Firefox 57 "Quantum" is out now, anybody using it with Windows other than me?
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Did all that and was always fine. The problem was solved by increasing the partition at the time of reloading, and possibly/probably it needed reloading anyway.
I'm not even using Linux or Firefox right now, and I lost the network connection on the remaining Mint machine so I'm on hiatus with Linux for a while.
I'm not even using Linux or Firefox right now, and I lost the network connection on the remaining Mint machine so I'm on hiatus with Linux for a while.
I remember when they first started selling computers at Radio Shack. I can't remember exactly when it was but they were in Peachtree mall. That was the high end mall around here back in 1976. My Dad got me a job working, cleaning up for Tadlock Piano and Organ. I could not wait to get into that Radio Shack and see all the things of wonder. All I could think about was electronics and Star Trek... Hell, I guess I have reverted..All I think about now is Star Trek and electronics.
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Not on the public radio ads.
I spent a lot of wasted time finally repairing Windows Update after getting rid of AVG Free yet again and doing a System Restore back to the 29th then I had to install MSE again then the stuff that went away with the restore.
maybe the SR wasn't necessary but in the end I'm back to normal, the only updates lately are for MSE but I got all the rollups to roll out once I reloaded with a primary partition of 450 MB. Not a huge deal on a 149 GB drive.
Doug/Fitz was wanting to know if I was going to send him files for the Christmas album...I've spent half a week fussing with this and worrying about my cat Socks...I have song bookmarked and not ripped yet. I'll try to ghet done by the weekend.
I spent a lot of wasted time finally repairing Windows Update after getting rid of AVG Free yet again and doing a System Restore back to the 29th then I had to install MSE again then the stuff that went away with the restore.
maybe the SR wasn't necessary but in the end I'm back to normal, the only updates lately are for MSE but I got all the rollups to roll out once I reloaded with a primary partition of 450 MB. Not a huge deal on a 149 GB drive.
Doug/Fitz was wanting to know if I was going to send him files for the Christmas album...I've spent half a week fussing with this and worrying about my cat Socks...I have song bookmarked and not ripped yet. I'll try to ghet done by the weekend.
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From UK YAHOO, see below.
PS IE 11 is also fairly fast after a fresh installation...this particular installation of vBulletin has quirks that it always returns to shortly afterward, oddly enough Yesfans doesn't necessarily do the same. The corporate version of vB Internet brands uses on their sites works well too, with a few things here and there, the biggest thing right now is complaints about unwanted popups from mobile users or occasional loss of buttons, some of those things are specific to the mobile browsers I think.
Nothing's perfect. Both can freeze up.
(I would never use Chrome in the first place)
PS IE 11 is also fairly fast after a fresh installation...this particular installation of vBulletin has quirks that it always returns to shortly afterward, oddly enough Yesfans doesn't necessarily do the same. The corporate version of vB Internet brands uses on their sites works well too, with a few things here and there, the biggest thing right now is complaints about unwanted popups from mobile users or occasional loss of buttons, some of those things are specific to the mobile browsers I think.
Nothing's perfect. Both can freeze up.
(I would never use Chrome in the first place)
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Some important information today...
Firefox updated to version 62.0 and if you haven't updated your own browser yet the results may be sorta funky. Get it done.
When you do you will also find you have maybe 6 firefox.exe files running in Windows Task Manager .
To modify that to jut one you can type about:config in the search window and find the setting for browser.tabs.remote.autostart
Click that will change the condition to FALSE. Close out the browser and start it again and you will see only one instance of firefox.exe running, if that is what you want. You could have maybe six files called firefox.exe running. This is suppose to be a feature of Firefox called e10 something or other but I don't see how spreading the same amount of memory usage across six applications is really any better. One will still get really big and gum up an older computer.
Why I say this is important is that I think Firefox was responsible for some sites not loading well for a day or two until I updated. If you had similar problems this might help.
Firefox updated to version 62.0 and if you haven't updated your own browser yet the results may be sorta funky. Get it done.
When you do you will also find you have maybe 6 firefox.exe files running in Windows Task Manager .
To modify that to jut one you can type about:config in the search window and find the setting for browser.tabs.remote.autostart
Click that will change the condition to FALSE. Close out the browser and start it again and you will see only one instance of firefox.exe running, if that is what you want. You could have maybe six files called firefox.exe running. This is suppose to be a feature of Firefox called e10 something or other but I don't see how spreading the same amount of memory usage across six applications is really any better. One will still get really big and gum up an older computer.
Why I say this is important is that I think Firefox was responsible for some sites not loading well for a day or two until I updated. If you had similar problems this might help.
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That’s really odd. Is that an attempt to prevent browser tabs from crashing? I opened Task Manager, and there it was- six instances of the same application running concurrently. I followed your instructions, the issue is gone now, and FireFox isn’t running any worse or better- as if no change was made. I was having issues earlier with practically everything on this box, found it was a bad memory DIMM...
I’ll check to see if this multiple iteration thing applies to my iMac as well.
I’ll check to see if this multiple iteration thing applies to my iMac as well.