 Firefox and Chrome hanging/freezing, web browsing sadness |
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 Jan 8 2010, 02:00 AM
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 living in your basement, eating your candy hearts  Group: Established Members Posts: 3,418 Joined: 23-February 04 From: cloud cuckoo land Member No.: 959 Gender: Female  |
So, a while ago, Firefox started doing something that I have discovered is called "hanging". I surf the web for a while, and then Firefox just stops loading - I click a link, it says "loading..." at the top of the tab, but at the bottom of the page it says "stopped". I have no trouble hitting X to close firefox, but then I try to reopen it and get the "Firefox is still running and not responding" message. I go to Task Manager to Stop Process and this does not work. I have to restart my computer. This didn't use to happen quite as often as I think it does now - I thought it was ZoneAlarm (I am running Windows Vista, unfortunately) but even after I uninstalled the program this is happening...
So I downloaded Chrome to try out because I was curious and because I was frustrated with Firefox. Guess what. Chrome freezes up often, and after I close it, I open Task Manager and for some reason there are like five or six chrome.exe processes. I hit "end process" on like four of them, and then I can reopen Chrome, although sometimes it freezes on reboot too. I've run a virus scan, I've defragmented my computer, I disabled all my plugins in Firefox, I've run spyware programs... I don't know what to do next  I'm running Windows Vista on a Dell XPS M1530 laptop that's a year and a half old. -------------------- Being corrupted by candice since 2004
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Jan 8 2010, 02:24 AM
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 I could have written a short novel by this point Group: Established Members Posts: 1,579 Joined: 4-August 08 Member No.: 12,759 Gender: Secret |
Clear your cache? That's all I can think of, but should be a temporary solution until the computer experts get here and sort it out for you.
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Jan 8 2010, 03:38 AM
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 Transdimensional Traveler Group: Established Members Posts: 1,322 Joined: 20-August 04 From: Somewhere in the Æther Member No.: 1,244 Gender: Secret |
Sounds like you have too many temporary files built up. Try using CCleaner. It will clean out the crap thats on your computer. If that doesn't work try the registry cleanup tool thats part of CCleaner. Run both cleaners more than once and you should be good.
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Jan 8 2010, 01:27 PM
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I sometimes get that with Firefox too. Firefox won't connect but IE will. I was very distrubed by the idea that I might have to go back to IE! I'll have to give that software a go. Thanks for the suggestion Speaker
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Jan 9 2010, 01:55 AM
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Transdimensional Traveler Group: Established Members Posts: 1,322 Joined: 20-August 04 From: Somewhere in the Æther Member No.: 1,244 Gender: Secret |
Thanks Mata. It is very tasty software.
On a side note, I don't have that problem with Firefox... but then again I use Gentoo Linux instead of Micro$oft anything. -------------------- It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion,
It is by the beans of Java that thoughts acquire speed, The hands acquire shaking, the shaking becomes a warning, It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion. Jack of all trades, master of none, though offtimes better than master of one. Carpe Noctem, pro cras nos necemus Carpe Diem, pro hodie nos mutiamo |
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Jan 9 2010, 03:41 AM
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living in your basement, eating your candy hearts Group: Established Members Posts: 3,418 Joined: 23-February 04 From: cloud cuckoo land Member No.: 959 Gender: Female |
Thanks Speaker, that looks like a useful tool - I did use it but my problem still happened - maybe restarting my computer will help? I think it's a problem with my Task Manager, as it has now failed to close Pidgin for me.
I have a friend coming over that will probably just end up wiping my computer and reinstalling my OS. I blame Vista, personally...edit: also just had to shut it down manually because an error about not being able to load the security login dialog came up when I tried to restart. Eugh... -------------------- Being corrupted by candice since 2004
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Jan 9 2010, 11:58 AM
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 : P> Group: Moderators Posts: 2,352 Joined: 5-March 04 From: Derby Member No.: 991 Gender: Secret |
I'd definitely restart before trying anything else if something like that starts happening every time you open a program. Not sure what else to suggest for that though. Windows specific problems aren't really my thing since I avoid using it when possible. >_>
Edit time: One thing to try might be installing Process Explorer. It's an alternative to Task Manager that was actually so good that Microsoft licensed it from him. It basically does the same job as Task Manager but gives a lot more information and is a lot better at forcing programs to close. It can either completely replace Task Manager (probably not worth it for now) or you can just run the program manually to see what's going on. In fact, if Firefox or Chrome continue misbehaving it might be worth PMing or posting a screenshot of Process Explorer showing Firefox to see if the extra information gives any clues (maybe blur out any of the info that has potential privacy/security implications). -------------------- I am Candice's asw emo e-husband, real life actual husband and all around awesome person, Funked)Out_Frogg's e-paramour. Snugglebum's harem slave. Candice and gothictheysay are my e-pimps.
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Jan 9 2010, 06:13 PM
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living in your basement, eating your candy hearts Group: Established Members Posts: 3,418 Joined: 23-February 04 From: cloud cuckoo land Member No.: 959 Gender: Female |
Hmm, interesting. I am running process explorer, which also does not want to kill firefox. I will test to see if it kills chrome in case chrome freezes, or if any other program does. Question though - what should I take the screenshot of? I assume something under the Properties panel?
