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Firefox crashed!

#1 Post by BikerGran » Thu Aug 07, 2014 3:50 pm

I need help!

Been having probs with the Flash player plug-in crashing on Firefox, I've the latest version, cleared cookies, cleared cache, done all that, made no difference at all!

Now FF itself seems to have crashed and I'm having to use IE _ thank good ness I never got rid of it!

What do I do now????????
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Re: Firefox crashed!

#2 Post by skye2skye » Thu Aug 07, 2014 4:23 pm

BikerGran wrote:I need help!

Been having probs with the Flash player plug-in crashing on Firefox, I've the latest version, cleared cookies, cleared cache, done all that, made no difference at all!

Now FF itself seems to have crashed and I'm having to use IE _ thank good ness I never got rid of it!

What do I do now????????
Ive had same problems a few weeks back i just un-installed firefox rebooted computer then re-installed firefox since then no problems
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#3 Post by BikerGran » Thu Aug 07, 2014 4:37 pm

Ooer! Was going to say I'm not sure if I can do that but I spose I've got nothing to lose really - as FF isn't working now!
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#4 Post by fatboy » Thu Aug 07, 2014 6:26 pm

Ive completely given up on Firefox now, problem after problem, now using Chrome, big improvement
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#5 Post by BikerGran » Thu Aug 07, 2014 6:31 pm

Ive had same problems a few weeks back i just un-installed firefox rebooted computer then re-installed firefox since then no problems
Well I've done it, incredibly easy! Only thing is, I forgot the bit about rebooting before re-installing! But I'll see how it goes, if necessary I can always do it again.

Or maybe change to Chrome - got Chrome on the laptop and can't actuially tell the difference in operation.
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#6 Post by zoidberg » Thu Aug 07, 2014 9:29 pm

I use chrome and everything. Phone tablet and laptop it links all my favourites across all devices etc.

Clever stuff and a huuuge improvement over ie

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#7 Post by squadron Nero » Thu Aug 07, 2014 9:41 pm

zoidberg wrote:I use chrome and everything. Phone tablet and laptop it links all my favourites across all devices etc.

Clever stuff and a huuuge improvement over ie

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#8 Post by BikerGran » Thu Aug 07, 2014 10:26 pm

FF seems to be wrking fine now - and much quicker than before!

But it won't keep me logged in on any of my forums!!! Clearly a setting I need to change somewhere - but which one where?
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#9 Post by D-Rider » Thu Aug 07, 2014 10:42 pm

BikerGran wrote:FF seems to be wrking fine now - and much quicker than before!

But it won't keep me logged in on any of my forums!!! Clearly a setting I need to change somewhere - but which one where?
That's usually a little box you tick when you actually log in to the forum
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#10 Post by BikerGran » Fri Aug 08, 2014 4:52 pm

No I always have them ticked! It was connected with my history settings I think - well I know cos I changed something there and it's ok now!
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#11 Post by jonnie_r » Sat Aug 09, 2014 6:56 am

zoidberg wrote:I use chrome and everything. Phone tablet and laptop it links all my favourites across all devices etc.

Clever stuff and a huuuge improvement over ie
Anything is an improvement over IE. At least Microsoft have done the decent thing now and announced that older versions will no longer be supported past the end of next year.

I know large companies who still insist on standardising on IE 6 ffs

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#12 Post by BikerGran » Sun Aug 10, 2014 10:11 am

I'm starting to wonder if the problem lies with my computer rather than the browser. The plug-in crashing problem is back, along with another one I didn't mention before - sometimes when I have a 2nd or 3rd tab open, the cursor keeps flashing for no apparent reason.
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#13 Post by Falco Frank » Mon Aug 11, 2014 4:07 pm

BikerGran wrote:FF seems to be wrking fine now - and much quicker than before!

But it won't keep me logged in on any of my forums!!! Clearly a setting I need to change somewhere - but which one where?
I have this too but only since upgrading to the latest version.

Happeningto others on the 'Net too:

"Restarting in safe mode and reinstalling firefox did not help. "
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#14 Post by BikerGran » Mon Aug 11, 2014 5:35 pm

I went to 'internet options' and told FF to 'remember history' - keeps me logged in now.
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