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firefox has four prossese running and is a memory hog

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firefox has four prepossess running and is a memory hog...

firefox has four prepossess running and is a memory hog...

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It is suppose to have 4 running or more as Addons stick them in the Task Manager also. Is why called Quantum. https://www.howtogeek.com/332449/whats-new-in-firefox-quantum/

do this please : go to the Firefox 3 Bar Menu --> Options --> Privacy & Security panel and under Permissions check (put a tick in the box) the setting to Prevent Accessibility Services from accessing your browser.

Monitor in Task Manager. Should stay below 2 gigs. If excessive then do below and monitor and change if need to...Test and go up again , go back down, it will eventually get a zone you and it can live with.

Go the 3 Bar Menu then Options --> General --> Performance and untick everything. change the recommended size lower then see how it runs. Note: 1 = No Multiprocessor = slow again. Try 2 Restart Firefox after making these changes please.

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