Oh, and thanks much. -------------------- Being corrupted by candice since 2004
teal and orange is the way forward |
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Jan 9 2010, 06:45 PM
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: P> Group: Moderators Posts: 2,352 Joined: 5-March 04 From: Derby Member No.: 991 Gender: Secret |
QUOTE (gothictheysay @ Jan 9 2010, 06:13 PM)  Question though - what should I take the screenshot of? I assume something under the Properties panel? I was thinking it might be useful to see the process list but it seems like most of the useful info is turned off by default. I'll have a look later when I'm on my Windows computer and check how to turn it on if you like.
-------------------- I am Candice's asw emo e-husband, real life actual husband and all around awesome person, Funked)Out_Frogg's e-paramour. Snugglebum's harem slave. Candice and gothictheysay are my e-pimps.
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Jan 9 2010, 10:23 PM
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Transdimensional Traveler Group: Established Members Posts: 1,322 Joined: 20-August 04 From: Somewhere in the Æther Member No.: 1,244 Gender: Secret |
A memory of a previous issue that I faced reminds me of a possible fix to your problem...
I had an issue where if I went to a website with Java or Flash in the site that it would either freeze up or become excessively choppy. I finally decided, after many other 'fixes', to check and see if there were updated drivers for everything in my laptop. That helped some. What fixed it was uninstalling every version of Java, Flash, Acrobat, Firefox, Chrome, et cetera. I then ran CCleaner until there was nothing left to clean or unfixed registry errors. After that I downloaded and installed the latest versions for each program that I previously removed. That definitely fixed it. You could try that and see if it fixes the issues. -------------------- It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion,
It is by the beans of Java that thoughts acquire speed, The hands acquire shaking, the shaking becomes a warning, It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion. Jack of all trades, master of none, though offtimes better than master of one. Carpe Noctem, pro cras nos necemus Carpe Diem, pro hodie nos mutiamo |
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Jan 10 2010, 03:06 PM
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: P> Group: Moderators Posts: 2,352 Joined: 5-March 04 From: Derby Member No.: 991 Gender: Secret |
I had a chance to poke around Process Explorer finally. If you right click the process (either Firefox or Chrome) in the list and choose properties it would be interesting to see the contents of the Performance tab. It's not 100% but it might give some clues as to what's wrong.
-------------------- I am Candice's asw emo e-husband, real life actual husband and all around awesome person, Funked)Out_Frogg's e-paramour. Snugglebum's harem slave. Candice and gothictheysay are my e-pimps.
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Jan 10 2010, 11:15 PM
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living in your basement, eating your candy hearts Group: Established Members Posts: 3,418 Joined: 23-February 04 From: cloud cuckoo land Member No.: 959 Gender: Female |
 this is shortly after trying to reopen it and getting the "already running but not responding" message. -------------------- Being corrupted by candice since 2004
teal and orange is the way forward |
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Jan 11 2010, 05:51 PM
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: P> Group: Moderators Posts: 2,352 Joined: 5-March 04 From: Derby Member No.: 991 Gender: Secret |
Hmm. Nothing looks particularly weird but it might be worth checking how much disk space you have remaining. If it's less that a few gigabytes then it might be worth freeing some up.
-------------------- I am Candice's asw emo e-husband, real life actual husband and all around awesome person, Funked)Out_Frogg's e-paramour. Snugglebum's harem slave. Candice and gothictheysay are my e-pimps.
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Jan 11 2010, 08:13 PM
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 NyanNyanNyan Group: Established Members Posts: 2,157 Joined: 28-March 03 From: Dundee Member No.: 191 Gender: Male |
I suspect Speaker may be on to something here. I had the same problem a while back with firefox, and if I remember correctly the java client was causing the freeze-ups. A clean uninstall of firefox and java might work, but as Moop says its difficult to be certain what's wrong here.
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Jan 13 2010, 05:02 AM
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living in your basement, eating your candy hearts Group: Established Members Posts: 3,418 Joined: 23-February 04 From: cloud cuckoo land Member No.: 959 Gender: Female |
Yeah, I disabled the Java at one point and it still happened. Sooo, I ended up installing Windows 7. That, uh, seemed like the best solution.
 Thanks for all your help guys, hopefully it won't happen again.
-------------------- Being corrupted by candice since 2004
teal and orange is the way forward |
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Jan 13 2010, 06:20 AM
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Transdimensional Traveler Group: Established Members Posts: 1,322 Joined: 20-August 04 From: Somewhere in the Æther Member No.: 1,244 Gender: Secret |
QUOTE (gothictheysay @ Jan 13 2010, 12:02 AM) Yeah, I disabled the Java at one point and it still happened. Sooo, I ended up installing Windows 7. That, uh, seemed like the best solution. Thanks for all your help guys, hopefully it won't happen again.>.< THAT MADE MY DAY!!! -------------------- It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion,
It is by the beans of Java that thoughts acquire speed, The hands acquire shaking, the shaking becomes a warning, It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion. Jack of all trades, master of none, though offtimes better than master of one. Carpe Noctem, pro cras nos necemus Carpe Diem, pro hodie nos mutiamo |
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