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I have to keep my cursor moving in order for firefox to process.

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If I stop moving my cursor, firefox stops processing. There is a new icon beside the tab title, that is a circle with a dot that travels around the circle and then circle turns green and rotates. Both these will stop moving IF I have stopped moving my cursor/mouse. I dont' have this problem in explorer but I prefer firefox. This just started the second day after I upgraded to newest version. This happens on every page, even logging into email or facebook, I have to keep the cursor moving in order for firefox to process and progress to the next page.

If I stop moving my cursor, firefox stops processing. There is a new icon beside the tab title, that is a circle with a dot that travels around the circle and then circle turns green and rotates. Both these will stop moving IF I have stopped moving my cursor/mouse. I dont' have this problem in explorer but I prefer firefox. This just started the second day after I upgraded to newest version. This happens on every page, even logging into email or facebook, I have to keep the cursor moving in order for firefox to process and progress to the next page.

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cor-el
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Start Firefox in Diagnose Firefox issues using Troubleshoot Mode to check if one of the extensions is causing the problem (switch to the DEFAULT theme: Tools > Add-ons > Appearance/Themes).

In Firefox 4 you can use one of these to start in Safe mode:

  • Help > Restart with Add-ons Disabled
  • Hold down the Shift key while double clicking the Firefox desktop shortcut (Windows)