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In Firefox - which I prefer, the conduit (I think) is MIX.DJ and I do not want it. Chrome does not seem to be affected. Add/Remove programs does not work - it does not show there - I am using 7, nor does it show as an addon. The web is full of people with the same issue - although I am not sure if they are confined to Firefox

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Tom

I am running on Windows 7 x64, and whenever I try to use a version of Firefox newer than 17.0.1, I get the "couldn't load XPCOM" error, followed by two instances of "FlashPlayerPlugin11_5_502_149.exe - Bad Image: C:\Windows\system32\msdmo.dll is either not designed to run on Windows or it contains an error. Try installing the program again using the original installation media or contact your system administrator or the software vendor for support."

Then Firefox closes. Every time I try to open it, this happens; it is unusable until I uninstall Firefox, delete the folder in Program Files, and reinstall 17.0.1.

The MSDMO.dll error shows up even in 17.0.1; I'm not sure whether they're related, but in 17.0.1 only one instance of it shows up shortly after I open FF, and then FF works normally.

The MSDMO error has been showing up since sometime last summer, but doesn't seem to interfere with much.

The problem is basically exactly like described here, only the solution presented there does not actually work for me: http://askubuntu.com/questions/59062/a-script-on-this-page-may-be-busy-or-it-may-have-stopped-responding-everytime

What happens is that every time I hibernate my laptop (with Windows 7 Pro, 64bit), when I resume from hibernation, FF is completely unresponsive (hangs) for minutes. Easily around 5 minutes. Eventually a dialog box pops up with the following:

"A script on this page may be busy, or it may have stopped responding. You can stop the script now, or you can continue to see if the script will complete."

And the two buttons are: "stop script" or "continue". After I click "stop script" the unresponsiveness finally goes away, and FF starts working normally again.

I think possibly even clicking "continue" also makes it go back to normal, but I'm not sure anymore since I have recently just switched to sleep mode out of frustration in order to not deal with it anymore, and I don't remember exactly if I get the same result from clicking either option.

This is extremely frustrating.

Someone else reported an extremely similar symptom here: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/935110?esab=a&as=aaq It might even be the exact same symptom. Maybe that person simply never waited long enough for the dialog box to appear, but otherwise the unusability symptoms are the same.

this started to happen about two months ago, have done two or three Firefox updated in that time period. About 20-30 minutes into web browsing (most days, not all), the mouse stops working, and two seconds later, Firefox is minimized. For the next 20 seconds, the computer doesn't respond to keyboard or mouse input, even ctrl-alt-del doesn't effect computer. After 20 seconds, Firefox comes back up as if nothing happened,. If I had hit ctrl-alt-del, then that screen appears. I've done a full scan with Norton and it didn't find anything. I have a Toshiba Portege R705, running Windows 7. I have IE installed, but can't remember the last time I used it. I may tried web surfing with IE, and see if it also goes into a "forced minimize". I didn't see anything on your web page about this type of failure. Have you ever heard of this before? Do you have any suggestions? rgstevens123@comcast.net

My Firefox was working fine, and now I just changed the settings (History) to delete all the data once, I closed the browser as default and installed LinkExtend, WOT and SecretAgent plugins, and Firefox is showing me an error message. I have reset the settings back and disabled the extensions, but still its showing an alert message for each page load(atleast once it'll show for each page load, sometimes it may exceed to 2 (or) 3. Here, I've given the link for my problem : https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/76460759/Firefox_Error.png . Any here suggest me how to solve this issue.

I followed the instructions about how to put my bookmarks in alpha order but it didnt work so what is the correct way to do it in alpha order a-z

I also noticed this fix in the forum- Chosen solution by philipp

hello, the view menu in the library doesn't change the arrangement of bookmarks themselves (but only allows you to temporarily view them sorted by certain criteria). in order to organize them alphabetically, right-click a bookmarks folder & select "sort by name".

but there is no sort by name in the droip down box when I right click a bookmarks folder, but I eventually found the folder and done it as sort by name showed so I click on it and closed the bookmark, then opened again but did not change?

I use a Mac desktop version 10.6.8. On advice from my ISP and Apple advisers they said uninstall Firefox and then reinstall a new version and that should not have Alot as the opening page. Have tried this several times following online instructions but each time the new version opens with Alot!

I had a windows XP and I was able to download the plug in to remove the Timeline. Now I have a new computer windows 7, I am unable to find any plug in or anything that will take that dam timeline off FB. I have tried many different sights but no luck. Can anyone help me? PLEASE?????

After rebooting, firefox has suddenly started filling my command line box with garbage about everything it's doing.

Where is it coming from, and how can I turn it off?

