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Samson:
I think IE8 is the last version supported by XP.

Firefox ESR is based on Firefox 24. It is a long term support version, meaning that any newer features (bloat) added after this version are not included, but security updates are. The other benefit of using the ESR version is that any add-ons that you have installed do not get broken every time that Firefox updates. Not always the case, but I have a few add-ons that seem to get broken after a Firefox update, which can be annoying and you then have to wait for a fix. As Shane pointed out, the reason I prefer Firefox is the ability to customize it to suit your personal preferences.

Samson.

Oscar:
Hi thank you for your suggestions, i have downloaded Firefox ESR (the link that Samson posted).

A question is how do i speed it up now?

Thank you

Oscar:
Hi can someone please help

I have Firefox ESR loaded but it wont play youtube, i have Adobe flash player 14 loaded
Also how do customize it for my situation where the computer is low resourced.

Thanks in advance

Samson:
Check that Flash Player is installed and working correctly here:

http://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player.html

To help speedup Firefox page loading times you may want to use Adblock Plus https://adblockplus.org/en/firefox

To release more resources from your PC try Shane's 2 great programs:

http://www.pcwintech.com/cleanmem

& http://www.tweaking.com/content/page/simple_system_tweaker.html

Samson.

jraju:
Firefox may need active x update. Please download from this link
The link I provided was gleaned from http://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer/distribution3.html (scroll down) and will contain the links to the latest versions.  Get the Flash uninstaller from http://download.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/current/support/uninstall_flash_player.exe and run that during the uninstall before reinstalling.
               The uninstall will take less than a minute and reinstall takes a few minutes. It is my experience that i uninstall the adobe flash player and then reinstall the latest from the link i provided. I do not have any video problem in firefox.

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