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After reinstalling FFox and Adobe Flash Player, why will a certain company webpage will not load, but it does in IE.

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For some reason a certain corporate company web site will not load on my desktop PC. The page is gray and white with some headings and a circle in the middle that goes round and round. I previously (some months ago) was able to access the site (and have for years). I am running Windows 7. I have cleared my cache, reinstalled FireFox, reinstalled Adobe Flash Player (even tried downgrading to Flash version 10). If I use IE, the site page loads with all of the graphics, etc. just fine, I have all of the same FF features on my laptop. The site opens up fine on my laptop. What's next?

For some reason a certain corporate company web site will not load on my desktop PC. The page is gray and white with some headings and a circle in the middle that goes round and round. I previously (some months ago) was able to access the site (and have for years). I am running Windows 7. I have cleared my cache, reinstalled FireFox, reinstalled Adobe Flash Player (even tried downgrading to Flash version 10). If I use IE, the site page loads with all of the graphics, etc. just fine, I have all of the same FF features on my laptop. The site opens up fine on my laptop. What's next?

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If it works in Firefox Safe-mode then disable all extensions (Tools > Add-ons > Extensions) and then try to find which is causing it by enabling one extension at a time until the problem reappears.

Close and restart Firefox after each change via "File > Exit" (Mac: "Firefox > Quit"; Linux: "File > Quit")

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Is there content loaded on that page via JavaScript or a plugin like Flash?

If the Flash plugin is active the you should get the Flash context menu if you right-click that area.


Start Firefox in Safe Mode to check if one of the extensions (Firefox/Tools > Add-ons > Extensions) or if hardware acceleration is causing the problem (switch to the DEFAULT theme: Firefox/Tools > Add-ons > Appearance).

  • Do not click the Reset button on the Safe mode start window or otherwise make changes.
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Per cor-el reply: Flash is installed and up to date (according to my plug-ins). I right-clicked in the page area of the site and nothing happened. I started Firefox in safe mode, and the page loaded (Marriott.com). I am in the Firefox DEFAULT Theme. I am not getting any error message. Here is a screenshot of the page...also the plug-ins. Now what?

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I have been trying again with this. The last time I tried there was a message that Flash Player had crashed. So again I reinstalled Flash Player. No help at all--problem still exists.

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That missing part is created via JavaScript, so make sure that you do not block JavaScript.

Start Firefox in Safe Mode to check if one of the extensions (Firefox/Tools > Add-ons > Extensions) or if hardware acceleration is causing the problem (switch to the DEFAULT theme: Firefox/Tools > Add-ons > Appearance).

  • Do not click the Reset button on the Safe mode start window or otherwise make changes.
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Java Script is enabled. What about the advanced Java Script menu?

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Are you using Adblock extension(Addon)

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No--I don't even know what Adblock is. I get ads. One of the times I tried yesterday to access the site a message appeared that Flash had crashed. It is the only time I have received the message. So I tried reinstalling it. No luck, but it has to be a Flashed-associated problem???

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I was able to access the site in Safe mode per your instructions.

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If it works in Firefox Safe-mode then disable all extensions (Tools > Add-ons > Extensions) and then try to find which is causing it by enabling one extension at a time until the problem reappears.

Close and restart Firefox after each change via "File > Exit" (Mac: "Firefox > Quit"; Linux: "File > Quit")

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Modified by cor-el

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OMG--it's a miracle, it's a miracle. Thank you so much. It was an add-on extension called "Invisible Hand." It's a comparison shopper. When you are shopping online, if a better price is on other sites, it the info pops up and appears below the toolbar. It has saved me money, but that's the way it goes.

Thank you, again.