Firefox hints&tips thread
I don't know what I did but eveything is now officially messed up.
My steps of this evening:
1) install windows updates
2) receive notice from F-Secure immediately after that a trojan has been found
3) F Secure crashes
4) Run F Secure which is slower than a glued down snail
5) Run Adaware
6) Open Firefox. It asks me to select a user profile. There only is one, 'default', but cannot select it because it is in use.
7) Create new profile.
Finds bookmarks, themes and extensions gone
9)
10) Find no way of copying over said detaisl to new profile
11) Cannot set 'default' user profile because apparently still in use.
12) Properly pissed off now!
My steps of this evening:
1) install windows updates
2) receive notice from F-Secure immediately after that a trojan has been found
3) F Secure crashes
4) Run F Secure which is slower than a glued down snail
5) Run Adaware
6) Open Firefox. It asks me to select a user profile. There only is one, 'default', but cannot select it because it is in use.
7) Create new profile.
Finds bookmarks, themes and extensions gone
9)
10) Find no way of copying over said detaisl to new profile
11) Cannot set 'default' user profile because apparently still in use.
12) Properly pissed off now!
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Vlammetje wrote:I don't know what I did but eveything is now officially messed up.
My steps of this evening:
1) install windows updates
2) receive notice from F-Secure immediately after that a trojan has been found
3) F Secure crashes
4) Run F Secure which is slower than a glued down snail
5) Run Adaware
6) Open Firefox. It asks me to select a user profile. There only is one, 'default', but cannot select it because it is in use.
7) Create new profile.
9)
10) Find no way of copying over said detaisl to new profile
11) Cannot set 'default' user profile because apparently still in use.
12) Properly pissed off now!
4) Is that normal? or just slow cos of your problems?
11) Ent task firefox.exe from the task list or restart,
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so have you got a trojan on your pc?
i remember having an issue with FF ages ago like that but it gave me an error message which i googled a solution. i had to go into the chrome folder a rename something i think making sure i could view hidden files and folders. cant remember the exact solution though and it may not be the same issue
i remember having an issue with FF ages ago like that but it gave me an error message which i googled a solution. i had to go into the chrome folder a rename something i think making sure i could view hidden files and folders. cant remember the exact solution though and it may not be the same issue
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not seen this before, but it seems to work:
How to speed up Firefox (as if it wasn't fast enough already):
1.Type "about:config" into the address bar and hit return. Scroll down and look for the following entries:
network.http.pipelining network.http.proxy.pipelining network.http.pipelining.maxrequests
Normally the browser will make one request to a web page at a time. When you enable pipelining it will make several at once, which really speeds up page loading.
2. Alter the entries as follows (double-click the entries to change them):
Set "network.http.pipelining" to "true"
Set "network.http.proxy.pipelining" to "true"
Set "network.http.pipelining.maxrequests" to some number like 30. This means it will make 30 requests at once.
3. Right-click anywhere and select New-> Integer. Name it "nglayout.initialpaint.delay" and set its value to "0". This value is the amount of time the browser waits before it acts on information it recieves.
4. Now close the tab, you should notice an increase in page-loading times immediately
Apparently it's best if you only do this if you have a 300kbps or better connection
How to speed up Firefox (as if it wasn't fast enough already):
1.Type "about:config" into the address bar and hit return. Scroll down and look for the following entries:
network.http.pipelining network.http.proxy.pipelining network.http.pipelining.maxrequests
Normally the browser will make one request to a web page at a time. When you enable pipelining it will make several at once, which really speeds up page loading.
2. Alter the entries as follows (double-click the entries to change them):
Set "network.http.pipelining" to "true"
Set "network.http.proxy.pipelining" to "true"
Set "network.http.pipelining.maxrequests" to some number like 30. This means it will make 30 requests at once.
3. Right-click anywhere and select New-> Integer. Name it "nglayout.initialpaint.delay" and set its value to "0". This value is the amount of time the browser waits before it acts on information it recieves.
4. Now close the tab, you should notice an increase in page-loading times immediately
Apparently it's best if you only do this if you have a 300kbps or better connection
