshoot Mode</b> to check if one of the extensions ("3-bar" menu button or Tools -> Add-ons -> Extensions) or if <b>hardware acceleration</b> or if <b>userChrome.css/userContent.css</b> is causing the problem. *switch to the Default System theme: "3-bar" menu button or Tools -> Add-ons -> Themes *do NOT click the "Refresh Firefox" button on the Troubleshoot Mode start window *https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/diagnose-firefox-issues-using-troubleshoot-mode *https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/troubleshoot-extensions-themes-to-fix-problems Your System Details show that you have a user.js file in the profile folder to initialize prefs each time Firefox starts. The user.js file will only be present if you or other software has created this file and is normally not present. You can check its content with a text editor (right-click: "Open with"; do not double-click). The user.js file is read each time Firefox is started and initializes preferences to the value specified in this file, so preferences set via user.js can only be changed temporarily for the current session. You can delete the user.js file if you didn't create this file yourself. *https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/how-to-fix-preferences-wont-save