Try these settings, by copying & pasting > about:config into the Address bar & hitting Enter. network.http.pipelining TRUE network.http.pipelining.maxrequest­ s 16 network.http.proxy.pipelining TRUE When done close FF, reboot & see if it is Ok.

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Mine already set to those values. Well, except I had 15 instead of 16. Of all the preposterous assumptions of humanity over humanity, nothing exceeds most of the criticisms made on the habits of the poor by the well-housed, well- warmed, and well-fed. - Herman Melvi

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Try in Safe Mode, if still not up to speed, uninstall completely ( including profiles ) Use search to make sure all FF is gone, then reinstall.

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Johnw, have you ever tried removing firefox? Good luck, because it so embedded on a PC, that it is near impossible. The only way to get a fresh FF install is to install it into a different location on the HD...I know...I had to do that to make it work properly. Some HELP in posting on Cnet plus free progs and instructions Glad to Help!

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well it's been ok so far. it's peped back up to normal. I also forgot about that ff tweak so I applied it also and will see if it too makes any difference. MSI K8N Neo AMD Athlon 64 3200+ @ 2.21ghz 1GB DDR 3200 nVidia 128mb FX 5200 WD 120gb SE NEC ND-3500AG DVD R/RW

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"Johnw, have you ever tried removing firefox?" No problem XpUser4Real. On my personal comp, to completely remove Firefox, uninstall & then delete these folders. C:\Documents and Settings\John\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox C:\Documents and Settings\John\Local Settings\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox That normally should be enough ( having previously run AFT ) to really make sure, do a search for Mozilla & Firefox. If you have any other Mozilla products installed ( Like Thunderbird or K-Meleon etc ) you have to be selective. To go another step, use this, putting Firefox & then Mozilla into search. RegSeeker http://www.snapfiles.com/get/regsee... http://www.hoverdesk.net/freeware.htm RegSeeker is a perfect companion for your Windows registry! RegSeeker includes a powerful registry cleaner and can display various informations like your startup entries, several histories (even index.dat files), installed applications and much more! With RegSeeker you can search for any item inside your registry, export/delete the results, open them in the registry. RegSeeker also includes a tweaks panel to optimize your OS! RegSeeker is FREE for personal use only! 98/ME/2000/XP/2003/Vista. My personal use, is to use it this way & delete only the Green entries. 1: Click on > Clean the registry. 2: Click on OK. 3: When searching is finished, click on > Select All & choose > Select all Green items. 4: Right click on any Green item & click on > Delete selected items. RegSeeker is also very good for registry searching, click on > Find in registry, tick all the boxes in > Keys, put a word ( example Firefox ) in > Search for: & click > Search. Now you have a list on one page, of all the registry entries for Firefox.

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Hi Johnw, Unfortunately I had tried all that and without installing FF in a new folder, it still malfunctioned. Thanks for the extensive info Some HELP in posting on Cnet plus free progs and instructions Glad to Help!

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I've just noticed this as well with Firefox after a recent FF update a few days ago. I thought it was my internet connection screwing up again, but all was running quite zippy prior to the update. When using IE7, I can quickly load pages to just about every site I frequent each day. But with FF now, even a simple page like google takes ages, or completely times out. When that repeatedly happens, I switch to IE7 and boom... it loads in a second or two. This slowdown definitely has something to do with FF or some settings directly related to FF. Most frustrating, indeed. :( ~ Sarah C. ~~~~~~~ eMachines H2602 1.9ghz Athlon XP 2600+ 80gb HDD Primary 40gb HDD Secondary Windows XP Pro w/ SP2 512mb DDR PC2700

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I hope someone figures this one out. Anyone contacted Mozilla yet? Of all the preposterous assumptions of humanity over humanity, nothing exceeds most of the criticisms made on the habits of the poor by the well-housed, well- warmed, and well-fed. - Herman Melvi

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"I hope someone figures this one out" No doubt it is affecting a small group of people out of the millions upon millions that are using FF, googling will find them. Example > firefox 2 slow > http://www.google.com.au/search?hl=... Mine is perfect, I just keep installing new versions over the old, no speed tweaks needed. I do install these. Adblock Plus https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/1865/ http://adblockplus.org/en/faq_proje... Three Different Filter Subscriptions for Three Different Reasons. http://easylist.adblockplus.org/ Tab Mix Plus https://addons.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.php?id=1122&application=firefox Here are zipped up screenshots of how I set it up. http://www.mediafire.com/?1wftbbgt2dg

