Angeló Posted November 17, 2011 Share Posted November 17, 2011 Hello guys for the past few days my Firefox (latest version .. I think 8) .... would stop responding if I keep it open for a long time (like with Habitarium) and the Flash Player will crash ... or if I open many tabs (usually when I read the news , I open about 20 tabs) I get that "there is a script that stopped running" .. bla bla bla and then it tell me to "stop script" ... But in the same time when this happens ,, my laptop kinda tilts too ... and Windows just stops responding completely .. most of the time I have to use Ctrl+Alt+Delete (Task Manager) to quit all the processes ... and I lose hours of time on Habitarium :( :( To be honest I don't know if this is a problem with my Laptop (Windows) or with FireFox ... HELP PLEASE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
youngrace Posted November 17, 2011 Share Posted November 17, 2011 i never run neopets with ie or firefox anymore, too many adobe crash issues. try using chrome, it seems to work pretty well for me. ^_^ alternatively, you could try reinstalling flash, although i'm not positive how well that'll work. and a tilting computer? that doesn't sound too good. o_O i wonder if it might be memory issue that's making habbie crash for you. but i don't see why it would make your computer tilt though. edited to add: i'm actually pretty certain it's a working memory issue, but i'm no comp geek unfortunately so i can't be 100% sure. when you have a ton of tabs and hab open, load your task manager and see how much memory/cpu you're using. i notice that when my numbers are high my ie tends to crash more often. i guess the solution would just be to monitor how many processes you're running...habbie sucks a lot of working memory out of my (very old) comp, so that may be the case with you as well. alrighty -- time to end this wall of text! ^_^ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rommy Posted November 17, 2011 Share Posted November 17, 2011 I have that crash problem with both chrome and firefox occasionally. The best thing that works for me is a simple restart or turning the computer off for like 40 seconds. Usually resets it enough for it to be alright. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rae Posted November 17, 2011 Share Posted November 17, 2011 I personally have nothing but problems when I use Safari or Firefox, on ANY site, but I think that might have to do with my computer being Mac OSX and not a PC. Google Chrome works well for me, so maybe you should consider downloading it and giving that a try? If it happens on all of your browsers it could be a problem with our computer. Good luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wembly Posted November 17, 2011 Share Posted November 17, 2011 First off, there was just an update for flash so making sure your flash is updated may help. But also, Habitarium takes a lot of effort for computers to run so it may just be your computer may not have enough power to successfully run it. Or the culprit may be your internet provider because I know that personally when my internet connection speed slows down a bit, Habitarium occasionally freaks out on me because it can't keep up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emily Posted November 17, 2011 Share Posted November 17, 2011 There also might be a build of of junk files slowing your computer down. I have a couple programs I run about 1-2 times/week (they only take a couple minutes) that detect PC junk files and clean things up. Between this and using Chrome, no problems. The programs are PC ScanAndSweep and PC Speedscan pro. Both are paid programs, but I find they're worth having and I always renew. You might be able to find something similar for free. Has this been an ongoing problem or is it something that just started happening? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angeló Posted November 17, 2011 Author Share Posted November 17, 2011 Thanks for the replies :) - My Laptop is relatively new (bought it in 2010) - I always clean my Temp files and cache memory - This has been going on for the past couple days only .. I had this problem in the past .. but it was very occasional .. like once in a while - I just remembered that Flash player asked to be updated a couple days ago but I ignored it (I was in a hurry to go out) .. so I updated to Flash 11 ... and it seems to be working so far .. I'll run Habitarium all night and see what happens in the morning Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redfire77 Posted November 17, 2011 Share Posted November 17, 2011 Meh. firefox. better than internet explorer, but really? USE CHROME. its so awesome! super fast and amazing. sorry. I don't think that was helpful, but just try to avoid doing what you listed then XD This post has been edited by a member of staff (Neomysterion) because of a violation of the forum rules. If you're stating that your post isn't helpful, it doesn't really contribute to the conversation in any way. Please check your user inbox to see if you have been contacted regarding this incident, then review our rules. