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Running Ffox 21. Keep getting message to download Ffox 12.

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Running Firefox 21 on XP 32bit SP3. Keep getting message; "Firefox 12 is available download now"

Running Firefox 21 on XP 32bit SP3. Keep getting message; "Firefox 12 is available download now"

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hello, your useragent (the information the browser sends to websites to identify its version) - apparently mistakenly - shows you're on firefox version 4. please refer to this article in order to reset the user-agent settings in firefox: How to reset the default user agent on Firefox

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Your user Agent says you are running Firefox 4. Can you check what version you are actually running by typing about: into your address bar and pressing enter?

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hello, your useragent (the information the browser sends to websites to identify its version) - apparently mistakenly - shows you're on firefox version 4. please refer to this article in order to reset the user-agent settings in firefox: How to reset the default user agent on Firefox

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Many thanks for your swift response. Solution appears to be working but only time will tell. Regards Alan Brewer.