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firefox' background operations 9 operations running all necessary

task manager has 9 operations running, trying to eliminate possiblities before last alternative turn to microsoftopoly, set to firefox recommendations everytime i need t… (read more)

task manager has 9 operations running, trying to eliminate possiblities before last alternative turn to microsoftopoly, set to firefox recommendations everytime i need the speed or 100% of wide band frequency something is running in background, hard drive wont shutdown. I used to be able to gain some by restart. Doesn't seem to have same effect as used to, then I wud have to disconnect internet just to shutdown or it wud take a very long time, so that was my go to; disconnect internet, I feel that i shud not have to go to such extremes to use MY computer, now even that doesn't solve problem for very long, way back when , hard drive wud shut down after i stopped type idle minute or so, now i'm not sure it ever stops unless i disconnect internet then it will, this tells me something in background is running , wont shut off, when i start typing, so i just want to eliminate microjunk telling me its firefox' operation and i shud uninstall it and use EDGE. wud a VPN possibly eliminate if a program was using internet to communicate to whoever? if possible, does firefox have like 30 day trial period for access to VPN? Wud that even stop activity it's a microsoft product running? sending screenshots of task managers operations running at this point 3 sceens open, SmartNews; *Settings; Get Support / Mozilla Support...acting up just now, moment i stop clicking for few seconds, response is delayed couple seconds, I use onscreen keyboard to converse, clicking single letter at a time, also use HDMI into large screen monitor, thanx for all firefox' help you do make a difference . i greatly appreciate speed and knowledge you & firefox has done for accessibility to internet . taking to long to upload second page , i will cancel second pg, and other nine. i'm unable to stop or cancel upload image, started upload at 12:25pm , i do NOT want to reclick this whole message again, this is part of frustration i feel when tech ppl get something wrong, since i have no education in writing code, i'm basically helpless, how long to wait now.. .... .......... .....................try to send/submit, hope that works.

Asked by oetkbtytr 1 year ago

Last reply by oetkbtytr 1 year ago

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Problem with email loss in Win 11?

I have 3 different email addresses, 2 for myself and one for my wife. These all us the same mail server with the same settings. I got her a new Win11 laptop and now she i… (read more)

I have 3 different email addresses, 2 for myself and one for my wife. These all us the same mail server with the same settings. I got her a new Win11 laptop and now she is only getting a small percentage of the emails she used to. My 2 addresses still seem to work fine. I used the method of copying the whole Thunderbird folder over when I installed Thunderbird on the new computer. I looked at her email and it looks like she has stored a lot of emails with some sort of graphics in them. This is the only thing different from the other 2 as far as I can tell. She has only two filters with minimal items, one is for sex-related garbage and the other contains only 2 items which don't look like they would redirect much. I checked the folders they redirect to and there is hardly anything there. I have temporarily redirected them to two folders I created so as to check to see if there might be something going on there.

Are there any suggestions for trying to fix this?

Asked by o.blates 1 year ago

Last reply by o.blates 1 year ago

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Possible to search for text that is a download link and "click" it?

I have a site where I need to download 250 licenses individually for products I own. Each link is the same exact text "Download License". Is it possible search for that t… (read more)

I have a site where I need to download 250 licenses individually for products I own. Each link is the same exact text "Download License". Is it possible search for that term *and* somehow be able to "click" it using the keyboard instead of the mouse? I could fly through this process if I didn't have to use the mouse.

Asked by davefore 1 year ago

Last reply by cor-el 1 year ago

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unable to access atleast two of the accounts I use almost daily

First website opens I put in my user name then click the little green "enter" box and it does nothing. will not move on to password. The second website I put in my user n… (read more)

First website opens I put in my user name then click the little green "enter" box and it does nothing. will not move on to password. The second website I put in my user name and password and it replies "Oops! Something went wrong!" I also can't get the sale ads from this website. They don't seem to be able to get into my email box.

I'm really frustrated with this. This is the second time this has happened but I don't know the repair guy did to fix it the first time and at that time it only affected one of the accounts which was my credit union.

I tried taking screen shots but It won't paste into this box and I can't get a shot of accessibility properties which is where I find the errors that I don't know how to fix.

Asked by Karon 1 year ago

Last reply by cor-el 1 year ago

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Print dialog - It aint broke, so don't fix it. Bring back option for the default to system print dialog

Please bring back the option to let the system print dialog be the default. There's no need to fix what's not broken. I dislike the new FireFox dialog. I like and am used… (read more)

Please bring back the option to let the system print dialog be the default. There's no need to fix what's not broken. I dislike the new FireFox dialog. I like and am used to the system print dialog, it works, does what I want, and it should be brought back for consistency with other applications.

I could previously fix this in about:config, but that option is now ignored.

