Anyone have advice for laptop issue?

[Dr. Who]

Thanks for the link. I have been checking out a lot of those sorts of help guides.

What I am thinking is that something is wrong with the system that is making my computer work overtime. From what I can tell, it has something to do with my browser (Firefox) from watching the task manager. I Googled that, and apparently some people experience it where it takes up all the CPU/Memory/Disk use and there is a way to fix it, but they removed "advanced settings" so I cannot really figure it out. I'll just have to keep clearing my cache, which for some reason gets up to 1 GB at least every day (that is how often I have been clearing it).

Then, I'll have to ask my dad or someone about the errors I found in the diagnostic and performance reports. It was all related to memory from what I can tell, so I am wondering if it could be related.

Have you tried this?: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb...mance-settings

[Peter1469]

Thanks for the link. I have been checking out a lot of those sorts of help guides.

What I am thinking is that something is wrong with the system that is making my computer work overtime. From what I can tell, it has something to do with my browser (Firefox) from watching the task manager. I Googled that, and apparently some people experience it where it takes up all the CPU/Memory/Disk use and there is a way to fix it, but they removed "advanced settings" so I cannot really figure it out. I'll just have to keep clearing my cache, which for some reason gets up to 1 GB at least every day (that is how often I have been clearing it).

Then, I'll have to ask my dad or someone about the errors I found in the diagnostic and performance reports. It was all related to memory from what I can tell, so I am wondering if it could be related.

Is there a setting to auto-clear the cache when you close the browser window?

[Lummy]

Does anyone know?

You might try defragging your hard drive. The way to do that should be described in your OS instructions. Nothing to it but it is time consuming.

[Adelaide]

You might try defragging your hard drive. The way to do that should be described in your OS instructions. Nothing to it but it is time consuming.

That's one of the first things I did after running the reports (while I was trying to figure out what the reports meant).

[Adelaide]

Have you tried this?: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb...mance-settings

Thanks! I did try that the other night, took it down to four, and it is somewhat better but it shouldn't be struggling.

There used to be a place in the advanced settings areas to automatically clear the cache but now it looks like you can't do that.

[Adelaide]

Is there a setting to auto-clear the cache when you close the browser window?

There used to be, but I guess Firefox removed their advanced settings and now there seems to be no equivalent.

Within about an hour this evening my stupid browser had 1 GB of cached data. I can kind of tell now when a website is slow to load or my fan starts going and then I clear it (again).

[CenterField]

There used to be, but I guess Firefox removed their advanced settings and now there seems to be no equivalent.

Within about an hour this evening my stupid browser had 1 GB of cached data. I can kind of tell now when a website is slow to load or my fan starts going and then I clear it (again).

If you think the problem is Firefox, why don't you install Chrome, import all the passwords and stuff from Firefox, then uninstall Firefox and see if the problem persists with Chrome?

[Dr. Who]

Thanks! I did try that the other night, took it down to four, and it is somewhat better but it shouldn't be struggling.

There used to be a place in the advanced settings areas to automatically clear the cache but now it looks like you can't do that.

It looks like they have just moved the option: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb...%20items...%20

[Lummy]

That's one of the first things I did after running the reports (while I was trying to figure out what the reports meant).

I see. Then if it were me, I might try cleaning the registry. If you do, back it up first, just in case your registry cleaner is a bit aggressive, say. All I got. Sorry you're having problems. It isn't fun, I know.

[Peter1469]

There used to be, but I guess Firefox removed their advanced settings and now there seems to be no equivalent.

Within about an hour this evening my stupid browser had 1 GB of cached data. I can kind of tell now when a website is slow to load or my fan starts going and then I clear it (again).

Use Brave. It is based off Chrome's code so it uses Chrome extensions and is rated the most secure browser. Although right now I have having a lot of database errors on tPF with it. It does have a setting to clear the cache.