Firefox 2.0.0.4 using 99% CPU
Peter Merrick
Windows XP SP2. I don't know where to look to find out why..
P.
Herb
> Anybody else had this happen? It's consuming all my processor power.
> Windows XP SP2. I don't know where to look to find out why..
Doesn't happen here.
Does it happen for all websites?
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Peter Merrick
> On 24.06.2007 13:16 UK Time, Peter Merrick wrote:
>> Anybody else had this happen? It's consuming all my processor power.
>> Windows XP SP2. I don't know where to look to find out why..
>
> Doesn't happen here.
>
> Does it happen for all websites?
>
It seems to start straight away on my home page (IE7 doesn't do it) and
then regularly from then on, irrespective of the page being viewed.
The CPU cycles up to 100% about once a minute and stays there about 10
seconds , even if I'm doing nothing.. It just seems to be looping round
and round.
teabag
>> Doesn't happen here.
And your home page is?
Aggro
> Anybody else had this happen? It's consuming all my processor power.
> Windows XP SP2. I don't know where to look to find out why..
Does it do it if you start Firefox to the safe-mode?
http://kb.mozillazine.org/Safe_mode
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David McRitchie
> Anybody else had this happen? It's consuming all my processor power.
> Windows XP SP2. I don't know where to look to find out why..
Does it happen without a web page ( about:blank )
kind of hard to help you without a webpage. If it is possible to
help without a url, possibly check out the following:
http://kb.mozillazine.org/Problematic_extensions
http://kb.mozillazine.org/Standard_diagnostic_-_Firefox
Did you install a theme, if you did, disable it.
Test in Safe Mode -- those are things that would be covered
in Standard Diagnostic. Exactly when does the problem occur.
Please try the above before posting back.
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Peter Merrick
Peter Merrick
> Peter Merrick wrote:
>> Anybody else had this happen? It's consuming all my processor power.
>> Windows XP SP2. I don't know where to look to find out why..
>
> Does it do it if you start Firefox to the safe-mode?
>
> http://kb.mozillazine.org/Safe_mode
>
normal, so it seems to be the home page that's doing this? Sorry if I
mis-led you before. Incomplete problem solving on my part.
Melchert Fruitema
option) things are back to normal.
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Peter Merrick
Thanks for your solution. I'm afraid I don't know enough about Firefox
yet to quite understand what a 'Prefbar Option' is. How do I kill
'flash' whatever that is.. ? I looked in Tools/Options and Firefox
Help and can't find anything about Prefbars or flash. Can you please
explain to a novice what you mean?
Thanks and regards,
Peter
Melchert Fruitema
> <x>
> Thanks for your solution. I'm afraid I don't know enough about Firefox
> yet to quite understand what a 'Prefbar Option' is. How do I kill
> 'flash' whatever that is.. ? I looked in Tools/Options and Firefox
> Help and can't find anything about Prefbars or flash. Can you please
> explain to a novice what you mean?
>
> Thanks and regards,
> Peter
You can view and get extensions via Tools/Add-ons/Extensions, click on
'get extensions' (at the bottom left).
As Prefbar is unfortunately not available that way, I would advise you
the Flashblock extension:
<https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/433>.
David McRitchie
> On 24-06-2007 18:49 CET, Peter Merrick
> > My home page is.... http://uk.yahoo.com/
> It seems that advertising is the cause. After killing flash (Prefbar
> option) things are back to normal.
So it doesn't seem that you really have a major problem after all.
I'm on Fiber so the 100% only lasts a few seconds and doesn't
really come back, AND I have "Adblock" extension installed.
Suggest you install "Adblock Plus" extension 229KB, and EasyList filter
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1865
http://adblockplus.org/en/ -- author's/maintainer's site
http://adblockplus.org/en/subscriptions -- EasyList filters
The actual filters invoked for your home page were these
and you should find them in your filter set.
*yming.com/a/*
*/ads/*
*adtmt.*
Under preferences, if it is like "Adblock" chose remove ads
rather than hide ads, so that they don't even get loaded.
Peter Merrick
> "Melchert Fruitema" ...
>> On 24-06-2007 18:49 CET, Peter Merrick
>>>> And your home page is?
>>> My home page is.... http://uk.yahoo.com/
>> It seems that advertising is the cause. After killing flash (Prefbar
>> option) things are back to normal.
>
> So it doesn't seem that you really have a major problem after all.
>
> I'm on Fiber so the 100% only lasts a few seconds and doesn't
> really come back, AND I have "Adblock" extension installed.
> Suggest you install "Adblock Plus" extension 229KB, and EasyList filter
> https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1865
> http://adblockplus.org/en/ -- author's/maintainer's site
> http://adblockplus.org/en/subscriptions -- EasyList filters
>
> The actual filters invoked for your home page were these
> and you should find them in your filter set.
>
> *yming.com/a/*
> */ads/*
> *adtmt.*
>
> Under preferences, if it is like "Adblock" chose remove ads
> rather than hide ads, so that they don't even get loaded.
I like Firefox even more now!
Peter