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I keep getting a message saying I need to close Firefox because my computer is out of memory.

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cashtiger
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My laptop started getting a message saying that I need to close Firefox because it was out of memory. Firefox will crash and then re open back to my pages I had open before. I am running Windows 8 on a new laptop with very little installed on it. I have 6G of RAM and http://prntscr.com/13ug02 I called tech support about it thinking it was my computer and they said it was a Firefox problem. I also use Chrome on this laptop and it works fine with no problems but I like Firefox so much better. I know I have no virus' on my laptop and very little has been done on this laptop since I purchased it except Facebook. This is the message that keeps popping up http://prntscr.com/13ugw3 I went back to a previous backup and installed it and my laptop worked for a few days and then started the same thing again. Please help... not sure if it will help or not but I posted my crash reports. 

bp-21714378-5b18-4ab2-acc9-1ae842130502 5/2/2013 5:51 AM
bp-faafdb27-78ca-473d-b82f-2b2fb2130430 4/29/2013 8:15 PM
b92679aa-c685-44a6-bc7e-75bc94569ce2 4/25/2013 5:51 AM
df707528-cee4-4c60-a33e-ab89b643dd60-flash 24/23/2013 2:12 PM
df707528-cee4-4c60-a33e-ab89b643dd60-flash 14/23/2013 2:12 PM
df707528-cee4-4c60-a33e-ab89b643dd60-browser 4/23/2013 2:12 PM
df707528-cee4-4c60-a33e-ab89b643dd60 4/23/2013 2:12 PM
bp-5a70beed-7c45-49ac-bfca-c0dda2130422 4/22/2013 1:08 PM
bp-22a03599-94c8-47ae-88be-cf8dc2130421 4/21/2013 1:50 AM
bp-71911151-6232-4519-95c5-47c882130419 4/19/2013 4:26 PM
bp-e045a29a-e2d8-4596-a8a5-00c0d2130419 4/19/2013 6:36 AM
bp-7ca77ea6-ac2b-413e-907c-28f272130419 4/19/2013 3:41 AM
bp-76bb2c50-9fe5-47c2-98ae-34d112130418 4/18/2013 4:22 PM
bp-3a091ddd-977d-4efc-8357-9eb9c2130418 4/18/2013 6:31 AM
bp-0cc6c909-3bc4-4f98-849e-08ad12130418 4/18/2013 4:33 AM
38cdff77-c833-4a85-9080-37cb1dc08106-flash 24/17/2013 11:19 PM
38cdff77-c833-4a85-9080-37cb1dc08106-flash 14/17/2013 11:19 PM
38cdff77-c833-4a85-9080-37cb1dc08106-browser 4/17/2013 11:19 PM
38cdff77-c833-4a85-9080-37cb1dc08106 4/17/2013 11:19 PM
bp-39f226f7-10b2-4671-8a13-65e4d2130415 4/15/2013 7:08 AM
f25861b3-ccc6-49ed-81c0-6fb28a2f964d-flash 24/13/2013 4:47 PM
f25861b3-ccc6-49ed-81c0-6fb28a2f964d-flash 14/13/2013 4:46 PM
f25861b3-ccc6-49ed-81c0-6fb28a2f964d-browser 4/13/2013 4:46 PM
f25861b3-ccc6-49ed-81c0-6fb28a2f964d 4/13/2013 4:46 PM
bp-012338e6-f57f-4b87-a970-503a62130411 4/11/2013 1:22 PM
bp-4b371168-efa2-4489-b481-294662130408 4/8/2013 10:48 AM
