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Hi i have firefox quantumn 58.0.2 32bit installed but when i open 1 page and it shows 5 processes on my laptop and seems to be taking its toll on my laptop performance please help

have enclosed screenshot

Thanks

Hi i have firefox quantumn 58.0.2 32bit installed but when i open 1 page and it shows 5 processes on my laptop and seems to be taking its toll on my laptop performance please help have enclosed screenshot Thanks

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ScreenShot.

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You may see three or more Firefox processes running.

  • one process for the main Firefox thread (user interface)
  • one or more content processes set via dom.ipc.processCount
    Options/Preferences -> General -> Performance
    remove checkmark: [ ] "Use recommended performance settings"
  • one process for the compositor thread (Windows;graphics)

You can look in "Help -> Troubleshooting Information" (about:support) to see the current multi-process state.

  • "Help -> Troubleshooting Information" -> "Application Basics":
    Multiprocess Windows
    Web Content Processes

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