Here's an example from when I load reddit:

cl: event passed to calcTab
cl: hsl
cl: event passed to calcTab
cl: hslinfo: ACTIVATE TAB
info: about:blank
info: ACTIVATE TAB
info: file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/Admin/My%20Documents/HOME.HTM
info: BUBBLE URL: https://privacyfix.com/scorebubble/score?domain=reddit.com&hel
 [1] pus=1&blockfb=1&blockgl=1&blocktr=0&allow=0&days=123&version=3.0.2
info: SAVE SCORE FOR TAB
info: reddit.com
info: UPDATE ICON
info: http://www.reddit.com/[2]
info: UPDATE ICON
info: http://www.reddit.com/[3]
info: BUBBLE URL: https://privacyfix.com/scorebubble/score?domain=reddit.com&hel
[4] pus=1&blockfb=1&blockgl=1&blocktr=0&allow=0&days=123&version=3.0.2
info: SAVE SCORE FOR TAB
info: reddit.com
info: UPDATE ICON
info: http://www.reddit.com/submit?selftext=true[5]
info: UPDATE ICON
info: http://www.reddit.com/submit?selftext=true[6]

I have activated 'click to play' for plugins at the moment (by about:config). Whenever i click on a flash area in a website, my browser hangs up.

My browser is Firefox 17.0.1 (don't know, if the problem existed even with version 17.0). Firefox 16.0.2 is working properly with the same Flash plugin (current release by 26th, December, 2012).

My browser version is the official version, which is downloadable from the Firefox website at any time (and not the repository version from Ubuntu 12.04) and the flash plugin is saved in the 'plugins' subdirectory, as usual. (Firefox also hangs up with deactivated add-ons in safe mode, as plugins aren't deactivated in this mode)

I'm using the LATEST version of FIREFOX. Deleted old and installed newest version.

When I create a new email, every two lines, the FONT gets bigger.

This does NOT happen in CHROME.

What the --------?

Thanks,

NORM

I don't like how firefox treats sessions in the new versions. I mean in 3.6 I could easily restore a session, I could pick what pages/windows I don't like to be restored. And most importantly, I could keep more sessions. Example, lets say I have 10 tabs and I terminate firefox, next if I don't restore the tabs, I can keep that restoresession tab, and by following this I can have unlimited restore sessions so I can backup everything I need. So my question is: how can I change back to the old way firefox treated sessions. plus, I liked the 3.6 design better, though I managed to get a look that is very similar to 3.6, I just might go back to 3.6 just because of the restoresession thing.

Not really a question, more of a plea...

Firefox 18.0 crawls on my machine. Not the browsing as such; that's only a little slower than 17.0.1 (still noticeable). I'm talking about opening and traversing menus and entering text in text fields on sites. I had to go back to 17.0.1 as it was just too annoying. This is on Linux Mint Debian Edition (Debian Testing), using the nl localized Firefox downloaded from the Mozilla site. Switching off extensions and/or using a new profile didn't help. If this doesn't get any better in following versions, I'll have to look for another browser when 17.0.1 becomes too old. Please don't make me do that. I've just tried Chrome and quite frankly, it's a bit of a joke...

Running auto updated Firefox 17.0.1 on Windows 7. I used to be able to stream Netflix just fine until late in the evening, 11/30/2012. I tried to stream a movie and Netflix showed a window saying it couldn't due to a problem using Silverlight, code 2103. Netflix suggested I remove and reload Silverlight. I did, twice. I also updated Firefox yesterday, just in case. Still, no joy. I can stream Netflix just fine with Internet Explorer. What gives?

Update won't install. If I check for updates manually, it searches and searches and searches some more, and eventually I have to close it down. If I wait for the popup asking me to download and install, then this proceeds automatically and presents a large popup with a Finish button; if I press this nothing happens and eventually I have to close the window manually. 18.0.2 has not downloaded or installed. Very tedious! [PS I note that the troubleshooter installer is also hanging now. Everything else installs OK on my laptop, but not apparently Firefox stuff...]

My FireFox updated to 17.0.1 today a few things are not working.

1. My yahoo toolbar stopped working when I click on anything nothing happens,

2. My adblock plus disappeared and when i try to install it again Firefox said it appears to be corrupt

3. The Add-ons manager is not showing my Add-ons, extensions basically it just shows the Get Add-ons, extensions, appearance, and plugins and it dont show anything in them.

Whats going on? can I go back to the last update till it is fixed? how do I report this and get it fixed?

I'm currently encountering issues with ellipse rendering (SVG) in Firefox 17.0.1 under Windows.

As a specific example, I am using the sample HTML representing the two ellipses here:

http://www.w3.org/TR/SVG11/shapes.html#EllipseElement

I have noticed that the right-hand ellipse appears collapsed, as a single dot in this environment. However, when rendering in Chrome under Windows, or in Firefox 15.0.1 under Ubuntu, the right-hand ellipse appears as expected, as a blue outline.

Thank you.

When I open Gmail, I get the usual list of messages. When I click on a message to read it, everything appears as usual except the box with the message text in it. To see that text, I have to click in the Reply box, and then I'll see the original message text quoted.

This is true on three different Gmail accounts. I've not changed any Gmail settings. I have enabled and disabled various extensions and User Styles that affect Gmail, and turned off Greasemonkey, without effect.

Yesterday I did update Java 7 update 10, but Gmail was still working after that. I did install several new extensions at that time, but I tried disabling them and restarting, and the problem persisted.

Please help. Thanks.