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I want firefox 3.6.16, how do I stop the updates or do I need to go back to internet explorer?

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I homeschool my daughter and need to have firefox 3.6.16. everytime I start my computer and go into firefox, it automatically updates to the latest version. I DO NOT WANT THE LATEST VERSION! How to I stop this? If I can't I will go back to Internet Explorer.

I homeschool my daughter and need to have firefox 3.6.16. everytime I start my computer and go into firefox, it automatically updates to the latest version. I DO NOT WANT THE LATEST VERSION! How to I stop this? If I can't I will go back to Internet Explorer.

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try this:

go to TOOLS then OPTIONS then ADVANCE then in UPDATE session go to AUTOMATICALLY CHECK FOR UPDATE TO and untick FIREFOX then go to WHEN UPDATES TO FIREFOX ARE FOUND and untick AUTOMATICALLY DOWNLOAD AND INSTALL THE UPDATE press OK to save changes. Restart firefox.

thank you

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