History of Firefox uses too much memory or CPU resources - How to fix

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Current M AliceWyman added wikilink; deleted pre-fx104 content; for win10->win10,win11; other minor edits
Approved   Lucas Siebert Updated search summary.
Approved   AliceWyman deleted pre-fx94 content
Approved   ErlingR Purged pre-Fx94 content.
Approved   AliceWyman Firefox tools: updated link to renamed article, minor rewording
Approved M AliceWyman Firefox Task Manager {for fx104} ''about:processes''
Approved   Marcelo Ghelman fixed another typo
Approved M AliceWyman fixed typo
Approved M Marcelo Ghelman Close tabs that use too many system resources
Approved M Marcelo Ghelman minor edit
Approved M AliceWyman deleted Share link and pre-fx91 content; updated links to renamed articles,
Approved M AliceWyman "Reduce the content process limit" section: {for not fx94}
Approved M AliceWyman fixed another MDN dead link
Approved M SphinxKnight fix typo in link from previous edit
Unreviewed   SphinxKnight fixed a dead link MDN docs has archived/moved some Fx related docs
Approved   Kiki adding note about add-on support
Unreviewed   Zppix Add a link to easily share the article
Approved M AliceWyman fixed template name
Approved M Angela Lazar Replace warning with template
Approved M AliceWyman Flash HWA for not fx85; {warning} Adobe Flash EOL, other edits
Approved M JohnG Restart PC if FF slows to a halt
Approved M AliceWyman Delete content-prefs.sqlite file (see discussion)
Approved M TyDraniu (minor) Content Blocking -> Enhanced Tracking Protection
Approved M AliceWyman reordered, other small edits
Approved M yoasif added section on reducing number of content processes
Approved M AliceWyman replaced "Refresh Firefox" content with a link.
Approved M AliceWyman a few more edits
Approved M Wesley Branton Added Refresh Firefox & separated headings
Approved M Wesley Branton Combined CPU & RAM articles. Other changes too (see discussion)
Approved M Wesley Branton Added info about built-in Task Manager
Approved M Lan Unneeded content: −Flash, +content blocking
Approved M AliceWyman Hiding intrusive content: linked to current Flash click to activate plugins article
Approved M Ömer Timur Technet page is disabled. so removed on article
Approved   AliceWyman Intro: updated link to renamed telemetry article
Approved M AliceWyman Add-ons: Flash plugin
Approved M AliceWyman Memory troubleshooting tools: "System" combined {for win}; purged pre-fx60 content
Approved   vmmunoz4 Grammatical correction: changed from, '...other applications to as well' to '...other applications to do so as well.'
Approved M Caitlin Neiman removes RAMBACK references
Unreviewed   Wesley Branton Added Windows 10 information and changed dead links
Approved M AliceWyman Hiding intrusive content: uBlock Origin; Flashblock -> "click-to-play"; Plugins for not fx53
Approved M AliceWyman updated for fx55 Firefox "Hardware acceleration" article link, other small edit
Approved M AliceWyman added Template: PluginSupportEOL and removed reference to Plugin Check page. See https://support.mozilla.org/forums/knowledge-base-articles/712532
Approved M Chris Ilias purged pre-fx23 content
Approved M Dinesh Minor change in web URL
Unreviewed   Chris Ilias purged pre-fx23 content
Approved M John99 Updted troubleshooting links & wording. Now includes proper about memory guide.
Approved   AliceWyman updated link based on renamed article, to "Create bookmarks to save your favorite webpages"
Approved M AliceWyman Removed AdBlock Plus from "Hiding intrusive content" section - see discussion
Approved   Ashickur Rahman Remove the share article link
Approved M Joni Updated the Win8 Task manager link.
Reviewed M Imen Changed the link for Windows 8 as the link was not pointing to the right Task Manager page I believe I couldn't find one in Microsoft site so I added another one, please see if OK.
Approved M Michael Verdi removed broken link in add ram section
Unreviewed   scoobidiver New way of disabling plugins in Fx 23 (bug 549697), PDF Viewer since Fx 19, tools per type and OS, added RAM section, ellipsis char
Approved   soucet fixed wrong placed {/for}, line 71
Approved   Tonnes decap new paragraph, typos, add "this" and period. (What's with "other applications to as well"?)
Approved M Andrew removing replace PC part.
Unreviewed   Andrew Merging useful info from 'Memory constraints, Firefox performance and Firewalls article' ; Added task manager section for Vista/7, add more memory to computer and replace computer.
Approved   Tim Grammar
Reviewed   ideato kb ink in extensions, themes, plugins
Approved   Michael Verdi grammar nit, made one item a bullet
Approved M scoobidiver fixed links, removed keywords, drop support for fx35, fx4, fx5, fx6, added NoScript, top note about telemetry instead of botton section
Approved M Michael Verdi New 160 character search summary
Approved M Swarnava Sengupta added the Share this article template
Approved M scoobidiver slightly rephrased blocking content section, fixed broken links, about:memory
Unreviewed   John99 added a paragraph regarding about:memory
Unreviewed   scoobidiver updating, plugincheck, filtering extensions, HW acceleration, telemetry, cleanup
Unreviewed   Michele Rodaro fixed typo

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