UTA and New Firefox

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Torp

Torp

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Dec 23, 2004
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Milan, Italy
Is it just me or is the latest Firefox update (3.0) extremely laggy, especially on websites with a lot of data/tables and scrolling to be done.

Especially the UTA website and forums I find it very laggy and often get pauses 1-2 seconds.

If this is in the wrong section then move it but I only noticed it was particularly bad when browsing UTA site and forums.

Also it seems to be loading/doing something when I aren't even using it. I just hear my PC ticking over loudly for 30 seconds every 2 minutes or so.

:|

Any comments?
 
And this is a league issue how?

Should have gone in the forum for ppl with problems with uta/irc/forums, I cant move it though :(
 
I've just uninstalled and put an old version back on. It was taking ages to load aswell from the start.

I tested it, left Task Manager running and Firefox homepage (Google). Randomly it just starts using 30% of the CPU, like every couple of minutes. Scrolling is an issue aswell.
 
Topic moved to Software/Hardware issues.

Smantie fo!

No problems here. Tested with FF 2.x, FF 3.x, Opera and IE.
Either your browser is seriously broken or something with your PC. I would start from full AV and Malware/Spyware scans as already suggested.

Oh and Torp ... just use this ->
report.gif
next time.
 
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A bit hijack, but Firefox works perfect, page loads in 0.0001 sec, but google Chrome is even faster! :P
 
I did a bit of research and found this was a regular occurrence. I even did the questionnaire when I uninstalled and the most common issue was slow loading and scrolling issues.

I don't see how this could be a virus/spyware issue.... Firefox was running perfectly fine (the version before 3) and the moment I updated, the problems came. Pausing when scrolling, CPU use up 30% when the browser had completed loading and just the Google homepage open. This was randomly happening.

I went back to 2 and it's fine again.

I did a Spybot check and Ad-Aware, both found nothing. AVG rarely finds anything extra that these 2 don't churn out so I won't bother doing a full scan with that just yet.
 
Probable cause: Broken windows install, adware (anti adware apps are completely useless), drivers, hardware problem.
Fix: Reinstall windows and dont install anything but NIC drivers and firefox and test, update drivers, disconnect all unneeded hardware, replace hardware.
 
doh said:
Probable cause: Broken windows install, adware (anti adware apps are completely useless), drivers, hardware problem.
Fix: Reinstall windows and dont install anything but NIC drivers and firefox and test, update drivers, disconnect all unneeded hardware, replace hardware.
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Even though this is probably wot should be done, if he has installed the previous version and it works fine, i doubt he is going to be bothered with all that hassle :lol:

Also i wouldnt go so far as to say that all anti adware apps are completey useless, not exactly accurate that is it :P
 
Gazzy said:
Even though this is probably wot should be done, if he has installed the previous version and it works fine, i doubt he is going to be bothered with all that hassle :lol:

Also i wouldnt go so far as to say that all anti adware apps are completey useless, not exactly accurate that is it :P
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I wouldn't trust my PC to anti-spyware apps if i knew i had spyware installed.
 
Like Gazz said, I already re-installed Firefox 2, it isn't worth the effort of re-installing a load of stuff to get what is quite frankly, not so impressive update IMO. I'm not too much of a surfing/downloading/sharing type so I rarely get any problems with my PC. I've never had a virus or any spyware issues.

@ Sneez: Yeah already looked at that before. I didn't try the new profile thing, although back with FF1 I noticed a few problems with Firefox wasn't working after certain applications were used. Creating New Profile was the only way Firefox would ever open again, so I think there is an element of truth there.

Anyway, no plans to go back to FF3, I am happy with 2 and if I ever want/need an update I may go to Opera anyway. Thanks for those that helped though, much appreciated.

Btw, doh how do you recommend the removal of ad/spy-ware without 1 of the programs to do so? Unless you have a knack for identifying what is and what isn't in your HD/Reg?
 
Anyone PC noobie enough to get spyware, and not know how to remove it manually, might as well reinstall windows. Unless you can live with possibly still having spyware installed. A lot of spyware might be removed by anti-spyware apps, but just as many have redundent ways of reactivating themselves which anti-spyware app's doesn't catch.
 
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