I understand the desire to try something new, but it makes no sense to improve on what already works. And, to remove the about:config option means your imposing your will on me. FireFox never felt like an imposition before, this is like something I'd expect from Apple, not Mozilla.

Please bring back my choice and make it an easy configuration checkbox, no about:config voodoo.

Thanks!

Asked by DavidOrDave 1 year ago

Last reply by Paul 1 year ago

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prefs.js -- malware inserted

The Firefox prefs.js file was quarantined by avast yesterday. Message indicated malware had infected the file. Now when I click on the Firefox icon the MSN browser come… (read more)

The Firefox prefs.js file was quarantined by avast yesterday. Message indicated malware had infected the file. Now when I click on the Firefox icon the MSN browser comes up. How can I get back to using Firefox safely? Can I uninstall Firefox, then re-install it to make the problem go away?

Asked by shfergu 1 year ago

Last reply by James 1 year ago

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You have the wrong information

I had a Firefox account on my phone. I got hacked. So I uninstalled the Firefox app. I got the upgrade for Lookout and added that to my phone. I opened a new Firefox brow… (read more)

I had a Firefox account on my phone. I got hacked. So I uninstalled the Firefox app. I got the upgrade for Lookout and added that to my phone. I opened a new Firefox browser on my PC because I was tired of Google and I don't like Bing. I think you are still using my phone account. dawniegirl1973. lt has never been a primary or secondary email for phone or Pc. But you caught the last hacker! I would like an upgrade with Firefox on both PC and phone if I wouldn't have to pay for both devices. Would that cover both PC and phone? They are not linked, but they do share 2 emails and passwords. I also would like VPN, if that would secure my wifi. But I need a network that I can use for all my internet needs. I don't know what all VPN does. Please help me out. I don't know what to do anymore. It's all gotten so confusing. I'm tired of being hacked. Please advice. I trust, you, Firefox and I want you on both devices can we do this?

Asked by dawn 1 year ago

Last reply by dawn 1 year ago

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Too many updates

What's up with all the daily updates? Most times it's about every other day. Sometimes it's daily for a day or two. It takes me to a download and install firefox browser … (read more)

What's up with all the daily updates? Most times it's about every other day. Sometimes it's daily for a day or two. It takes me to a download and install firefox browser site. I have only done it the first time I got the update notice. I now check under the help tab. It tells me I'm up to date, without the new update. Is anyone else having the same problem?

Asked by bigga55 2 years ago

Last reply by jscher2000 - Support Volunteer 1 year ago

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Trying to view the ICD-11 in Firefox browser

Hello. I am trying to view the ICD-11 (International Classification of Diseases 11th Revision) in my Firefox web browser however the website is not loading properly or, … (read more)

Hello.

I am trying to view the ICD-11 (International Classification of Diseases 11th Revision) in my Firefox web browser however the website is not loading properly or, more likely, is loading in a way that prevents/restricts proper access.

Here is a link to the website: https://icd.who.int/browse11/l-m/en

The website works when loaded in Microsoft Edge and displays a left side window with the contents of the ICD-11 classifications. The ICD-11 search bar also works and displays the results of the search in the left side window. Neither of these things occur when using Firefox.

I have limited 'tech skills' when it comes to this, any help would be much appreciated.

Kindest Regards,

Andy

Asked by Andy 1 year ago

Last reply by jscher2000 - Support Volunteer 1 year ago

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Sync of critical preferences like search engine, privacy etc don't sync, they change too

OK I have been trying to go 100% Firefox for just a few months but with privacy and security as primary directive. It would be wonderful to just be in ine well moderated … (read more)

OK I have been trying to go 100% Firefox for just a few months but with privacy and security as primary directive. It would be wonderful to just be in ine well moderated browser ecosystem and actually being able to have my preferences, interest and personal information centralized with eventual goal of digitally divorcing tech companies from my personal data. I still have to use a lot of different devies with varying OS and it literally took me two years to help Apple fix an AppleId problem. Now that I have that sorted out I have been hoping to move away from gmail entirely and eventually have my own mailserver but using icloud now for macs and pcs.


At a minimum it seems like even after forced manual I have not properly sync an imac with windows 10 PC. So to keep it simple I stay there but this morning when I typed into Firefox on my iMac its was google search not Duckduckgo. Not only have I synced it in firefox but icloud should be redudant and I had removed google from list of potential search engines. There seems to be some way for a hostile takeover of these settings and google connstant agressive intrusions asking for data is not just wrong or annoying its simply impossible to not have facebook or google track me beyond california digital privacy standards. The worst offender may be youtube. I want to fix the browser and sync my stuff. But I am also looking for extensions that will help me do that better.

