Are you a user of the Mozilla Firefox browser? Then I may have given you the famous warning "A web page is slowing down your Firefox browser." It may have given you this problem and that is why you are looking for a solution in this article in which we are going to give you different tips to try. More than anything because in the end the two options that Mozilla Firefox gives you are to wait or stop the problem by closing that particular web page that you are viewing. Many times, and the most likely thing that has happened to you, is that none of those options work.
Yes, the easy option is to take and completely close Mozilla Firefox and that's it. Zero problems. But we don't want that, we want to find a solution to the problem that a web page is slowing down your firefox browser for the mere fact that if you always close, you will lose data. In addition, those data that you have there can be relevant on many occasions, and in others, not be, but it can be a nuisance. lose anything you had on that web page up to that point. Imagine that you are filling out forms in the Treasury or any bureaucratic procedure, what a problem that they close the web page without saving absolutely anything, right?
Therefore, once we know that you have this error and that you want to solve it to stop walking with the automatic options that respond to the problem on the part of Mozilla Firefox, we go there with the different solutions that the browser can fix for you with that error.
A web page is slowing down your firefox browser - Solutions
To begin with, you have to know that the error usually occurs when you are browsing certain web pages. You may have already realized this by now but if not, the normal thing is that this error occurs when you are in places like Google Maps, Youtube or Twitch. This is because they are heavy web pages so to speak, heavily loaded with content. So we can try some of the following quick tricks to try and erase the error from the map.
Are you a Windows 64-bit operating system user? This solution may help you
To begin with, if you are within this group of people, we have a solution for you that can serve you. As we have done on other occasions with different errors, open the file explorer and try to navigate to the location that we are going to put here from the My Computer section that you will already know: C: N-SysWOW64N-MacromedN-Flash
Now once you are on the path, you will have to find a file that will be called mms.cfg. Once you have it, click with the right button of your mouse and select the option to edit it. To be able to do it, you will have to give it permissions, when you get the administrator notice, accept without fear.
Can't find the file in question? then let's create it. If you have not found it anywhere, click with your right mouse button and click on new and then text file. Now save that text file, txt, with the previous name, mms.cfg and now set when saving the type of file we want, that is, all file types.
Now that we have the file both created and edited, open the file again and edit it by adding the following: ProtectedMode = 0
When you exit, save the changes you have made to the file and close the Notepad. Now close Mozilla Firefox and wait a few minutes. This way, the error may have already been solved and it will not appear again on the screen to bother you. In that case, work done.
Clear cookies and stored site data
A classic that can always serve us. Basically this works in such a way that a cache mismatch that you save in your system and in the data of the site can cause the problem that a web page is slowing down your browser in Firefox. In order to eliminate both the cookies you save and the data of the stored site, it is the following:
In order to delete cookies and data from the site that you have saved, you will have to go to the address bar of your Mozilla Firefox browser and type the following: about: preferences # privacy. Now you will only see a screen with different highly visual options. In her you will have to go to Cookies and Site Data and click as is obvious on the option that says delete data. Don't forget to check the cache and cookies boxes before, remember. Then you just have to open and close Mozilla Firefox again and navigate without problem to see if the error appears again.
Modify different settings of your Mozilla Firefox browser
Once again to try this type of solution you will have to go to the navigation or address bar and type about: config. Once you have pressed enter, a warning window will be displayed in which you will have to accept what it tells you without any fear. Even if I warn you, accept without problem.
Now in the search address bar, at the top, you will have to search for the following, processHang. Two windows or entries will appear in which you will see written dom.ipc.processHangMonitor and dom.ipc.reportProcessHangs. Click on them with the right button of your mouse and click on the false option, in both.
Now go back to restart browser and try browsing the web pages that give you the error again. Let's see if this way we have managed to eliminate it.
Disable Adobe Flash Protected mode in Mozilla Firefox (Adobe Flash Protected Mode)
If you have a 32-bit computer you may have this option, if you are 64-bit, don't bother looking for it since it is not present on those types of Windows systems. Basically this is a protection designed by Adobe that serves as a bit of a firewall against malware or viruses, but Mozilla Firefox's own engineers have warned that it can cause some instability in the browser and therefore they recommend disabling it if it gives errors.
Therefore, if you know that you have a 32-bit system and that this may be interfering with your browsing, we are going to show you how to deactivate it:
First you will have to open your Mozilla Firefox browser as usual. Go to the desktop and double-click the Mozilla Firefox icon. Now head over to the d buttone menu that you will find at the top, on the right of the screen and click to enter. After this click on Add-ons or complements if you have it in Spanish.
In this area you will find the plugin called Shockwave Flash, in it you will have to uncheck the box that you will find called «Activate Adobe Flash protected mode«. We recommend that you always use security measures on your PC and more so if you are going to uncheck these options. Now restart the browser.
Hope that you have solved the problem that a web page is slowing down your Firefox browser. If you already enjoy better navigation, we are happy. See you in the next article to solve your doubts and problems!