8f5208c1-2c72-4813-99f4-0dcf3ab4d605-flash 24/8/2013 8:34 AM
8f5208c1-2c72-4813-99f4-0dcf3ab4d605-flash 14/8/2013 8:34 AM
8f5208c1-2c72-4813-99f4-0dcf3ab4d605-browser 4/8/2013 8:34 AM
8f5208c1-2c72-4813-99f4-0dcf3ab4d605 4/8/2013 8:34 AM
bp-05693aee-f05a-47c5-8105-02f242130407 4/7/2013 1:12 PM
bp-f00c63be-8d69-42a7-8a83-fd89b2130405 4/5/2013 12:19 AM
cedb6864-bcc4-4631-9f1e-026fae76b93e-flash 23/28/2013 9:42 PM
cedb6864-bcc4-4631-9f1e-026fae76b93e-flash 13/28/2013 9:42 PM
cedb6864-bcc4-4631-9f1e-026fae76b93e-browser 3/28/2013 9:42 PM
cedb6864-bcc4-4631-9f1e-026fae76b93e 3/28/2013 9:42 PM
bp-6eaa8e4d-6945-4331-b481-e5e2f2130324 3/23/2013 9:38 PM
bp-6f9b7a31-f88c-4003-91b3-be6f22130323 3/23/2013 12:36 AM
8aa70e4c-f6bd-4eb6-9771-d94622128440-flash 23/22/2013 3:18 PM
8aa70e4c-f6bd-4eb6-9771-d94622128440-flash 13/22/2013 3:18 PM
8aa70e4c-f6bd-4eb6-9771-d94622128440-browser 3/22/2013 3:18 PM
8aa70e4c-f6bd-4eb6-9771-d94622128440 3/22/2013 3:18 PM
bp-c526f33d-4ca7-44be-8cd0-6c4d52130303 3/2/2013 7:38 PM
962ade63-1461-4f60-b065-c5d40452e79a-browser 3/2/2013 6:55 PM
962ade63-1461-4f60-b065-c5d40452e79a 3/2/2013 6:54 PM
bp-798e98d4-2abc-41b7-92b1-1a82c2130302 3/2/2013 6:52 PM
bp-3be18072-3567-4c2e-9bc9-ecd6c2130302 3/2/2013 9:19 AM
bp-5ffde4a7-ca31-437c-9070-516382130226 2/26/2013 11:50 AM
bp-558c070b-cc89-4b62-ae0a-f86672130225 2/25/2013 10:59 AM
bp-365ccb6d-d1fc-489a-9ac5-deaba2130224 2/24/2013 9:52 AM
bp-63d14766-6227-4f63-8a8c-5fb672130223 2/23/2013 8:53 AM
bp-dd0abf73-cd82-45aa-a5e3-dbee52130220 2/20/2013 4:27 AM
bp-adc53428-aab8-4016-9764-146e42130217 2/17/2013 11:33 AM
bp-5c97270f-32c9-42d0-b29d-495382130212 2/12/2013 2:02 AM
bp-bcdb7052-c45a-4a1b-9d47-3db412130207 2/6/2013 8:31 PM
2098a560-da20-4060-ba85-7bc588d5d088 2/4/2013 5:13 AM
bp-3c6b188d-6539-4721-8161-759422130204 2/4/2013 3:25 AM
bp-d3f80bd6-180b-4bb2-9b3b-684ed2130203 2/2/2013 8:51 PM
bp-6aac956b-431f-478f-99ca-c5d8b2130130 1/30/2013 3:34 AM
bp-73a37b19-0199-4662-8919-455bf2130128 1/28/2013 8:17 AM
3e37c978-3063-46fb-82f0-7b4662d471bc 12/18/2012 6:36 AM
31fc2807-cf46-4fd2-854e-3829cd520f41 12/18/2012 6:36 AM
bp-50d31f76-a439-43ea-9a55-544542121216 12/16/2012 4:53 PM
28946ef4-0e16-412f-8524-6feef5350536
My laptop started getting a message saying that I need to close Firefox because it was out of memory. Firefox will crash and then re open back to my pages I had open before. I am running Windows 8 on a new laptop with very little installed on it. I have 6G of RAM and http://prntscr.com/13ug02 I called tech support about it thinking it was my computer and they said it was a Firefox problem. I also use Chrome on this laptop and it works fine with no problems but I like Firefox so much