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Hotmail sticking (Mac OS X Lion 10.7.4)

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I've just bought a Mac, & am having a problem I used to have with Windows but which seemed to have been resolved in Windows 7. Frequently when I click on a message to open it the message becomes 'whited out' & a little flag appears stuck to the cursor, saying 'one item'. Everything freezes & I can't open the message or click anywhere else, & little flag follows the cursor around. The only way to solve it is to constantly refresh the page, which is a bit annoying. Anyone else have this problem?

I've just bought a Mac, & am having a problem I used to have with Windows but which seemed to have been resolved in Windows 7. Frequently when I click on a message to open it the message becomes 'whited out' & a little flag appears stuck to the cursor, saying 'one item'. Everything freezes & I can't open the message or click anywhere else, & little flag follows the cursor around. The only way to solve it is to constantly refresh the page, which is a bit annoying. Anyone else have this problem?

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cor-el
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Clear the cache and the cookies from sites that cause problems.

"Clear the Cache":

  • Firefox > Preferences > Advanced > Network > Offline Storage (Cache): "Clear Now"

"Remove Cookies" from sites causing problems:

  • Firefox > Preferences > Privacy > Cookies: "Show Cookies"

Start Firefox in Safe Mode to check if one of the extensions or if hardware acceleration is causing the problem (switch to the DEFAULT theme: Firefox/Tools > Add-ons > Appearance/Themes).