You do not mention what the system utility is. I use XP and do not recollect any standard system utility that does this.

You have security software with toolbars from AVG, Netcraft and Norton/Symantec. This is not a good idea.

As John99 says this is not the behavior of any normal system utility

What would you recommend? Should I uninstall one or more of these? --Kevin

Troubleshooting extensions and themes

• https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Troubleshooting%20extensions%20and%20themes

Clear Cookies & Cache

• https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Template:clearCookiesCache

Clear the Network Cache

• https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/How%20to%20clear%20the%20cache#w_clear-the-cache

Check and tell if its working.

Thanks mha007. Restarting without addons made my firefox faster. The one toolbar i really want to keep is the norton toolbar with all my passwords encrypted. I would be ok without the rest. When I try to manage my addons, i can't seem to do this. How may i proceed?

The Norton toolbar has released patch recently you may need that if you are having a problem with that toolbar and have upgraded to Firefox 6.

• see http://community.norton.com/t5/Norton-360/Update-Available-Firefox-6-0-Compatibility-Patch/td-p/512484

Is that what you are trying to do enable the Norton Toolbar, or are you having other problems also.