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First, right up front -- I have no problem, I have no question.

I simply cannot find a more straightforward way to post a huge Thank You, Well Done, to all the folks responsible for the great Firefox product.

I have been a happy user for a very long time, but over the last couple of weeks of constant badgering from Microsoft about my continued use of Windows XP, I finally had to spend $130 to get a copy of Windows 7 in order to try to configure dual boot on my circa 2008 mobo/workstation.

I am sure that many of you know and understand just how much customization one puts into his hardware/OS/App combinations. The man-months of configuring everything to maximize your productivity is huge, which is why we try to defer changes until absolutely necessary. While I don't feel it absolutely necessary to abandon XP3, I do confess that I need to upgrade some of my apps to 64-bit versions, so I reluctantly started to see how hard the migration tasks would be.

So let me cut to the chase, as between Outlook Express and anything else, perhaps vi, or some other favored text editor, there is no single piece of software that is more tuned, and retains more understanding of my computing needs than my browser. When I got to the point of getting IE upgraded from 8 to 11, Microsoft was probably happy, but I could care less, so useless has IE been for so long. When I downloaded Chrome, it was no surprise that the differences between my old copy and my new one, were not dramatic -- that's because Chrome has always just been there as my backup, not my primary tool.

So, when I had to deal with a new, virgin copy of Firefox, my heart almost stopped beating. What was all that stuff on my pristine screen? Well, all that stuff is what turns most of the world off of the Internet -- most of all that stuff has not bothered me for a long time because I have a suite of add--ons and setup settings that give me a clean, efficient environment. When, where, and which settings and add-ons defined MyFireFox? It would take me a couple of hours to try to decipher/reconstruct those matters.

Then I recalled that I had a Profile sitting around somewhere. What if I just grabbed that Windows XP3 Profile and copied it over to where Windows 7 Pro would be looking for it? Slam-bam-thank-you-mam, in an instant Firefox on my new boot system gave me all the old, reliable behaviors, links, etc. upon which I depend. I am in day four of trying to get my other drop-dead tools migrated, but my browser just works.

Thank you, thank you, thank you.

First, right up front -- I have no problem, I have no question. I simply cannot find a more straightforward way to post a huge Thank You, Well Done, to all the folks responsible for the great Firefox product. I have been a happy user for a very long time, but over the last couple of weeks of constant badgering from Microsoft about my continued use of Windows XP, I finally had to spend $130 to get a copy of Windows 7 in order to try to configure dual boot on my circa 2008 mobo/workstation. I am sure that many of you know and understand just how much customization one puts into his hardware/OS/App combinations. The man-months of configuring everything to maximize your productivity is huge, which is why we try to defer changes until absolutely necessary. While I don't feel it absolutely necessary to abandon XP3, I do confess that I need to upgrade some of my apps to 64-bit versions, so I reluctantly started to see how hard the migration tasks would be. So let me cut to the chase, as between Outlook Express and anything else, perhaps vi, or some other favored text editor, there is no single piece of software that is more tuned, and retains more understanding of my computing needs than my browser. When I got to the point of getting IE upgraded from 8 to 11, Microsoft was probably happy, but I could care less, so useless has IE been for so long. When I downloaded Chrome, it was no surprise that the differences between my old copy and my new one, were not dramatic -- that's because Chrome has always just been there as my backup, not my primary tool. So, when I had to deal with a new, virgin copy of Firefox, my heart almost stopped beating. What was all that stuff on my pristine screen? Well, all that stuff is what turns most of the world off of the Internet -- most of all that stuff has not bothered me for a long time because I have a suite of add--ons and setup settings that give me a clean, efficient environment. When, where, and which settings and add-ons defined MyFireFox? It would take me a couple of hours to try to decipher/reconstruct those matters. Then I recalled that I had a Profile sitting around somewhere. What if I just grabbed that Windows XP3 Profile and copied it over to where Windows 7 Pro would be looking for it? Slam-bam-thank-you-mam, in an instant Firefox on my new boot system gave me all the old, reliable behaviors, links, etc. upon which I depend. I am in day four of trying to get my other drop-dead tools migrated, but my browser just works. Thank you, thank you, thank you.

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Hi tcorbet,

I'm glad you got your problem all sorted out! :) I'll be closing this thread so I can get it pushed out of the workflow.

Thanks for using Firefox!

-M

Note: When I close this thread, you will not be able to respond. If you have a new support request with Firefox, Thunderbird, please post your question at /questions/new. :)