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angeló Posted November 18, 2011 Author Share Posted November 18, 2011 I think FF 8.0 is the problem .. it did crash ,, again I just switched to Chrome as my primary browser until they fix FF ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antiaircraft Posted November 19, 2011 Share Posted November 19, 2011 I think FF 8.0 is the problem .. it did crash ,, again Do you by any chance use Roboform? The Roboform extension for Firefox hooks in a bunch of DLLs that have been causing crashes with several Firefox versions (the frequency increased with Firefox 8). Firefox 8.0.1 was recently released to blocklist this extension, and you may want to go to Help > About to make sure you're up to date. If you're not using Roboform, then it's possible that your system may be having some odd issue with Firefox 8, or that the update exposed some pre-existing issue. I just switched to Chrome as my primary browser until they fix FF ... Since by the 'they' you're including me, it would be great if you could provide additional information on the issue if possible. :) Precisely what script is it that stops responding? And does Firefox actually crash before you kill it yourself? If so, and if you submitting the resulting crash report, you can link me to the crash report by loading about:crashes via the Firefox location bar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maxx Oris Posted November 19, 2011 Share Posted November 19, 2011 Could you post the contents of about:support for us here? It should also be noted that 9 out of 10 problems are TPBTK a browser its self does not simply crash of its own accord so it is either something you're doing or something in the profile causing it. You can test this by first running the browser in safe mode which will disable addons and plugins and make it possible to check if the BROWSER is crashing (which is unlikely). If that still persists then you need to test it with a clean profile. If it still persists then it could be a browser problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angeló Posted November 20, 2011 Author Share Posted November 20, 2011 AA and Maxx I'm very sorry , but I didn't understand one word of what you guys said I don't understand anything about programming :sad02: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antiaircraft Posted November 20, 2011 Share Posted November 20, 2011 Heh, no worries. We're both programmers so... :P Basically what it boils down to, sans-jargon, is: We both work on Firefox, so figuring out this problem is of some interest. There are some built-in features in Firefox which can provide some extra information that might help to find the problem. If you type about:support into Firefox's URL bar and load it, you should get a troubleshooting information page. The 'Copy all to clipboard' button will let you paste that information here so we can take a look at it. Firefox usually submits crash reports when it crashes (unless you tell it not to). If you type about:crashes into Firefox's URL bar and load it, you should get a list of the crash reports that Firefox has submitted, along with links to the full reports. If the date on any of the crash reports falls within the time you've been experiencing this problem, copying and pasting the report links for us would be very helpful. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweetdang Posted November 20, 2011 Share Posted November 20, 2011 ... Angelo, I know exactly what you mean. I don't know what they mean, or what it means, though, so I'm just going to be useless but supportive and say ALL THE BEST! Hope you get it fixed soon! :yes: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crimson Posted November 20, 2011 Share Posted November 20, 2011 You can try installing Greasemonkey and using low quality flash on Habitarium and see if that helps the memory usage with Firefox. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nataluna Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 how do you select for lower quality flash on habitarium? most of the flash games i know have a cliackble option, but i didn't know that habi had one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antiaircraft Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 There are a number of scripts for the Firefox extension Greasemonkey that can be used to change the quality settings for your Habitarium, as they aren't exposed anywhere else. This post has a quick tutorial. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crimson Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 I really don't know why TNT didn't have a Low Quality Flash button for Habitarium. Even Treasure Keepers has one. There used to be an LQF add-on for FF but I'm not sure if it is updated for FF 8 if you want to check that out instead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balthamel Posted November 30, 2011 Share Posted November 30, 2011 Chrome is the best browser in my opinion. It's fast and easy to use, and it never crashes-you should definitely start using it instead of FF. I NEVER use IE because it sucks-crashes and laggs all the time. This post has been edited by a member of staff (Spritzie) because of a violation of the forum rules. Please keep your posts on topic. The poster of this board was looking for help with issues on their current browser. Please check your user inbox to see if you have been contacted regarding this incident, then review our rules. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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