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Happening more and more, when opening new tabs, browser will say The Connection was Reset, I retry and the page loads. What do I need to do to get this to stop?

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Hi.

When I open new tabs, it will take a while to load, then say:

"The connection was reset

The connection to the server was reset while the page was loading.
       


   The site could be temporarily unavailable or too busy. Try again in a few
   moments.
 If you are unable to load any pages, check your computer's network
   connection.
 If your computer or network is protected by a firewall or proxy, make sure
   that Firefox is permitted to access the Web."

All those things are fine. When I click "Retry," the page will usually load then. What do I need to do in order to fix this? It's making FF unusable. I have Version 14.0.1. This problem happened out of the blue and is getting worse each day.

Thank you for your help.

troop

Hi. When I open new tabs, it will take a while to load, then say: "The connection was reset The connection to the server was reset while the page was loading. The site could be temporarily unavailable or too busy. Try again in a few moments. If you are unable to load any pages, check your computer's network connection. If your computer or network is protected by a firewall or proxy, make sure that Firefox is permitted to access the Web." All those things are fine. When I click "Retry," the page will usually load then. What do I need to do in order to fix this? It's making FF unusable. I have Version 14.0.1. This problem happened out of the blue and is getting worse each day. Thank you for your help. troop

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Try clearing cookies and cache

You may also need to clear the network cache


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