better. I know I have no virus' on my laptop and very little has been done on this laptop since I purchased it except Facebook. This is the message that keeps popping up http://prntscr.com/13ugw3 I went back to a previous backup and installed it and my laptop worked for a few days and then started the same thing again. Please help... not sure if it will help or not but I posted my crash reports. <pre><nowiki>bp-21714378-5b18-4ab2-acc9-1ae842130502 5/2/2013 5:51 AM bp-faafdb27-78ca-473d-b82f-2b2fb2130430 4/29/2013 8:15 PM b92679aa-c685-44a6-bc7e-75bc94569ce2 4/25/2013 5:51 AM df707528-cee4-4c60-a33e-ab89b643dd60-flash 24/23/2013 2:12 PM df707528-cee4-4c60-a33e-ab89b643dd60-flash 14/23/2013 2:12 PM df707528-cee4-4c60-a33e-ab89b643dd60-browser 4/23/2013 2:12 PM df707528-cee4-4c60-a33e-ab89b643dd60 4/23/2013 2:12 PM bp-5a70beed-7c45-49ac-bfca-c0dda2130422 4/22/2013 1:08 PM bp-22a03599-94c8-47ae-88be-cf8dc2130421 4/21/2013 1:50 AM bp-71911151-6232-4519-95c5-47c882130419 4/19/2013 4:26 PM bp-e045a29a-e2d8-4596-a8a5-00c0d2130419 4/19/2013 6:36 AM bp-7ca77ea6-ac2b-413e-907c-28f272130419 4/19/2013 3:41 AM bp-76bb2c50-9fe5-47c2-98ae-34d112130418 4/18/2013 4:22 PM bp-3a091ddd-977d-4efc-8357-9eb9c2130418 4/18/2013 6:31 AM bp-0cc6c909-3bc4-4f98-849e-08ad12130418 4/18/2013 4:33 AM 38cdff77-c833-4a85-9080-37cb1dc08106-flash 24/17/2013 11:19 PM 38cdff77-c833-4a85-9080-37cb1dc08106-flash 14/17/2013 11:19 PM 38cdff77-c833-4a85-9080-37cb1dc08106-browser 4/17/2013 11:19 PM 38cdff77-c833-4a85-9080-37cb1dc08106 4/17/2013 11:19 PM bp-39f226f7-10b2-4671-8a13-65e4d2130415 4/15/2013 7:08 AM f25861b3-ccc6-49ed-81c0-6fb28a2f964d-flash 24/13/2013 4:47 PM f25861b3-ccc6-49ed-81c0-6fb28a2f964d-flash 14/13/2013 4:46 PM f25861b3-ccc6-49ed-81c0-6fb28a2f964d-browser 4/13/2013 4:46 PM f25861b3-ccc6-49ed-81c0-6fb28a2f964d 4/13/2013 4:46 PM bp-012338e6-f57f-4b87-a970-503a62130411 4/11/2013 1:22 PM bp-4b371168-efa2-4489-b481-294662130408 4/8/2013 10:48 AM 8f5208c1-2c72-4813-99f4-0dcf3ab4d605-flash 24/8/2013 8:34 AM 8f5208c1-2c72-4813-99f4-0dcf3ab4d605-flash 14/8/2013 8:34 AM 8f5208c1-2c72-4813-99f4-0dcf3ab4d605-browser 4/8/2013 8:34 AM 8f5208c1-2c72-4813-99f4-0dcf3ab4d605 4/8/2013 8:34 AM bp-05693aee-f05a-47c5-8105-02f242130407 4/7/2013 1:12 PM bp-f00c63be-8d69-42a7-8a83-fd89b2130405 4/5/2013 12:19 AM cedb6864-bcc4-4631-9f1e-026fae76b93e-flash 23/28/2013 9:42 PM cedb6864-bcc4-4631-9f1e-026fae76b93e-flash 13/28/2013 9:42 PM cedb6864-bcc4-4631-9f1e-026fae76b93e-browser 3/28/2013 9:42 PM cedb6864-bcc4-4631-9f1e-026fae76b93e 3/28/2013 9:42 PM bp-6eaa8e4d-6945-4331-b481-e5e2f2130324 3/23/2013 9:38 PM bp-6f9b7a31-f88c-4003-91b3-be6f22130323 3/23/2013 12:36 AM 8aa70e4c-f6bd-4eb6-9771-d94622128440-flash 