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Do you know that when Microsoft checks for errors when someone goes back to Windows 7, that the settings for Mozilla are "disabled"?

faithandaction
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I had the learning experience that Windows 10 is not want I want. I quickly went back to Windows 7, but the errors have continued to plague me. I finally asked Microsoft to fix the problems--but it didn't fix all of them by a long shot. After awhile some programs that had been working, stopped working. I worked with one of the company that produces one of those programs and discovered that if you go to Task Manager, Services, and hit the "Services" button at the bottom of the page, there is a list of programs. The settings are listed "disabled", "manual", "automatic" and one other that has something to do with automatic. I noticed that next to "Mozilla" the status is "disabled". I have since changed that setting, and the settings that I know were not working to "Automatic". I hope that I have correctly activated Mozilla. I do know that I was able to get Carbonite and Real Player Desktop working again. It would be worthwhile for people to know that Microsoft disables quite a few programs. All of my McAfee programs were set as "disabled". The above corrections were made on the "Extended" page. I could be wrong but it likes like the settings on "Standard" may be what Microsoft is supposed to use to determine the settings. There were some other programs that I changed from Disabled to Activate, and I believe those have been corrected as well. I don't know enough about all the programs listed to activate all of those that are disabled--which by the way included Adobe programs. The program names that I recognized I changed. I hope this information helps others who decide that Windows 7 is safer. By the way, with Windows 7 you can tell the computer that you don't want the computer to automatically update Windows. I have heard that if you don't say no to automatic updates that Microsoft is automatically updating computers to Windows 10--and all updates are automatically installed. Everyone has to decide who is in charge of their computer--are they the ones that decide which programs will be run, or are they going to let Microsoft decide. If you want Microsoft to decide, simply install Windows 10 and you will have no decisions to make. If you want a voice in what programs you want to use, stay with Windows 7.

I had the learning experience that Windows 10 is not want I want. I quickly went back to Windows 7, but the errors have continued to plague me. I finally asked Microsoft to fix the problems--but it didn't fix all of them by a long shot. After awhile some programs that had been working, stopped working. I worked with one of the company that produces one of those programs and discovered that if you go to Task Manager, Services, and hit the "Services" button at the bottom of the page, there is a list of programs. The settings are listed "disabled", "manual", "automatic" and one other that has something to do with automatic. I noticed that next to "Mozilla" the status is "disabled". I have since changed that setting, and the settings that I know were not working to "Automatic". I hope that I have correctly activated Mozilla. I do know that I was able to get Carbonite and Real Player Desktop working again. It would be worthwhile for people to know that Microsoft disables quite a few programs. All of my McAfee programs were set as "disabled". The above corrections were made on the "Extended" page. I could be wrong but it likes like the settings on "Standard" may be what Microsoft is supposed to use to determine the settings. There were some other programs that I changed from Disabled to Activate, and I believe those have been corrected as well. I don't know enough about all the programs listed to activate all of those that are disabled--which by the way included Adobe programs. The program names that I recognized I changed. I hope this information helps others who decide that Windows 7 is safer. By the way, with Windows 7 you can tell the computer that you don't want the computer to automatically update Windows. I have heard that if you don't say no to automatic updates that Microsoft is automatically updating computers to Windows 10--and all updates are automatically installed. Everyone has to decide who is in charge of their computer--are they the ones that decide which programs will be run, or are they going to let Microsoft decide. If you want Microsoft to decide, simply install Windows 10 and you will have no decisions to make. If you want a voice in what programs you want to use, stay with Windows 7.

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jscher2000 - Support Volunteer
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Firefox does install a "service" in Windows to install updates. This was invented to solve that annoying behavior of Windows darkening the screen and asking for permission to do the update. More info in this article if you're interested: What is the Mozilla Maintenance Service?

But Firefox doesn't need that service for normal web browsing, so if something is wrong with how Firefox is running right now, please feel free to go into more detail on that.

faithandaction
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Are you telling me that I should keep the setting as "disabled"? I realize that I don't know as much as I would like about how Microsoft and other programs work. I do know that now I have Carbonite and Real Player Desktop and I finally got the e-mails from Touched by a Horse copy the beautiful paintings of horses that are included on their e-mails. I did change the setting on Microsoft Word Diagnosis and run a check, which worked on today's e-mail, then I disabled it, and later when I looked at yesterday's e-mail, the picture of the horse is now included. Sorry for listing so many programs, I know that when I changed some of the disabled I got the results I wanted. So, should I leave "Disabled" when it comes to Mozilla? To put it mildly I'm a bit confused and tired of all the work that I have had to go to in order to get my computer back to Windows 7. I don't want Microsoft making the decisions for me--it is my computer and I intend to be the one making the decisions. Thank you for your answer, I simply want to be sure that "Disabled" is the best choice. Peace. Joy. Love. Faithandaction

jscher2000 - Support Volunteer
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faithandaction said

Are you telling me that I should keep the setting as "disabled"?

No, I'm not saying that.

To set the service's behavior, please use the Advanced Update Options tab. There, you select how you want Firefox to update, and Firefox adjusts both its internal settings and the Maintenance service accordingly. See: Advanced panel - Accessibility, browsing, network, updates, and other advanced settings in Firefox