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Ever since that last update patch to FF I have a black screen on almost all web sites. I had to use Explorer just to post this.

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I loaded the latest update for fire fox. At first the black screen was only effecting facebook but I turn on myt PC today and every single web site I try I have a black screen. I had to use the old explorer link I keep on my PC just in case some BS like this happens.

I loaded the latest update for fire fox. At first the black screen was only effecting facebook but I turn on myt PC today and every single web site I try I have a black screen. I had to use the old explorer link I keep on my PC just in case some BS like this happens.

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Check the default colors and make sure that you allow website colors and that you haven't enabled High Contrast in the Accessibility settings.



  • Tools > Options > Content : Fonts & Colors > Colors : [X] "Allow pages to choose their own colors, instead of my selections above"
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I do not know what has happened due to the update, but the web games I play work about half the time. The other half I end up with a black screen. I did what was posted and it did not help.

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

In Firefox 4 and later Safe mode disables extensions and disables hardware acceleration.

  • Tools > Options > Advanced > General > Browsing: "Use hardware acceleration when available"

If disabling hardware acceleration works then check if there is an update available for your graphics display driver.