23/22/2013 3:18 PM 8aa70e4c-f6bd-4eb6-9771-d94622128440-flash 13/22/2013 3:18 PM 8aa70e4c-f6bd-4eb6-9771-d94622128440-browser 3/22/2013 3:18 PM 8aa70e4c-f6bd-4eb6-9771-d94622128440 3/22/2013 3:18 PM bp-c526f33d-4ca7-44be-8cd0-6c4d52130303 3/2/2013 7:38 PM 962ade63-1461-4f60-b065-c5d40452e79a-browser 3/2/2013 6:55 PM 962ade63-1461-4f60-b065-c5d40452e79a 3/2/2013 6:54 PM bp-798e98d4-2abc-41b7-92b1-1a82c2130302 3/2/2013 6:52 PM bp-3be18072-3567-4c2e-9bc9-ecd6c2130302 3/2/2013 9:19 AM bp-5ffde4a7-ca31-437c-9070-516382130226 2/26/2013 11:50 AM bp-558c070b-cc89-4b62-ae0a-f86672130225 2/25/2013 10:59 AM bp-365ccb6d-d1fc-489a-9ac5-deaba2130224 2/24/2013 9:52 AM bp-63d14766-6227-4f63-8a8c-5fb672130223 2/23/2013 8:53 AM bp-dd0abf73-cd82-45aa-a5e3-dbee52130220 2/20/2013 4:27 AM bp-adc53428-aab8-4016-9764-146e42130217 2/17/2013 11:33 AM bp-5c97270f-32c9-42d0-b29d-495382130212 2/12/2013 2:02 AM bp-bcdb7052-c45a-4a1b-9d47-3db412130207 2/6/2013 8:31 PM 2098a560-da20-4060-ba85-7bc588d5d088 2/4/2013 5:13 AM bp-3c6b188d-6539-4721-8161-759422130204 2/4/2013 3:25 AM bp-d3f80bd6-180b-4bb2-9b3b-684ed2130203 2/2/2013 8:51 PM bp-6aac956b-431f-478f-99ca-c5d8b2130130 1/30/2013 3:34 AM bp-73a37b19-0199-4662-8919-455bf2130128 1/28/2013 8:17 AM 3e37c978-3063-46fb-82f0-7b4662d471bc 12/18/2012 6:36 AM 31fc2807-cf46-4fd2-854e-3829cd520f41 12/18/2012 6:36 AM bp-50d31f76-a439-43ea-9a55-544542121216 12/16/2012 4:53 PM 28946ef4-0e16-412f-8524-6feef5350536</nowiki></pre>

Modified by cor-el

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user633449
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Hello,

The Reset Firefox feature can fix many issues by restoring Firefox to its factory default state while saving your essential information. Note: This will cause you to lose any Extensions, Open websites, and some Preferences.

To Reset Firefox do the following:

  1. Go to Firefox > Help > Troubleshooting Information.
  2. Click the "Reset Firefox" button.
  3. Firefox will close and reset. After Firefox is done, it will show a window with the information that is imported. Click Finish.
  4. Firefox will open with all factory defaults applied.

Further information can be found in the Refresh Firefox - reset add-ons and settings article.

Did this fix your problems? Please report back to us!

Thank you.

cor-el
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You can check for problems with current Flash plugin versions and try these:

  • disable protected mode in Flash 11.3 and later
  • disable hardware acceleration in the Flash plugin
  • disable a possible RealPlayer Browser Record Plugin extension for Firefox and update the RealPlayer if installed