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Re: Firefox 3.5.5 problem

Post by Sunflowers » Sat Nov 07, 2009 4:53 pm

rickharris wrote:No problems with FF in Vista although I don't use ZA any more I use AVAST (also free)


I use Avira (another free antivirus program) and Comodo for my firewall (also free) :).

Re: Firefox 3.5.5 problem

Post by rickharris » Sat Nov 07, 2009 2:05 pm

No problems with FF in Vista although I don't use ZA any more I use AVAST (also free)

Re: Firefox 3.5.5 problem

Post by Requiel » Sat Nov 07, 2009 11:02 am

I posted a reply in your other thread Hacksaw, I don't think that Firefox is the cause of your troubles based on the information from that thread.

Re: Firefox 3.5.5 problem

Post by Hacksaw » Sat Nov 07, 2009 9:45 am

I went to the site and others are having the same problem as I am such as getting "server not found". The wierd thing is I did a complete re-install of XP and don't have Firefox downloaded and I still get "server not found".

Re: Firefox 3.5.5 problem

Post by Old Dad » Sat Nov 07, 2009 12:57 am

Elefino wrote:
Elefino wrote:According to this page I don't seem to be alone in dealing with the problem. It started after I installed the latest update on Nov. 5.2009. Anybody else, here? Any word on if they're working on it? :roll:

Silly me :oops: After working with the good folks at http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/ I remembered that at about the same time, I had installed an update to the Zone Alarm Security Suite which automatically added a ZA toolbar to Firefox, Uninstalling that fixed the problem. Moral of the story, install and verify only one update at a time :roll:

Ahhh, good - a happy ending! :) Thanks for telling us, Joel.

Re: Firefox 3.5.5 problem

Post by Elefino » Sat Nov 07, 2009 12:38 am

Elefino wrote:According to this page I don't seem to be alone in dealing with the problem. It started after I installed the latest update on Nov. 5.2009. Anybody else, here? Any word on if they're working on it? :roll:

Silly me :oops: After working with the good folks at http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/ I remembered that at about the same time, I had installed an update to the Zone Alarm Security Suite which automatically added a ZA toolbar to Firefox, Uninstalling that fixed the problem. Moral of the story, install and verify only one update at a time :roll:

Re: Firefox 3.5.5 problem

Post by Old Dad » Fri Nov 06, 2009 7:19 pm

Elefino wrote:
Old Dad wrote:
Elefino wrote:According to this page I don't seem to be alone in dealing with the problem. It started after I installed the latest update on Nov. 5.2009. Anybody else, here? Any word on if they're working on it? :roll:


Hi, Joel,

I've had some issues with FF, like it using 100% of the cpu, but nothing like what's described in those posts. I just keep task manager running all the time and kill FF from there when it happens. I normally have about eight tabs open and only have a problem once a week or so.

Hi Jerry,
I can't set FF as my default browser because it won't open any windows after it's done so once. I'm trying to get accustomed to Google Chrome as my default browser.

I may drop mine, too, Joel, until they send out another update. Whenever something gets THIS flakey, they (whoever) usually won't admit there's a problem until AFTER they fix it. So I don't expect much info to come out from them.

Re: Firefox 3.5.5 problem

Post by Sunflowers » Fri Nov 06, 2009 7:15 pm

FF has been going flaky on me recently and also on my friend Sheri. It takes AGES to load and then crashes unexpectedly :(. Today it updated itself and I now have version 3.5.5 so I'll see if that improves its handling qualities.

Google Chrome is my default browser, but I also have IE8 - plus Opera and Safari (although I don't use them all that much).

Re: Firefox 3.5.5 problem

Post by Elefino » Fri Nov 06, 2009 7:11 pm

Old Dad wrote:
Elefino wrote:According to this page I don't seem to be alone in dealing with the problem. It started after I installed the latest update on Nov. 5.2009. Anybody else, here? Any word on if they're working on it? :roll:


Hi, Joel,

I've had some issues with FF, like it using 100% of the cpu, but nothing like what's described in those posts. I just keep task manager running all the time and kill FF from there when it happens. I normally have about eight tabs open and only have a problem once a week or so.

Hi Jerry,
I can't set FF as my default browser because it won't open any windows after it's done so once. I'm trying to get accustomed to Google Chrome as my default browser.

Re: Firefox 3.5.5 problem

Post by Old Dad » Fri Nov 06, 2009 6:09 pm

Elefino wrote:According to this page I don't seem to be alone in dealing with the problem. It started after I installed the latest update on Nov. 5.2009. Anybody else, here? Any word on if they're working on it? :roll:


Hi, Joel,

I've had some issues with FF, like it using 100% of the cpu, but nothing like what's described in those posts. I just keep task manager running all the time and kill FF from there when it happens. I normally have about eight tabs open and only have a problem once a week or so.

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