See if this helps for bookmarks
Hold down the “CTRL” and “Shift” keys while pressing “B“, to make the bar reappear.
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The bar is there.
That's not the problem. I don't see my bookmarks anywhere.
On the bar it says "For quick access, place your bookmarks here on the bookmarks bar. Import bookmarks now."
I clicked on the "import bookmarks now" and followed the steps, and it said "success." But where are the bookmarks? There is only the bookmark bar across the top of the page. I can't find any icon or button to look at my bookmarks. Also, the bookmark manager doesn't list any bookmarks that were imported.
I checked, but I don't have anything like what you showed in post #18.
Update: OK, I figured it out. I had to export the bookmarks from Firefox as an HTML file to my desktop, then import them into the Chrome bookmark bar. They all work.
I find that Chrome is faster on my computer than Firefox, so I will try it out for a few days and if I'm happy with it, I will change to Chrome permanently.
Edited by Jackpine, 06 December 2017 - 06:46 PM.
Things are not going well.
Although I can surf somewhat faster with Chrome than Firefox, I am unable to download anything using Chrome. For example, if I try to download a file, I get a message saying that my anti-virus failed during the download. I turned off my anti-virus, and tried to download again. Same result. Wouldn't download. I checked my NOD32 anti-virus settings and couldn't see anything that needed to be changed.
In my frustration, I uninstalled Chrome and have gone back to Firefox (which I prefer, but wish it would be fast like it used to be).
Is there anything else that can be done to speed up Firefox? Perhaps this is not a malware problem and needs to go to another forum?
Thanks for your help so far, zep 516.
Edited by Jackpine, 08 December 2017 - 03:55 PM.
I tried the Firefox help link. Didn't seem to improve anything.
I understand what you are saying about fighting a losing battle, and I don't want to use any more of your time when there are many others having difficulties as well. Having said that, is there any last check that can be made to see if there is something that is causing the slow browsing and slow opening of web pages?
Here are the results of the MBAM Threat Scan:
Malwarebytes Anti-Malware
www.malwarebytes.org
Scan Date: 12/9/2017
Scan Time: 10:17:32 PM
Logfile: Malwarebytes scan.txt
Administrator: Yes
Version: 2.2.1.1043
Malware Database: v2017.12.09.06
Rootkit Database: v2017.10.14.01
License: Premium
Malware Protection: Enabled
Malicious Website Protection: Enabled
Self-protection: Disabled
OS: Windows XP Service Pack 3
CPU: x86
File System: NTFS
User: Robert
Scan Type: Threat Scan
Result: Completed
Objects Scanned: 245171
Time Elapsed: 19 min, 55 sec
Memory: Enabled
Startup: Enabled
Filesystem: Enabled
Archives: Enabled
Rootkits: Enabled
Heuristics: Enabled
PUP: Enabled
PUM: Enabled
Processes: 0
(No malicious items detected)
Modules: 0
(No malicious items detected)
Registry Keys: 0
(No malicious items detected)
Registry Values: 0
(No malicious items detected)
Registry Data: 0
(No malicious items detected)
Folders: 0
(No malicious items detected)
Files: 0
(No malicious items detected)
Physical Sectors: 0
(No malicious items detected)
(end)
Is there some kind of other scan to check internet/browser problems?
I reset Firefox again. Browsing is now faster. Not as fast as I would like, but pages no longer take up to 5 seconds to load. It's quite acceptable!
The only other thing that I can think of that may be worth trying is using the Windows Repair from Tweaking.com. Is that worth a try?
Hi zep516,
Over the last day or so, I have found that web pages are loading quite well. The long lag that was present before is gone since I last reset Firefox. I think I'll leave well enough alone and not use the Windows All in One Repair at this time. I may end up doing more damage than good.
Thanks very much for your help!
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