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FF 8.0 will not update to 8.01 and reverts if installed manually

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Tadiew
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This one's really bizarre. I have FF running on several computers. 8.0 updated to 8.01 on my MacBook w/o trouble. On my Win 7 Pro 64-bit comp, however, FF 8 says it's the current release when checked (and I'm on the release update channel etc.) and, here's the kicker, when I download and manually update to 8.01, FF *reverts* to v8, I guess via the built-in update method. This has now happened twice.

This one's really bizarre. I have FF running on several computers. 8.0 updated to 8.01 on my MacBook w/o trouble. On my Win 7 Pro 64-bit comp, however, FF 8 says it's the current release when checked (and I'm on the release update channel etc.) and, here's the kicker, when I download and manually update to 8.01, FF *reverts* to v8, I guess via the built-in update method. This has now happened twice.

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James
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The 8.0 to 8.0.1 patch is only being served to Mac users. Windows and especially Linux users do not really need 8.0.1. Users on Win/Mac/Linux the old 4.0 to 7.0.1 will however get 8.0.1 when they check for updates.

The only benefit 8.0.1 is for Windows users is if they have a old version of Roboform (7.6.1 or older) or crashes upon Firefox startup.

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