FireFox update - problems since

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    FireFox's recent update seems to be a loser. I have been having problems with the browser freezing on a regular basis (like every few minutes) since this update. Is anyone else having this problem? I have actually gone back to using IE.
     
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    Hmmmm thats totally interesting. I just installed it on a clients computer for added security when they collect orders to process, and I witnessed the SAME thing. I thought it might be lack of ram in the machine. How much ram are you running???
     
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    I heard of these problems a while back . I have Firefox and keep clicking "later" when offered the update .
     
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    I am having problems going to sub addresses like ebay, I can go to ebay but when I click on an add it acts like I lost my connection, same with other sights.
     
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    I got the update and using it as I type this. I have not had any problems yet and if I did. I would jut back the update off. The one thing it did change that I don't like. It shows every darn url in my address window now. It never did that before the update. It would only give me one address for each site I visited. Gotta luv technology sometimes .........
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    Thats exactly what I have been doing. LOL After the windows 95 fiasco, I don't rush to get a new version of ANYTHING. :biggrin_25525:
     
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    I have a gig. I just spent some time cleaning up some registry keys, clearing out temp files, etc, and it seems to be cooperating better now. Maybe I just had too much crap built up! We'll see how it behaves while I browse the forum and nibble on some brownies.
     
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    Let me know, because I dumped their stuff and set them up on a dump for every browser close. Still didn't help. I'm still going to add some ram to that machine, and see if it improves, but we might have to get a new machine period. Its pretty old. LOL
     
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    It seems like program updates do not take older machines into account. Since the dump of the junk, it does seem to be behaving a better. Still get an occasional glitch, but not like it was before. My machine is only a bit over a year old.
     
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    I bought a utilities program called system mechanic at best buy a while back, and it has done wonders for my puter, I now run it once a week along with esuing free registry cleaner.

    the gremlins i was having problems with have completely disappeared
     
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