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every 15 mins no response any web site for about 90 seconds then ok

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firefox 7.0 will open in my homepage then go in a no response loop for about 30 seconds and then unfreezes works fine but after just about 15 mins later goes back in a freeze the screen dulls and after 30 secs wakes up again . i tried a fresh reload of firefox cleared cache etc. this never stops, getting used to it by now last 2 weeks. went back to other browsers chrome etc all work without this freeze or loop but still use firefox cause i like everything else about it, any suggestions thanks tom

firefox 7.0 will open in my homepage then go in a no response loop for about 30 seconds and then unfreezes works fine but after just about 15 mins later goes back in a freeze the screen dulls and after 30 secs wakes up again . i tried a fresh reload of firefox cleared cache etc. this never stops, getting used to it by now last 2 weeks. went back to other browsers chrome etc all work without this freeze or loop but still use firefox cause i like everything else about it, any suggestions thanks tom

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freezing at regular intervals:

http://blog.bonardo.net/2011/09/30/is-your-firefor-freezing-at-regular-intervals
https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/places-maintenance/

Install add-on, run at least the option mentioned in the article, I ran them all. When finished you can uninstall the extension, all without taking taking Firefox down, The extension is one of the new JetPack extensions.

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i did what you emailed and it still freezes, got the firefox 8 and it freezes, added the fix to FF 8 and still freezes but this time in 10 minutes and then again 5 mins later ??? thanks for helping, just living with the freezes but will try thunderbird later this week, tom