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"Unfortunately I had tried all that and without installing FF in a new folder, it still malfunctioned" XpUser4Real, that to me is saying something is not right on your comp. This is what I would do. Normal computer strategy applies, make sure all your important stuff is backed up. Run DustBuster http://www.softpedia.com/get/Securi... http://www.majorgeeks.com/download.... http://www.majorgeeks.com/downloadg... http://www.majorgeeks.com/downloadg... http://www.majorgeeks.com/downloadg... http://www.majorgeeks.com/downloadg... http://www.majorgeeks.com/downloadg... http://majorgeeks.com/downloadget.p... ================================== You may need to print this. I use all these cleaners for W2K/XP, each one specialises in a different area, you will with use, get to know which ones suit your computer, in other words, they don't find any files. Do not be supprised if hundreds or thousands of files are found. Files are either removed to the programs backup or the Recycle Bin ( make sure the Recycle Bin is empty, before using the cleaners, that way you know the files you have removed ) All ( except DustBuster ) allow you to restore them back into the system, either by right clicking on the reg file in the programs folder ( OleClean > Windows Explorer > Unzipped, click on OleClean ) & clicking on Merge. jv16 PowerTools, RegCleaner & RegSeeker both store in Backup on their main page. Opening Backup allows you to either Restore or Delete, or go to where they are installed in Windows Explorer. Backup folder, right click on the reg file for the date you want to restore & click > Merge. EasyCleaner removes to the Recycle Bin, if needed again, open the Recycle Bin, right click on the files & select Restore. Has an Update button. Checks you have the latest version & blacklist. CCleaner, one advantage of this cleaner is, when Registry is clicked & the boxes ticked, it will tell you before you fix ( doing one file at a time ) why the file is there. Configure the Windows, Applications & Registry panels to suit. Tutorial http://www.ccleaner.com/help/tour/ http://www.download.com/How-to-use-... RegScrubXP Click on Restore, click the backup to be restored, click on Restore Selected backups. DustBuster Very quick, if you want to know what it cleaned, takes about 1 min to clean ( depends on the speed of your comp ) you have about 4 seconds to read the message displayed, when it is finished. Don't use whilst online. Eusing My choice after 1st time use, is not to tick > MRU & History lists. Backups Once you are sure they are not needed again ( about one week ) they can be deleted. ============================= jv16 PowerTools 1.3.0.195, which doesn't expire. Win9x/ME/NT4/2000/XP http://www.321download.com/LastFree... http://www.321download.com/LastFree... http://www.pricelessware.org/thelis... Click on Registry tool > Tools > Registry Cleaner > Continue > Start. When finished, Click on Select > Special select > Items that should be safe to remove > Remove. Or, the renamed later version ( dos'nt hurt to use both ) RegCleaner http://www.321download.com/LastFree... http://www.321download.com/LastFree... RegCleaner 4.3.0.780 ( last freeware version ) OS: Win95/98/NT/ME/2000/XP Click on Tools > Registry Cleanup > Do them All When finished, click on Select > All, then down the bottom, click on > Remove Selected. ================================== OleClean ( Freeware. I tick all 8 boxes in Options ) Win9x/ME/NT4/2000/XP. http://www.majorgeeks.com/OleClean_... http://www.geocities.com/mauriziofe... http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&... =============================== CCleaner http://www.ccleaner.com/ http://ccleaner.com/download/builds... http://www.ccleaner.com/help/tour/ http://www.download.com/How-to-use-... One advantage of this cleaner is, when Registry is clicked & the boxes ticked, it will tell you before you fix ( doing one file at a time ) why the file is there. CCleaner (Crap Cleaner) is a freeware system optimisation tool. That removes unused and temporary files from your system - allowing it to run faster, more efficiently and giving you more hard disk space. The best part is that it's fast! (normally taking less that a second to run) and Free.: Windows 95/98/NT4/ME/2000/XP/2003/Vista. ================================= RegSeeker http://www.snapfiles.com/get/regsee... http://www.hoverdesk.net/freeware.htm RegSeeker is a perfect companion for your Windows registry! RegSeeker includes a powerful registry cleaner and can display various informations like your startup entries, several histories (even index.dat files), installed applications and much more! With RegSeeker you can search for any item inside your registry, export/delete the results, open them in the registry. RegSeeker also includes a tweaks panel to optimize your OS! RegSeeker is FREE for personal use only! 98/ME/2000/XP/2003/Vista. My personal use, is to use it this way & delete only the Green entries. 1: Click on > Clean the registry. 2: Click on OK. 3: When searching is finished, click on > Select All & choose > Select all Green items. 4: Right click on any Green item & click on > Delete selected items. RegSeeker is also very good for registry searching, click on > Find in registry, tick all the boxes in > Keys, put a word ( example AOL ) in > Search for: & click > Search. Now you have a list on one page, of all the registry entries for AOL. ========================================= EasyCleaner Windows 95/98/ME/NT 3.51 (or newer) /2000/XP http://personal.inet.fi/business/to... http://personal.inet.fi/business/to... Use the Updates button, before using. Checks you have the latest version & blacklist. 