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How do I put minimized windows to complete sleep (no CPU usage) on Windows 10?

The title says it all. Basically, I want to stop specific minimized programs in the background from running, for example, a high-CPU program minimized while I work on Firefox. How may I do this on ...
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Is it possible to have Firefox use more than 1 CPU core in Windows?

According to the Microsoft Windows Task Manager, Firefox tends to just use 1 CPU core for most of its processing. When a system isn't running any foreground tasks besides Firefox, this leaves much ...
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Why is Firefox so slow when compared to Chrome when used for HTML5 gaming (“Forge of Empires”)?

I am on my laptop just contemplating on transitioning one Flash game I play (“Forge of Empires”) that is currently available in HTML5. I’m having a difficult time comprehending why the Firefox is so ...
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Firefox 63 slow page load?

My System: I have an I7-4790k cpu and a fast connection (low latency/ping 33 e.g. to amazon.de, enough traffic bandwidth 32 Mbps). I'm using Firefox 63 stable which uses all my cores. Problem: Still, ...
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Is there a way to identify the busy (CPU-consuming) tab in Firefox? [duplicate]

Sometimes there's a nasty, guilty, CPU-hogging tab in Firefox that's maxing one of my CPU cores and making the whole browser sluggish. I'd like to find it and close it. Sometimes I get lucky, but ...
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