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can i copy "setup" (windows 8.1, office 13) to usb and transfer to XP where internet 8 has crashed browser. I am not getting option to save setup

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I am trying to copy firefox to USB from my laptop and install on desktop XP as per support forum: Windows updated then crashed internet explore 8 on XP and now I have no internet connection only on that computer (error message says unplugged).. I have windows 8.1 office 13 on my laptop. I am not getting the option to save/ run firefox on the laptop, just automatic download. Should I uninstall and then reinstall? Or maybe I cant transfer to XP in any event. Any advice for non techie would be much appreciated. I've spent quite a lot of hours on this.

I am trying to copy firefox to USB from my laptop and install on desktop XP as per support forum: Windows updated then crashed internet explore 8 on XP and now I have no internet connection only on that computer (error message says unplugged).. I have windows 8.1 office 13 on my laptop. I am not getting the option to save/ run firefox on the laptop, just automatic download. Should I uninstall and then reinstall? Or maybe I cant transfer to XP in any event. Any advice for non techie would be much appreciated. I've spent quite a lot of hours on this.

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That is not the way Firefox is installed.

Firefox 26.0 System Requirements are here: http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/26.0beta/system-requirements/

You must have Windows XP SP2 if you want to use Firefox 26.0. Otherwise you can use older versions of Firefox from here:

http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/

edited by a moderator - all older versions of Firefox are available from Mozilla, no need to recommend 3rd party websites which may have "added features" to their Firefox download

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That is not the way Firefox is installed.

Firefox 26.0 System Requirements are here: http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/26.0beta/system-requirements/

You must have Windows XP SP2 if you want to use Firefox 26.0. Otherwise you can use older versions of Firefox from here:

http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/

edited by a moderator - all older versions of Firefox are available from Mozilla, no need to recommend 3rd party websites which may have "added features" to their Firefox download

Modified by the-edmeister

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thank you for your prompt response. I managed to save the moxilla install from my laptop and then transfer to XP desktop. Unfortunately, I am getting a "network cable unplugged" notice on that computer still, so guess more involved than I had hoped.

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That is not the recommended way to install Firefox.

Read my last post.

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appreciate your assistance, but your replies are a little peremptory to say the least. I copied the set up to my USB on Windows 8 laptop and then transferred to XP desktop (as per previous forum entry). If I had the internet on XP, I would have downloaded and installed that way. As it turns out, after I re-rebooted my broadband hub and reopened moxilla, I got the internet back, so evidently a combination of internet explorer 8 update issues which from previous research, had stopped the computer reading the hub address. All up and working now.

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My assumption was you would use the laptop to download. If everything is working now then it's fine but you may face problems later for improper installation of Firefox.

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Download and save the full Firefox installer to the desktop and copy the file to the USB drive if you want to install Firefox on a different computer.

You can find the full version of the current Firefox 26.0 release in all languages and for all Operating Systems here:

Modified by cor-el