Category Archives: Windows

Firefox 9.0.1 Released
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Posted on December 21, 2011 by

An emergency update for Firefox was released today,. Firefox 9.0.1 addresses a crash upon startup after updating to Firefox 9.0 for mainly Mac users. However, Linux and Windows users were not immune to this crash either, just a lot less … Continue reading →

Posted in Apple/Mac, Fx 9.0, General Mozilla, Linux, Releases, Windows | 3 Comments

Update: Firefox 9.0 Released
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Posted on December 20, 2011 by

A quick update on the Firefox 9.0 release. At this time Windows, Android and possibly Linux versions have been released. Currently there are issues with startup crashes for Mac users on Firefox 9.0 and this release has been pulled. Mac … Continue reading →

Posted in Apple/Mac, Browsers, Firefox, Firefox For Android, Firefox for Tablets, Fx 9.0, General Mozilla, Linux, Windows | 2 Comments

How to Defend from Keyloggers
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Posted on December 20, 2011 by

     …Keystroke logging is the act of intercepting typed keys before they are displayed to the screen, then logging them to a file. This allows for intrusion and access to data—even passwords…” Source: businessinsider.com | WonderHowTo    | Dec. 20, 2011 How … Continue reading →

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Restoring default about:config settings
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Posted on December 5, 2011 by

While it is easy to make customizations via Firefox’s about:config manager, it can also be easy to really mess things up. Hence the reason Mozilla has the below warning (which replaced Be Careful,This gun is loaded! warning starting with Firefox 3) … Continue reading →

Posted in Firefox, General Mozilla, Microsoft, Tips & Tweaks, Windows | 1 Comment

Firefox 8.0.1 Released
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Posted on November 21, 2011 by

Mozilla has pushed out an emergency update to Firefox 8.0.0 on November 21st to select users. This update addressed two top crash bugs in Firefox 8.0.0: Bug 699134 – RoboForm versions 7.6.2 and OLDER on all platforms crashes Firefox 8.0 … Continue reading →

Posted in Add-ons, Apple/Mac, Firefox, Fx 8.0, General Mozilla, Linux, Releases, Windows | 1 Comment

Removing Java Console Extension
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Posted on November 7, 2011 by

We mentioned the Java Console Extension as one of those extensions that a program (in this case Oracle’s Java) installs into Firefox without the user’s knowledge. Unless you are a Java Developer, this extension serves no real purpose for most … Continue reading →

Posted in Add-ons, Fx 8.0, General Mozilla, Tips & Tweaks, Vista, Windows, Windows '8', Windows 7 | 5 Comments

Clarification: Firefox 3.6.19/5.0.1
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Posted on July 21, 2011 by

Mozilla did an emergency update for Firefox 3.6 & 5.0 on July 11th. There was an automatic update for Mac user only. While Mozilla did also publish Firefox 3.6.19 and 5.0.1 to the FTP site as well as at getfirefox.com … Continue reading →

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Win 2000/XP SP1 Support Ending with Fx 8
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Posted on July 6, 2011 by

There is talk of ending Windows 2000 support starting with Firefox 8. This is in part due to move to MSVC (Microsoft Visual C++) 2010 based compiler which requires Windows XP SP2 or newer OS. Firefox 8 is now on … Continue reading →

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Why It Is Important to Update
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Posted on June 27, 2011 by

A Public Service Announcement from the Guru. I am not just talking about Firefox, but more importantly your browser plugins (Flash, JAVA, QuickTime, etc) and yes even those Windows Updates too. The below two articles are from a colleague’s blog … Continue reading →

Posted in Add-ons, Blogs, Browsers, Firefox, Fx 3.5, Fx 3.6, Fx 4.0, Fx 5.0, Fx 6.0, Fx 7.0, General Mozilla, IE, Microsoft, Security, Windows | Leave a comment

No 64-Bit Windows Firefox
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Posted on June 25, 2011 by

At least not for a while and very likely not in 2011. Firefox 8 is going to be the next trunk (nightly) builds starting July 5th and there is currently no expectation that 64-Bit Windows support is going to part … Continue reading →

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