Firefox problems related to WinXP?

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I had never had any problem with Firefox, and had never used WinXP until I
bought a computer with it installed. Suddenly, I was having all the
problems that many users report - slow loads, memory leaks, using over 100
MB of RAM, crashes, etc.

I wiped the drive and installed W2K - and Firefox is a joy to use once
again.

Is Bill Gates low enough to stoop to writing the OS so it will cripple a
browser he's afraid of? Naw, he wouldn't do that, would he?..........
 
none said:
I had never had any problem with Firefox, and had never used WinXP until I
bought a computer with it installed. Suddenly, I was having all the
problems that many users report - slow loads, memory leaks, using over 100
MB of RAM, crashes, etc.

I wiped the drive and installed W2K - and Firefox is a joy to use once
again.

Is Bill Gates low enough to stoop to writing the OS so it will cripple a
browser he's afraid of? Naw, he wouldn't do that, would he?..........
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That would be a neat trick for Windows XP since it came out a couple of
years before Firefox.

I use Firefox on Windows XP Home with none of the above problems.
Perhaps try installing the necessary service packs and critical updates,
and see if this improves your experience.
 
none wrote:
Is Bill Gates low enough to stoop to writing the OS so it will cripple
a browser he's afraid of? Naw, he wouldn't do that, would
he?..........

Fixefox & XP are perfect on mine, all the problems you mention are
usually due to virii or trojans or spyfiles or other conflicts/
corruption/bugs.
 
Is Bill Gates low enough to stoop to writing the OS so it will cripple a
browser he's afraid of? Naw, he wouldn't do that, would he?..........
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No, the FirefoZ team is using dirty tricks to stop people to use Xp. I
though that was a well known fact.
 
I had never had any problem with Firefox, and had never used WinXP until I
bought a computer with it installed. Suddenly, I was having all the
problems that many users report - slow loads, memory leaks, using over 100
MB of RAM, crashes, etc.

I wiped the drive and installed W2K - and Firefox is a joy to use once
again.

Is Bill Gates low enough to stoop to writing the OS so it will cripple a
browser he's afraid of? Naw, he wouldn't do that, would he?..........
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Firefox 1.5.0.1. XP Pro SP2. Six tabs open. Loads of extensions.
The RAM image is taking 88 Megs according to Taskmanager. It's been
running for at least a few days, being used every morning and every
evening, at least. (I sometimes VNC in from the office and go to some
site for something.)

I think a memory leak would have shown up. Especially since I
sometimes run for a week or two without rebooting or even closing FF.
 
Telemagic said:
No, the FirefoZ team is using dirty tricks to stop people to use Xp. I
though that was a well known fact.
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I didn't know that. What sort of tricks?

J
 
I didn't know that. What sort of tricks?
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Starting 1 april 2006 performance get worse every day until 1 april 2007
by allocating extra unused memory and writing useless files. By then you
have to buy MS Vista to get out of problems.
 
The said:
That would be a neat trick for Windows XP since it came out a couple of
years before Firefox.
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Don't forget all the updates XP has had. Theoretically, the code in any
one of them could cause problems with Firefox.
I use Firefox on Windows XP Home with none of the above problems.
Perhaps try installing the necessary service packs and critical updates,
and see if this improves your experience.
Click to expand...

I'm also using it with XP Home SP2 and it starts very slowly. MUCH more
slowly than it did with Millennium Edition. However, I've experienced no
memory leak, crashes or resource useage problems.

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or Roger Johansson, for instance. No adware, cdware, commercial
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spyware, time-limited software, trialware, viruses or warez for me, please.
 
That would be a neat trick for Windows XP since it came out a couple of
years before Firefox.
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It could easily have been crippled via a patch or a service pack.

It's a moot point now, since I'm no longer using XP. In the short time I
used it, I grew to detest it. Good old 2000.
 
Gert said:
Starting 1 april 2006 performance get worse every day until 1 april 2007
by allocating extra unused memory and writing useless files. By then you
have to buy MS Vista to get out of problems.
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Ah yes;

The "April 1st Project." Very well known. It ends on 1 April, 2007
when Microsoft buys Firefox, Thunderbird and OpenOffice all on the same
day. Documentation can be found here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_1,_2006_(Complete_List)

-Craig
 
John said:
Don't forget all the updates XP has had. Theoretically, the code in any
one of them could cause problems with Firefox.
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Perhaps John.

If Microsoft was going to use an update to disable a competitor's free
product, wouldn't it make more sense for MS to protect one of it's
commercial products instead. For instance disabling OpenOffice.org would
help keep Office necessary and profitable. Also the free versions of
AVG, Avast, ZoneAlarm and Comodo Firewall are all in direct competion
with Micosoft's new subscription service, Windows Care Live. While we
are on the subject perhaps Microsoft's MSN search engine would be more
profitable if Google and Yahoo were both unavailable.

I'm also using it with XP Home SP2 and it starts very slowly. MUCH more
slowly than it did with Millennium Edition. However, I've experienced no
memory leak, crashes or resource useage problems.
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At most Firefox takes 3 seconds to load on my computer. Someone
mentioned an open source preloader for Firefox a while back. Perhaps you
could try that.
 
If Microsoft was going to use an update to disable a competitor's free
product, wouldn't it make more sense for MS to protect one of it's
commercial products instead. For instance disabling OpenOffice.org would
help keep Office necessary and profitable. Also the free versions of
AVG, Avast, ZoneAlarm and Comodo Firewall are all in direct competion
with Micosoft's new subscription service, Windows Care Live. While we
are on the subject perhaps Microsoft's MSN search engine would be more
profitable if Google and Yahoo were both unavailable.
Click to expand...

Let's hope you haven't given them any ideas.
 
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