Never use vista. It is a
Btw, my parents' laptop had an upgrade from Vista to 7 and everything worked. But we use Internet Explorer, not firefox on it.
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| Author: | ecookman [ Sun Jan 31, 2010 8:54 pm ] |
| Post subject: | mozilla firefox problems |
Alright i finally installed win 7 home prem. AND downloaded FF problems: can not install plug-ins and adons... eg flash I have JS enabled, but websites are telling me differently. any ideas? |
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| Author: | ecookman [ Sun Jan 31, 2010 9:05 pm ] |
| Post subject: | RE:mozilla firefox problems |
i found a error hiding behind my browser and it told me that SSL was disabled, but after following the troubleshooting and enabling the SSL... no dice. |
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| Author: | SNIPERDUDE [ Mon Feb 01, 2010 12:40 am ] |
| Post subject: | RE:mozilla firefox problems |
I've been running Win7 for over a month now, and I haven't run into a single problem yet. Shocking, I know - considering how much I abuse my system. |
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| Author: | ecookman [ Mon Feb 01, 2010 12:42 pm ] |
| Post subject: | RE:mozilla firefox problems |
I was running the RC up untill yesterday and had no problems. This is really starting to piss me off...because, IE works fine....and firefox doesn't. |
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| Author: | Zren [ Mon Feb 01, 2010 12:44 pm ] |
| Post subject: | RE:mozilla firefox problems |
Try installing portable firefox to your desktop or something and see if that works. |
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| Author: | ecookman [ Mon Feb 01, 2010 2:26 pm ] |
| Post subject: | RE:mozilla firefox problems |
Nope..... Recently I got this message Could not initialize the application's security component. The most likely cause is problems with files in your application's profile directory. Please check that this directory has no read/write restrictions and your hard disk is not full or close to full. It is recommended that you exit the application and fix the problem. If you continue to use this session, you might see incorrect application behaviour when accessing security features. how do i fix this? I only have 10GB used / 200GB so its not full... |
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| Author: | Horus [ Mon Feb 01, 2010 5:03 pm ] |
| Post subject: | RE:mozilla firefox problems |
make sure you're using an admin account when you installed firefox? |
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| Author: | andrew. [ Mon Feb 01, 2010 6:17 pm ] |
| Post subject: | RE:mozilla firefox problems |
I would assume that he's the admin because he said he installed it himself. |
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| Author: | ecookman [ Tue Feb 02, 2010 10:57 am ] |
| Post subject: | RE:mozilla firefox problems |
allright. I REFORMATTED my laptop HDD and then SPENT 1.5 HOURS OF MY LIFE talking to a IDIOT in India who didn't understand what I meant by a BSOD and reformatting. After getting redirected twice. I had my key changed into a full version not upgrade (apparently you can not do a clean install w/o a hour and a half of of BS) and now everything works flawlessly. |
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| Author: | SNIPERDUDE [ Tue Feb 02, 2010 11:47 am ] |
| Post subject: | RE:mozilla firefox problems |
I didn't bother for upgrade, just copied my HDD right away on an external and went for the clean install (it was an upgrade disc, so it was cheaper. All I had to do was reinstall XP first, then Win7 on top of that). |
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| Author: | ecookman [ Tue Feb 02, 2010 12:32 pm ] |
| Post subject: | RE:mozilla firefox problems |
I was not going to install vista >_> |
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| Author: | SNIPERDUDE [ Tue Feb 02, 2010 9:28 pm ] |
| Post subject: | RE:mozilla firefox problems |
As soon as I got my laptop with Vista on it, I downgraded to Xp right away. And dual booted with linux. Damn Vista crashed on me 3 times the first day - with just Firefox running. |
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| Author: | Turing_Gamer [ Wed Feb 03, 2010 8:41 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: mozilla firefox problems |
Never use vista. It is a
Btw, my parents' laptop had an upgrade from Vista to 7 and everything worked. But we use Internet Explorer, not firefox on it. |
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| Author: | SNIPERDUDE [ Wed Feb 03, 2010 11:39 am ] |
| Post subject: | RE:mozilla firefox problems |
For shame. Chrome's a good browser too if you haven't used it. It may not have the customability of Firefox, but it has raw speed. |
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| Author: | andrew. [ Wed Feb 03, 2010 5:14 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: RE:mozilla firefox problems |
SNIPERDUDE @ Wed Feb 03, 2010 11:39 am wrote: For shame. Chrome's a good browser too if you haven't used it. It may not have the customability of Firefox, but it has raw speed. True. But sometimes it's hard to convince our elders to switch (my dad)  |
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| Author: | BigBear [ Wed Feb 03, 2010 6:18 pm ] |
| Post subject: | RE:mozilla firefox problems |
Can't you just install both and let him use IE? |
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| Author: | SNIPERDUDE [ Wed Feb 03, 2010 9:30 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: RE:mozilla firefox problems |
BigBear @ February 3rd 2010 wrote: Can't you just install both and let him use IE?
That's how I got my dad to switch to Firefox - he ended up liking it better. In the end you never really need to choose one, I use both Firefox and Chrome. |
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| Author: | andrew. [ Thu Feb 04, 2010 7:48 pm ] |
| Post subject: | RE:mozilla firefox problems |
I would install both, but he doesn't like a lot of programs installed on his computer. I've almost convinced him to switch though. |
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| Author: | Turing_Gamer [ Thu Feb 04, 2010 8:56 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: mozilla firefox problems |
On school computers, I would like to use both as well... But mostly Firefox w/ its customizing ability and virus detector (?) Chrome is much more appealing and is simple and unnoticeable. |
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| Author: | SNIPERDUDE [ Thu Feb 04, 2010 10:49 pm ] |
| Post subject: | RE:mozilla firefox problems |
There's always portables. For both Chrome and Firefox. |
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| Author: | Turing_Gamer [ Fri Feb 05, 2010 8:32 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: mozilla firefox problems |
http://portableapps.com/ = Win for flashdrive |
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| Author: | ecookman [ Fri Feb 05, 2010 1:19 pm ] |
| Post subject: | RE:mozilla firefox problems |
I love how this went soo off topic. But thanks for the portable apps link. |
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| Author: | ProgrammingFun [ Wed Feb 10, 2010 7:57 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: RE:mozilla firefox problems |
ecookman @ Fri Feb 05, 2010 1:19 pm wrote: I love how this went soo off topic. But thanks for the portable apps link.
http://portableappz.blogspot.com |
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| Author: | hanya2 [ Thu Feb 11, 2010 1:15 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: RE:mozilla firefox problems |
SNIPERDUDE @ Wed Feb 03, 2010 9:30 pm wrote: BigBear @ February 3rd 2010 wrote: Can't you just install both and let him use IE?
That's how I got my dad to switch to Firefox - he ended up liking it better. In the end you never really need to choose one, I use both Firefox and Chrome. Same here, I personally find Firefox way much better than IE. Not only is it less attacked by various, I find firefox more user-friendly too. I love working with tabs rather than working with multiple windows like IE does.  But still, nothing beats having at least 2 internet browsers. It's really convenient.  |
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| Author: | SNIPERDUDE [ Thu Feb 11, 2010 8:48 am ] |
| Post subject: | RE:mozilla firefox problems |
hanya2 wrote: I love working with tabs rather than working with multiple windows like IE does.
Internet Explorer uses tabs too, unless you are using a really old version like IE6. |
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