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Epic fail! Problem loading page almost everytime I go to a page. I have to always refresh for FF to find its way to the page.

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Epic fail! Problem loading page or Page not found almost every time I go to a page. I have to always refresh FF before it can find its way to the page.

If the page have flash on it, FF either crashes or becomes unresponsive, in which case I have to use Task Manager to force quit FF.

Does anyone have better browser out there? I run on windows 7 and would love to make a shift.

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Every time Firefox opened

== DEVs messed up with updates >:(

Epic fail! Problem loading page or Page not found almost every time I go to a page. I have to always refresh FF before it can find its way to the page. If the page have flash on it, FF either crashes or becomes unresponsive, in which case I have to use Task Manager to force quit FF. Does anyone have better browser out there? I run on windows 7 and would love to make a shift. == This happened == Every time Firefox opened == DEVs messed up with updates >:(

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First, update your version of Flash, it is very old and contains security and stability issues. Install/Update Adobe Flash Player for Firefox (aka Shockwave Flash): your ver. 10.~~red:0 r2~~; current ver. 10.1 r53 (important security update 2010-06-10; see: http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb10-14.html) ~~red:Check your version here~~: http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/plugincheck/ See: Updating Flash -use Firefox to download and SAVE to your hard drive (save to Desktop for easy access) -exit Firefox (File > Exit) -In Windows, check to see that Firefox is completely closed (Ctrl+Alt+Del, choose Task Manager, click Processes tab, if "firefox.exe" is on the list, right-click "firefox.exe" and choose End process, close the Task Manager window) -In Windows, double-click on the Adobe Flash installer you just downloaded to install/update Adobe Flash -when the Flash installation is complete, start Firefox, and test the Flash installation here: http://kb.adobe.com/selfservice/viewContent.do?externalId=tn_15507&sliceId=1

If you believe that plugin-container is causing your problems, you can disable it: -type about:config in the URL/location bar and press the Enter key -if you see a warning, accept it (promise to be careful) -Filter = dom.ipc -double-click on each item that is set to true to set the value to false -test to see if the problem is corrected See: http://kb.mozillazine.org/Plugin-container_and_out-of-process_plugins#Disabling_crash_protection


Other Issues: ~~red:You have installed plug-ins with known security issues. You should update them immediately.~~

You ~~red:MAY~~ need to Update Adobe Reader for Firefox (aka Adobe PDF Plug-In For Firefox): your ver. N/A; current ver. 9.3.3 (important security update release 06-29-2010; see: http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb10-15.html) ~~red:Check your version here~~: http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/plugincheck/ See: http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Using+the+Adobe+Reader+plugin+with+Firefox#Installing_and_updating_Adobe_Reader You may be able to update from the Adobe Reader installed on your system instead of going to the Adobe site and downloading. Open the Adobe Reader installed on your system (in Windows, Start > Program Files, find and click Adobe Reader to open), click Help, click Check for Updates. Allow the download/update to occur. If you use this method, no need to proceed with the instructions below, but do look at the two bulleted items at the bottom "NOTE for IE:" and "Also see:". Restart Firefox and check your new version here: http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/plugincheck/ If you go to the Adobe site to download the current Adobe Reader: -use Firefox to download and SAVE to your hard drive (save to Desktop for easy access) ~~red:-See the images at the bottom left of this post to see the steps to take on the Adobe site~~ -exit Firefox (File > Exit) -In Windows: check to see that Firefox is completely closed (Ctrl+Alt+Del, choose Task Manager, click Processes tab, if "firefox.exe" is on the list, right-click "firefox.exe" and choose End process, close the Task Manager window) -In Windows: double-click on the Adobe Reader installer you just downloaded to install/update Adobe Reader