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Mercutio replied to the thread Laptop time?.One of my customers brought me this thing, asking why it was weirdly slow. They didn't realize it's a Qualcomm SoC system. Once I... -
Mercutio replied to the thread Firefox extremely slow.Yes. A new Windows account. Firefox puts crap in a bunch of different places under %appdata% and it's hard telling what's left behind...
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mubs replied to the thread Firefox extremely slow.How do I create a fresh user account? Just create a new user? I uninstalled as much as I could; it keeps insisting a reinstall will fix... -
Mercutio replied to the thread Laptop time?.Consumer notebooks are hard. My Ideapad 1s came from visiting a Walmart and a Best Buy to see what's acceptable at less than $350...
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Mercutio replied to the thread Firefox extremely slow.I'm thinking that the fresh (Windows?) user account is a good idea just to avoid the possibility that there's some accumulation of cruft...
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mubs replied to the thread Firefox extremely slow.This started happening recently. I'll try a complete uninstall of FF and full re-install. For DNS over HTTPS, I even set it to Off...
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Mercutio replied to the thread Something Random.I have the additional aggravation that my health care is non-traditional, so my meds are at least partially selected for what can be...
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Mercutio replied to the thread Firefox extremely slow.This does not align with my experiences with Firefox. Even on something deeply pathetic like a 4th gen i3 with 4GB RAM, Firefox and...
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mubs replied to the thread Firefox extremely slow.32 secs to load ARS Technica. It spends most of the time "Looking up ARS Technica.... Chrome loads ARS in under 1 sec. Same PC.
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mubs replied to the thread Something Random.There's a gazillion different meds for BP; what suits one person won't suit another, that's why. Weight loss helps in numerous ways...
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mubs replied to the thread Firefox extremely slow.Didn't make any difference, Merc. About 15 seconds to load SF. If I come back to SF from another website, it loads in a couple of...
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Mercutio replied to the thread Firefox extremely slow.As an aside, Firefox and Brave are the only two mainstream browsers with ongoing support for thorough ad blocking. I've found no...
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Mercutio replied to the thread Firefox extremely slow.Look under Settings --> Privacy & Security --> DNS over HTTPS. Try turning that on or off to see if that makes a difference.
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Maybe an update did it, but for the past few weeks FF has been extremely slow. Takes minutes to load a web page. Chrome does it in under...
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sedrosken replied to the thread Laptop time?.I'm trying to swing something with a 7840U for my sister for Christmas since her old 5625(?)U laptop kicked it a month or two ago. I'm...