firefox

The current version of my fingerprint scanner doesn't work with Firefox, and I want to install a different version. It will be a messy operation, and I want to be sure that I can return to the current setup if things don't work with different version. Can I be confident that I can restore...

Starting relatively recently, many computers running Firefox (V29 and 28, maybe even 27), have been experiencing problems with Shockwave: plug-in crashing, plug-in and Firefox hanging while trying to play Flash videos, videos taking forever to load, etc. I tried the usual fixes unsuccessfully...

I upgraded from Win XP to Win 7 following the Microsoft guide I printed, "Upgrading from Windows XP to Windows 7." Everything went well except when I used EasyTransfer to transfer my Win XP Settings back to Win 7 the Bookmark Profile for FireFox V28 did not transfer over to Win 7. I reinstalled...

Two problems which I found recently that are new (things were fine before). They may be connected or they may be separate problems: 1) I have hyperlinks to web pages in a number of my Excel files, and also in Word files. All of a sudden, the links don't call up the web pages. Instead, I get an...

Hey all, I have a mac that I installed windows 7 pro (legit disc/serial been running for 2 yrs) on the partition running via paralells, no issues till very recently. It all started about 2-3 days ago I noticed firefox was saying every page in my bookmarks was untrusted, this was only on the...

Hello! Last night my computer accidentally shut down because the wire tripped. When I tried loading my steam this morning, it went up till signing in and 'updating steam information' after which there was a blue loading ball over the cursor showing the system is busy but nothing happened after...

SOME links on website pages won't open in ANY browser. Firefox, Waterfox, Chrome, or IE. When I hover over the link nothing appears on the status bar. If I clk on it nothing happens. Other links on the webpage will work. They appear on status bar and open on clk. in particular...

I get notified by Firefox that windowsforum.com requests to activate Adobe Flash even if there is no video or anything else that would need this plugin - maybe I miss something, though. How come?

I know this may a sort of political post here and I know such discussions are discouraged but hear me out. Recently Mozilla has gotten a new CEO that is against gay rights and as an advocate for gay rights this is not acceptable. In protest I removed all mozilla products on my computer as it has...

Greetings... I recently joined the forum to try and find the source of my issues. This started happening back in November shortly after a MS update. It usually happens when watching streaming video in Chrome or FFox and with many tabs open and both browsers running. After my PC goes belly-up...

I can load CNET's main site... But cannot load some of the subdomains. What could possibly be the cause of this? Windows 7 x64 SP1, Firefox 27, VZW LTE broadband.

Hi! I searched for this problem but got no good tips from the web. Firstly: I'm no good with computers, so I won't understand going into codes, programming etc. I never had this problem when I was on Windows 7, but now on my new laptop with Windows 8 I keep getting these popups, so I suspect...

I've set Firefox to open various file types (txt, png, pdf) with their default application; the "Do this automatically for files like this" option is checked. For some reason, FF keeps asking whether to save or open the file. In IE8, the "Always ask before opening this type of file" check-box...

Mozilla Debuts New Australis Interface for Firefox 29 Aurora Browsers Firefox 29 Aurora now with Australis Mozilla Firefox is making a new interface available to users of its open-source Firefox Web browser as an alpha release. Firefox is developed in multiple branches—the mainline...

One or more ActiveX controls could not be displayed because either:__1) Your current security settings prohibit running ActiveX controls on this page, or__2)You have blocked a publisher of one of the controls running on WINDOWS 8. I am getting this message on startup and i have tried...

Whether I'm in IE or Firefox or Chrome, I've been having problems loading thread pages off of forums - two different forums so far. On one forum, I can't view the forum posts to the thread I created. For instance, on Banjo Hangout (www.banjohangout.org) I created a thread under...

I've been playing around with IE 11, Firefox and Chrome. I've noticed while using FF and having Bing set as home starting page that the theme of the day, the ice berg and flowing river, that the flowing river doesn't move like it does in IE and Chrome with same set up. Anybody else seeing this.

Hi, Since I updated to windows 8.1 from windows 8, the social web plugins (facebook comments or like in blog posts, stumbleupon toolbar, etc) are not visible in Mozilla, Chrome and IE. Anyone experiencing this too? Thanks!