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When scrolling, as on Facebook, screen grays out and locks up

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CassandraG
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The screen grays out and locks up when I am scrolling on Facebook. I have to just wait it out and then resume until it does it again. Didn't do this before last Firefox update.

The screen grays out and locks up when I am scrolling on Facebook. I have to just wait it out and then resume until it does it again. Didn't do this before last Firefox update.

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https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/firefox-hangs-or-not-responding?

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cor-el
cor-el
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Try to disable hardware acceleration in Firefox.

Try to "disable the hardware acceleration" in the Flash Player.

See also:

Flash "Display settings" window:

finitarry
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Chosen Solution

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/firefox-hangs-or-not-responding?

CassandraG
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Solved! (Or at least so far, so good  :o)