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Non responsive firefox & stops in mid sentance in messanger or e-mail. Hour glass shows!

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pmhollatz
pmhollatz
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Foxfire VERY SLOW RESPONSE, TO OPEN FIREFOX. ALSO IT WILL SAY fIREFOX NON-RESPONSIVE & A HOUR GLASS SIGN SHOWS UP. i WILL BE WRITING IN CHAT OR AN E-MAIL 7 IT STOPS TYPING, AN HOUR GLASS SHOWS UP & IT WILL SAY NON-RESPONSIVE. i'M AM GETTING UPSET WITH ALL THESE PROBLEMS. wHAT CAN BE DONE??

Foxfire VERY SLOW RESPONSE, TO OPEN FIREFOX. ALSO IT WILL SAY fIREFOX NON-RESPONSIVE & A HOUR GLASS SIGN SHOWS UP. i WILL BE WRITING IN CHAT OR AN E-MAIL 7 IT STOPS TYPING, AN HOUR GLASS SHOWS UP & IT WILL SAY NON-RESPONSIVE. i'M AM GETTING UPSET WITH ALL THESE PROBLEMS. wHAT CAN BE DONE??

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Hasan
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-> Tap ALT key or press F10 to show the Menu Bar

-> go to Help Menu -> select "Restart with Add-ons Disabled"

Firefox will close then it will open up with just basic Firefox. Now do this:

-> Update ALL your Firefox Plug-ins https://www.mozilla.com/en-US/plugincheck/

-> go to View Menu -> Toolbars -> unselect All Unwanted toolbars

-> go Tools Menu -> Clear Recent History -> Time range to clear: select EVERYTHING -> click Details (small arrow) button -> place Checkmarks on Cookies, Cache -> click "Clear Now"

-> go to Tools Menu -> Options -> General -> place Checkmark on "Show the Downloads window when downloading a file" -> select Radio Button option2 "Always ask me where to save files"

-> go to Tools Menu -> Options -> Content -> place Checkmarks on:

1) Block Pop-up windows 2) Load images automatically 3) Enable JavaScript

-> go to Tools Menu -> Options -> Security -> place Checkmarks on:

1) Warn me when sites try to install add-ons 2) Block reported attack sites 3) Block reported web forgeries 4) Remember Passwords for sites

-> Click OK on Options window

-> click the Favicon (small drop down menu icon) on Firefox SearchBar (its position is on the Right side of the Address Bar) -> click "Manage Search Engines" -> select all Unwanted Search Engines and click Remove -> click OK

-> go to Tools Menu -> Add-ons -> Extensions section -> REMOVE All Unwanted/Suspicious Extensions (Add-ons) -> Restart Firefox

You can enable your Known & Trustworthy Add-ons later. Check and tell if its working.

pmhollatz
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Thank you so much for this advice. Later tonight when I have time I will do this. I am hopeful this will solve the problem. Thank you again.