There is ALWAYS an update, IMO.

But I seem to recall that when FF started 3.0 is when the system hog stuff started. I looked it up back then.

Hi all.

Well, first things first. Last night, right after I posted the question, I discovered how to copy ff bookmarks over to IE. I did the Import from Firefox, and it did it.

However, trying to find it is another nightmare. There are so many other folders there when I click on the word Favorites, well, I found a folder called Mozilla favorites, but when I clicked on it, everything was in Alphabetical order, and over at Mozilla, when Alan clicks on his favorites, they are there in the order he likes.

So if we have to use IE, I have to figure out a way to have the favorites show up exactly the same way they do in ff.

I'll learn how to do this.

Now for the freezing part. This morning, I clicked on Mozilla and it NEVER came up. I clicked on IE and it came RIGHT up. Then after 2 or 3 minutes, Mozilla finally loaded. I have no idea why this is but I'm going to do as suggested and research those links.

Also, and I have no idea what Flock is, but I'll look into this also.

thanks much my trusty computer allies.

I shall persevere!!!!! And when I finish persevering, I shall go and eat my sprouts. Unlike Mozilla, they never let me down.

lol

Melody

3 minutes sounds about right.

I'd do a scan anyway for malware... since you may have a trojan linking up and delaying you. But I suspect it is Firefox itself. You may have many things on the desktop tray... all waiting to set up.

I do a malware scan every day. Don't mean to sound like an idiot but I have no idea what the desktop tray is. I'm going to google it, and when I find it, I'll get rid of some of the start-ups.

Don't know if this matters, but Alan has MANY toolbars going on ON THE TOP OF THE SCREEN. Are these things loading up at the same time, and could that be the reason for the slow start up.

I mean, the top quarter of my screen has all these tool bars.

Good Lord.

thanks much

melody

I have only one toolbar...Yahoo... and our laptops (2) do not.
The computer with the Yahoo bar is the slow start up one.

The laptops don't have that problem. The Win 7 laptop is slow about everything IMO, and I don't like it. But my old laptop with the new HD is very fast on start up. (it doesn't have much on it tho..and we only use it for photos on vacation, etc. It has wifi so is handy for traveling.)

This site is really good for common sense problems:
http://www.komando.com/tips/index.aspx?id=9622
This link discusses slow start ups.
http://www.komando.com/top10/tips.asp
top 10 tips of 2010 including the one above.

Look around for other things, there too.

I personally think it is all the tool bars above. Some days the Yahoo one is REALLY SLOW .... I just get Firefox going, and leave and come back. Sitting here waiting makes it seem longer.