Weird FTE/Firefox problem
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Weird FTE/Firefox problem
I don't really know if anyone here can help me fix this. I'm pretty computer literate and I don't have any idea's, I'm just wondering if I'm the only one having a problem.
I noticed a couple of days ago. Either Friday or Saturday, that Firefox (latest version) was using anywhere from 50 to 90% processor utilization. I have a Core 2 Duo processor at 2 Ghz.
After a lot of experimenting with opening different web pages, I have narrowed it down to FTE. I can have Firefox open with as many different pages as I want with no problems. About 5 to 10 minutes after opening FTE, processor utilization starts bouncing around 50-90% and everything gets really slow. I have to close Firefox to get things back to normal.
So far, I've tried going back to an earlier version of Firefox, because I thought it started happening not long after I updated to the later version. That didn't fix anything. I also read some people having problems with Flash elements, so I installed a Flash blocker. That didn't help either.
Anyone having this problem? Or have any ideas?
Thanks,
I noticed a couple of days ago. Either Friday or Saturday, that Firefox (latest version) was using anywhere from 50 to 90% processor utilization. I have a Core 2 Duo processor at 2 Ghz.
After a lot of experimenting with opening different web pages, I have narrowed it down to FTE. I can have Firefox open with as many different pages as I want with no problems. About 5 to 10 minutes after opening FTE, processor utilization starts bouncing around 50-90% and everything gets really slow. I have to close Firefox to get things back to normal.
So far, I've tried going back to an earlier version of Firefox, because I thought it started happening not long after I updated to the later version. That didn't fix anything. I also read some people having problems with Flash elements, so I installed a Flash blocker. That didn't help either.
Anyone having this problem? Or have any ideas?
Thanks,
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I run the latest version on both a Core 2 Duo PC and my gamer box running a dual-core Opteron and I haven't had any issues with it... Yet... Still don't like the foreground update process though...
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I'm having a slight problem with the latest Firefox update also. No problems with script errors or cpu utilization but my memory usage went up over 5 times of what it was before the last update. I certainly hope they don't make a resource hog out of Firefox, do I will be looking elsewhere for a browser.
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I've been thinking of trying out Opera again - last time I used it was right after it first came out...
I like Chrome, but there's an internal website I use at work that doesn't display properly on Chrome for some odd reason... It's freaky fast on other sites, though...
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