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cannot upgrade states it needs SSE2 what do i have to do

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ahuramz
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have 48.0.2 use windows XP

annot upgrade says it need SSE2 whatever that is what do i ned to do

thnx

have 48.0.2 use windows XP annot upgrade says it need SSE2 whatever that is what do i ned to do thnx

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FredMcD
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As of Firefox 53 in March 2017, WinXP and Vista won't be supported any longer. http://www.ghacks.net/2016/09/27/firefox-53-no-support-for-windows-xp-or-vista/

https://support.mozilla.org/t5/Install-and-Update/Important-Firefox-is-ending-support-for-Windows-XP-and-Vista/ta-p/31270


You can install the Firefox ESR 52 version which will get security updates into early 2018, to get "more time" using Firefox.

Firefox; Extended Support Release {web link} ESR Notes System Requirements

cor-el
cor-el
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See:

[FX:49]:Ended Firefox for Windows support for SSE processors

You can use the last Firefox 45.9.0 ESR version that is more recent than the Firefox 48 release. Firefox 45.9.0 ESR (see the Show selector):