My recent computer problems

[CharlesW]

In the past week, a few things have happened that don't make a lot of sense to me, but that happens to me a lot with computers.
1. The sometimes slow and erratic behaviour seems to have started aout the time I upgraded my Fire Fox to version 3.0.
2. It seems to be happening when I have my Yahoo homepage activated.
3. If I use IE, I don't have the problem, even when using the Yahoo homepage.

Checking system resources with Windows Task Manger came up with a couple of other things that seemed out of the ordinary.
1. Fire Fox uses a lot more memory. It varies, but is in the 92,000 K to 130,000 K range. It usually runs around 97,000 to 100,000 K.
2. Internet Exporer varies from 52,000 K to 70,000 K and usually runs around 58,000 K to 60,000 K.

I did like Fire Fox, but IE seems to do everything I want/need and with a heck of a lot less memory use and no Yahoo home page complications.
I'm totally lost as to what to do tp correct the Fire Fox slowdown other than use IE.
Has anyone else experienced any similar problems/conditions?

 

[Jngrbrdman]

Those are interesting problems. They could be related to your hardware as well as your software. Have you tried out the new Google Chrome browser? I've been playing around with that one and it is pretty slick. It is totally different from other browsers that I've used in the past and seems to be pretty free of bugs. The really nice thing is that the address bar also serves as the search box in google. It is an incredibly helpful browser for my schoolwork.

Google Chrome - Download a new browser

 

[Beemerboy]

The new FF 3.0 has some bugs I had the same type of issues you had and went back to IE for my work browser...

 

[Bunky]

I discovered that if my PC suspends FireFox 3 stops working correctly (mouse clicks on links do not work) but I have been using Opera more for its snappier performance and better scrolling.