🎓 🖖🏼 👩🏻‍🔧 Why does the browser slow down and what should I do? 🔖 🧚🏿 🌙

It is unlikely that at the dawn of the development of computer technology, someone would have thought that after several decades, one of the most popular programs will be applications for viewing pages on the Internet - browsers. Now there are so many of them that not only beginners, but also “computer gurus” wise in life, cannot decide which one is the best.

The famous "Chrome" built into Windows Internet Explorer, an alternative to Iron, the "immortal" Firefox, the infamous Opera ... the list goes on. In the light of such a wide distribution and a long history of development, it becomes doubly disappointing if it suddenly turns out that for no apparent reason the browser is slowing down. The one that worked properly yesterday. And if this is a portable version that has survived more than one reinstall of the operating system and contains many passwords and addresses, then this problem becomes even more critical.

Variety of solutions

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This is only the first time after buying a new computer that a couple terabyte hard drive seems dimensionless. A family photo archive, a collection of films and programs very quickly “eat up” a place. As a result, a situation arises when the free space on the drive is estimated at several megabytes or even less. And the user notices that he began to slow down the browser. The fact is that even versions that do not require installation during their work save some service files to disk, write something to the cache. If the free space is used up, then in the operating system there is a conflict of running programs, each of which tries to use for its needs those crumbs of disk space that are freed up by the memory manager. Thus, if it is detected that the browser has started to slow down and / or constantly display error messages,then the first thing you need to make sure that the system drive has at least several hundred megabytes, or better, more.

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This is what caused the creation of small programs that, without the knowledge of the user, penetrate the operating system and enable an outsider to remotely perform certain operations on the computer. For example, if you need to temporarily “disable” a target site, then computers infected with the virus begin to bombard it with requests, which makes it stop working. All the systems that such a malicious program managed to penetrate just form the botnet. And the user asks why the browser slows down. The answer is simple: the processor is busy generating a huge stream of data, which causes delays and braking. Of course, the tasks of viruses are very different. It is important to understand that some of them cause a slowdown of the entire system, which is visible to the naked eye.We recommend that you always use reliable anti-virus programs. Very often it is they that allow you to savemoney, not allowing the virus to "steal" codes and data. If the problem still arises, then the first thing to do is to check all installed hard drives with the programs Kaspersky Virus Removal Tool, TDSSKiller or Dr.Web CureIt.

Performance

Since 2013, the position of classic hard drives has been seriously shaken due to the appearance on the market of an alternative - high-performance SDD drives, which are based on solid-state memory chips. Nevertheless, since comparing the cost of a gigabyte of disk space is not yet in favor of such devices, most computers have the usual hard drives installed.

The same ones with magnetic disks. And since any browser uses free disk space to store temporary files , the overall speed drops when they slow down. Of course, network performance remains the same, but the application itself loads something, reads it. For such problems, it is useful to start defragmentation (Computer - Disk Name - Properties - Tools). A program will start that will streamline the placement of files, making access to them faster.

Creation from the Google company

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The browser, created by Google programmers, has a number of features, many of which were conceived as solutions to improve reliability. One of them is quite interesting and could theoretically lead to a decrease in the number of freezes and “crashes” of the program. This is a way to work with open tabs. If, for example, a limited number of processes are created in Firefox, but each of them generates its own branches. This makes it possible to reduce the amount of RAM used, however, if a failure occurs in at least one tab, the entire process must be interrupted. When using "Chrome", each open window is created in its own memory block, which allows it to close when it fails, without affecting the others and save the results. However, in reality, this mechanism is not too functional,but this is the topic of another article. From all of the above, you need to remember the following: each tab opened in Google Chrome increases the memory consumption of the application, so with an increase in their number, performance begins to decline. This can be solved quite simply - do not forget to close the extra windows / tabs.

Domestic fox

No less popular browser Firefox. Although it uses a different engine than Chrome, it’s very interesting in terms of performance and capabilities. Moreover, in some characteristics, it surpasses all competitors. It is especially unpleasant when it suddenly turns out that the Firefox browser is slowing down. A few days ago, everything could work perfectly, and today - frank “brakes”.

The reasons, again, are very different. If after checking for viruses, disk defragmentationand several launches the situation has not changed, then you need to look for the "culprit." Unfortunately, many novice users will not learn how to read informational messages displayed when installing programs or downloading anything from the Web. Seeing the coveted “OK” button on the screen, the hand reaches and move the cursor there and click with the mouse. Is it any wonder that the browser starts to slow down, being overloaded with all sorts of toolbars from Yandex and other uninvited add-ons? Of course, it’s great to know the weather or exchange rates first hand, but is the price great, resulting in a slowdown in work? The conclusion is simple: when installing any programs, you need to carefully read the conditions and not be afraid to uncheck the items that are not currently needed.

Cinema hall with the help of the "Fire Fox"

No less interesting is the problem when the video slows down in the Firefox browser. This may be caused by incompatibility of the multimedia stream with installed video drivers. So, if the video opens the "Flash Player", then you can try to deactivate hardware acceleration by right-clicking on the picture, selecting the appropriate item and unchecking the box. The quality, however, will deteriorate, but the problem when the video slows down in the Firefox browser may go away.

In the event that difficulties arise when watching YouTube videos, you can try installing the YouTube All HTML5 add-on in your browser. To do this, press Ctrl + Shift + A in the program and, using the search, select the desired addition.

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