I am pretty thorough and now just want to learn more and would like to believe one can have a semblance of privacy but it seems like it will be an adversarial experience when the companies that do can rollback privacy with clever tv ads. The 'providers' clearly do not give hoot about rules, preferences and laws designed to protect people's rights.. That is what is particulary frustrating. It is not a fair fight but a good one. I guess what I am wondering is if there are specific modules you could add to detect maybewhen an event like change in search engine occurs and whether logs may exist as to how or why the change was made. Even if it was an accidental quick through a popup in chromium or edge where I was always being cued to come back to Chrome. Logging out doesnt always seem to work so i tried syncing with and chrome with more or less same results. Very little actual control or at least a tendency to revert back to the data miners preferences over mine. I want to help stop that.

Asked by 0light 2 years ago

Last reply by Melchior blausand 1 year ago

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Major issues with FF 98.0.1

FF upgraded today and is unusable. FYI, I am using Brave to communicate with you. There is the usual messing up of the location of the download file and my switchboard … (read more)

FF upgraded today and is unusable. FYI, I am using Brave to communicate with you. There is the usual messing up of the location of the download file and my switchboard of favorite sites (this is probably not the proper term) is destroyed. That is normal. Now, however, I had to go into settings to click off the option for the 'default' sites. All of the icons for extensions are gone from the top of the page. When I try to go to a web page, the software never connects.

This is the first time I have had an issue with FF and this is a doozie! Can you assist?

Asked by jay.samec 2 years ago

Last reply by Terry 1 year ago

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Firefox no longer saves files into temp folder

I recently discovered that even though Firefox is supposed to save files, I chose to either "Open in Firefox" (.pdf, .pptx, etc.) or "Open in <any application>" (.a… (read more)

I recently discovered that even though Firefox is supposed to save files, I chose to either "Open in Firefox" (.pdf, .pptx, etc.) or "Open in <any application>" (.avi, .mp4 in VLC...) in temp folder, it no longer does so. All pdf-s and other files I try to open in Firefox end up in my downloads folder, which is annoying as I now have to clean it manually. This never happened to me before, and I would like to have this behavior back.

Asked by knazko.filip 1 year ago

Last reply by Terry 1 year ago

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Browser doesn't show web pages anymore

Hello, Since the last update (a few days ago) my Firefox is all wrong. First thing it didn't load all my opened tabs, only new ones, then I managed to reopen tabs from hi… (read more)

Hello, Since the last update (a few days ago) my Firefox is all wrong. First thing it didn't load all my opened tabs, only new ones, then I managed to reopen tabs from history, but the Firefox doesn't load any website (just trying to load the pages nonstop)

What should I do?

Thank you, Oren

Asked by corem 1 year ago

Last reply by cor-el 1 year ago

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How to request a change AKA contact Firefox / Mozilla itself?

Where or to whom can I send a request / recommendation / beg to get the Firefox browser actually to change something? I know what the community will say -- asked and ans… (read more)

Where or to whom can I send a request / recommendation / beg to get the Firefox browser actually to change something? I know what the community will say -- asked and answered. And no disrespect to the community at all -- it's very valuable and has been helpful to me -- but I am interested in putting this request before someone at Mozilla / Firefox who actually has the authority to decide it and do it.

FYI, not to be too mysterious about it, I think the Privacy & Security setting on Notifications would be improved by putting in a permanent option to let a user stop notifications when he or she has taken a screen shot. Allowing it to be paused now requires the user to go back in and change the setting each time he or she opens Firefox. For me, that's dozens of times a day.

On a broader scale, why not give the user the option permanently? We are, I hope, a land and community of people who prefer choice over mandates, even partial ones, when the substance of the choice or mandate does not pose a risk to others.

Thanks.

Asked by Txasslm 1 year ago

Last reply by James 1 year ago

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Some sort of Blank pop-up type area on all sites - cant use the mouse in this area.

Please help me remove this blank area section on the web pages. its on all of them on every tab. I have tried restarting and updating. I cant get it to go away. thank yo… (read more)

Please help me remove this blank area section on the web pages. its on all of them on every tab. I have tried restarting and updating. I cant get it to go away.

thank you Mark

Asked by Marko 2 years ago

Last reply by vannerwinner 1 year ago

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Cannot complete online forms - won't activate the enter button

Often I have to fill our forms or answer questions on websites. I can fill in the form, but Firefox cannot activate the enter key. I have to start over in Chrome, which w… (read more)

Often I have to fill our forms or answer questions on websites. I can fill in the form, but Firefox cannot activate the enter key. I have to start over in Chrome, which works fine.

I have had to change my default browser to Chrome temporarily due to this problem, but don't want to use Google's Chrome.

What settings change can I make to restore functionality?

Asked by Pete 1 year ago

Last reply by cor-el 1 year ago