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Hierdie gesprek is in die argief. Vra asseblief 'n nuwe vraag as jy hulp nodig het.

What is plugin-container.exe? I have never noticed this before. It's using 210,000 memory usage in my window task manager processes. Its slowing my server down tremendously. in English

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salmoncake
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What is plugin-container.exe? I have never noticed this before. It's using 210,000 memory usage in my window task manager processes. Its slowing my server down tremendously. in English

What is plugin-container.exe? I have never noticed this before. It's using 210,000 memory usage in my window task manager processes. Its slowing my server down tremendously. in English

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ak99372
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Well it seems like Firefox is not allocating enough memory by itself (only 200k!) so they created another exe (to run Flash, Silverlight...etc plug-ins)... that would help slow down your computer. Solution: Downgrade to 2.0 (the last usable version) or use different browser.

mt3ch
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The answer to this support post What is plugin-container.exe? gives a good answer to your question.

I hope this helps.