1: Click on Unnecessary. I tick > Normal types, Extra types & Temp directories. If you try & remove a file that is being used, it will after about a 15 second delay, inform you so & will not delete. 2: Now click on Registry & run. Don't use Duplicate files unless you really know what your'e doing. To demonstrate how computers have undeleteable tmp's ( because of programs running in the background ) here are screenshots on mine after running EasyCleaner. If I stopped those programs running, they would all be deleteable. http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/34... http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/10... ================================== RegScrubXP http://www.majorgeeks.com/download.... http://www.sofotex.com/RegScrubXP-d... To get away from default. http://tf.nist.gov/service/its.htm Time ( clock ) being reset by Microsoft. Double click on time ( bottom r/h side of screen ) Click on > Internet Time. Tick > Automatically synchronize. Server, select by clicking on the button > time.nist.gov ( I pasted this one > tock.usno.navy.mil. ) Click Apply & OK. To update clock every day, instead of every week, once RegScrubXP is installed, click on Misc.. & click on > Update clock from Internet every day instead of every week, click Modify. Registry Cleaner for Windows XP/2000 Systems (under development is a version that will run in Windows 98/ME/NT/2000/XP) I have made it very easy for you to backup the registry prior to using RegScrubXP. This backup process uses Microsoft's reg.exe program. Follow these directions: Go into the folder where RegScrubXP was installed. Double-click on these two programs: HKLM.cmd and HKCU.cmd You should see two files created: HKLM.reg and HKCU.reg Copy these two files to a safe place. If you ever need to fully restore your registry back to normal, double-click on HKLM.reg and HKCU.reg to fully restore your registry as it was before you used RegScrubXP. ================================== Eusing Free Registry Cleaner http://www.eusing.com/free_registry... Eusing Free Registry Cleaner is a free registry repair software that allows you to safely clean and repair registry problems with a few simple mouse clicks. The Windows Registry is a crucial part of your PC's operation system. Problems with the Windows Registry are a common cause of Windows crashes and error messages. Registry problems can occur for many reasons, including references left behind after uninstallation; incorrect removal of software; missing or corrupt hardware drivers; or orphaned start-up programs. This will significantly increase the Registry size and slow down your computer, because Windows will need more time to load, search, and read data from the Registry. Eusing Free Registry Cleaner will scans your Windows registry for invalid or obsolete information and provide a list of the errors found. After fixing the invalid entries, your system will be more stable and run faster. For maximum safety, Eusing Free Registry Cleaner will make a backup of the repaired entries. You will be able to restore any changes made using the software by choosing Restore registry backup. Eusing Software products are free of spyware and adware. Windows 9x/Me/NT/2000/XP/2003/Vista. ==================================== ATF Cleaner http://www.atribune.org/content/vie... This program is for XP and Windows 2000 only Double-click ATF-Cleaner.exe to run the program. Under Main choose: Select All Click the Empty Selected button. If you use Firefox browser Click Firefox at the top and choose: Select All Click the Empty Selected button. NOTE: If you would like to keep your saved passwords, please click No at the prompt. If you use Opera browser Click Opera at the top and choose: Select All Click the Empty Selected button. NOTE: If you would like to keep your saved passwords, please click No at the prompt. Click Exit on the Main menu to close the program. For Technical Support, double-click the e-mail address located at the bottom of each menu. This will remove all files from the items that are checked so if you have some cookies you'd like to save. please move them to a different directory first. ======================================= Drive Cleanup Wizard http://www.thejackol.com/index.php?... http://www.thejackol.com/2004/06/01... Should work on Windows 98 and above. Tested only with Windows 2000 and above. ==================================== System Cleanup http://www.softpedia.com/get/Securi... http://www.xs4all.nl/~franckey/fran... Find and remove temporary, cache, history and backup files on all your local drives. System Cleanup can protect recent used files. Folders can be manually added to an exclude list to protect files and improve disc reading speed. Different colors give cleanup action information (Green: no files found to cleanup; Red: one or more files found to cleanup; Blue: registry cleanup or system function). Each action has an information window with additional cleanup info e.g. founded files for cleanup. The visible cleanup actions depend on installed applications. Windows 95, 98, NT, 2000, XP. ======================================== XP Auto Delete Temporary Folder http://www.tweakxp.com/display.aspx... First go into gpedit.msc ( only available in the Pro version of XP ) Start > Run, Copy & Paste > gpedit.msc & press Enter. Next select -> Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Terminal Services > Temporary Folder. Then right click "Do Not Delete Temp Folder Upon Exit" Go to properties and hit disable. Now next time Windows puts a temp file in that folder it will automatically delete it when its done! Install the Group Policy Editor in Windows XP Home http://www.geocities.com/kilian0072...

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