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709891 2008-10-06 01:33:00 Firefox(2.0) takes ages to boot up when I start my computer.
It loads web pages fine and Internet Explorer is quite slow too.(IE 8.0 beta)
NEED HELP!
dagangsta (14229)
709892 2008-10-06 01:39:00 What is the spec of your computer (RAM, CPU, OS etc) jwil1 (65)
709893 2008-10-06 01:43:00 Update FF its out of date Speedy Gonzales (78)
709894 2008-10-06 01:48:00 What is the spec of your computer (RAM, CPU, OS etc)

Microsoft Windows Service Pack 2 Home Edition
504MB of RAM
CPU 2.66GHz
Celeron (R)
Intel (R)
dagangsta (14229)
709895 2008-10-06 02:16:00 Update FF its out of date

i tried, it doesnt do anything...
dagangsta (14229)
709896 2008-10-06 02:18:00 Defrag the hdd then, it may help Speedy Gonzales (78)
709897 2008-10-06 02:18:00 Download FF3 from here (www.mozilla.com).

Also post a HijackThis (www.trendsecure.com) log, so we can see what's going on on the PC.
wratterus (105)
709898 2008-10-06 03:05:00 Defrag the hdd then, it may help

Download CCleaner (www.filehippo.com) first, and run both the Cleaner and Registry scans before defragging.

To do the defrag, I'd recommend Jkdefrag (www.kessels.com) - place the JkDefrag.exe in your C:\ then reboot into safe mode, and run it.
nofam (9009)
709899 2008-10-06 19:53:00 Microsoft Windows Service Pack 2 Home Edition
504MB of RAM
CPU 2.66GHz
Celeron (R)
Intel (R)

Firefox is pretty memory hungry & XP doesn't run well on only 512MB RAM. You're best to get at least another 512MB and that should speed things up a bit.
autechre (266)
709900 2008-10-06 22:12:00 have you tried www.orcabrowser.com

It is part of the AVANT range. www.avantbrowser.com

AVANT is a front end to IE while ORCA is a FF type browser

I prefer it, you may not, but its worth a try and neither of them affect IE or FF

The AUTOFILL section is streets ahead of any FF equivalent IMHO

I have AVNAT, ORCA, IE6, FF3 and OPERA installed and AVANT and ORCA are my preferences
Tony.br (4018)
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