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Had to get rid of Firefox
BSOD's
Published on October 14, 2013 By LightStar In Personal Computing

Well, after many years of using Firefox, I had to get rid of it and I guess I'll use IE until I find something better. It seems Firefox has been crashing systems with a BSOD since at least version 20.  People have complained in the forums, but no one at Mozilla seems to care evidently. My system has crashed 10 times now while using Firefox, and if the creators apparently aren't going to fix it, I am not going to use it.

Anyone else getting BSOD's when using Firefox (v20-v24) on Windows 7?


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gmc2
on Oct 17, 2013

side question, help please.

my version of FF has flash disabled. I noticed that in a post above that frankell has flash updated and enabled. How do I update flash so that FF will recognize it. I can't find an update listed within the FF add-ons.

32
frankell
on Oct 17, 2013

Well Flash is not an Addon but a Plugin

using Firefox you can activate Flash going here (copy and paste in your address bar)

about:addons

then on the left side click on Plugins

to update just click the following link

http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/plugincheck/

click on update and when in the Adobe page pay attention to uncheck the MCAfee optional offer

As  I did I suggest to create 2 Bookmarks pointing to the 2 links !

33
gmc2
on Oct 17, 2013

frankell
reply 32
http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/plugincheck/

click on update and when in the Adobe page pay attention to uncheck the MCAfee optional offer

I can get that far. Sorry I used the incorrect terms.

In the add-on manager flash it is showing as disabled (ver. 11.5.502.110), clicking on the update button takes me to a notification page that states that flash for certain versions has been disabled and not available. It doesn't provide me with an updated version or link to one.

Maybe a link to the newer FF version?

34
LORD-ORION
on Oct 17, 2013

One thing that has been causing a massive number of Blue screens in Firefox is the newer Nvidia drivers on the 4xx series of cards.

If you have an Nvidia card, reinstall driver ver 314.22. 

Nvidia drivers have been absolutely awful lately on their older cards.

35
LightStar
on Oct 17, 2013

I have the GTX560 cards, installed the latest drivers for them from nVidia and so far so good. (Crosses fingers).

36
frankell
on Oct 18, 2013

gmc2
reply 33

In the add-on manager flash it is showing as disabled (ver. 11.5.502.110), clicking on the update button takes me to a notification page that states that flash for certain versions has been disabled and not available. It doesn't provide me with an updated version or link to one.

Maybe a link to the newer FF version?

here you go for the newer Firefox 24.0 (official stable version)

http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/

and the system req. for the last Flash Player 11.9.900.117 are :

Microsoft® Windows®

  • Microsoft® Windows® XP (32-bit) Windows Server® 2003 (32-bit) Windows Server 2008 (32-bit) Windows Vista® (32-bit) Windows 7 (32-bit and 64-bit)
  • 2.33GHz or faster x86-compatible processor, or Intel® Atom™ 1.6GHz or faster processor for netbooks
  • 128MB of RAM
  • 128MB of graphics memory
  • Internet Explorer 7.0 and above Mozilla Firefox 4.0 and above Google Chrome Safari 5.0 and above Opera 11

click here to check

http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/

37
captainmoonlight
on Oct 18, 2013

"LIGHTSTAR" give Ice Dragon a try you,  have security of Comodo and flexibility of fire fox that's my default  browser .

Or pale moon both good browsers.

 

38
gmc2
on Oct 18, 2013

frankell
reply 36
click here to check

http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/[/quote]

thanks for the link, that worked. I usually leave flash disabled but there are some news stories that are in flash so occasionally I need it. I use a add-on to convert youtube into html5.

39
LightStar
on Oct 18, 2013

I now have a great new web browser. Based on Mozilla, faster than Firefox, PaleMoon or IE and can use all Mozilla addons, including ADBlock. You can even scan an entire website with it for malware links or anything else unsafe with Web Inspector (built-in), and it even uses its own secure DNS servers if you elect to use them. The standard interface will work with any WB skin as far as I can tell too. Thank you frankell!

40
frankell
on Oct 18, 2013

maybe I'm a late ...

but just in case I was going to suggest to install the IceDragon portable version ( so you will never affect the Firefox resident\default )

Portable mode must be selected during the installation process

see here http://help.comodo.com/topic-169-1-413-4903-portable-version.html

 

41
DrJBHL
on Oct 18, 2013

LightStar
reply 39

I now have a great new web browser. Based on Mozilla, faster than Firefox, PaleMoon or IE and can use all Mozilla addons, including ADBlock. You can even scan an entire website with it for malware links or anything else unsafe with Web Inspector (built-in), and it even uses its own secure DNS servers if you elect to use them. The standard interface will work with any WB skin as far as I can tell too. Thank you frankell!

If you're talking about IceDragon, it's based on Chrome, Tom...

42
LightStar
on Oct 18, 2013

frankell
reply 40

maybe I'm a late ...

but just in case I was going to suggest to install the IceDragon portable version ( so you will never affect the Firefox resident\default )

Portable mode must be selected during the installation process

see here http://help.comodo.com/topic-169-1-413-4903-portable-version.html



 

 

Nah, I got rid of Firefox and made IceDragon the default, installed it as permanent. I appreciate the info frankell.

 

Doc, I don't know where you got your info from, but right on it's site it says "Comodo IceDragon is a fast and secure internet browser based on Mozilla Firefox". 

43
frankell
on Oct 18, 2013

LightStar
reply 42

Nah, I got rid of Firefox and made IceDragon the default, installed it as permanent. I appreciate the info frankell.

I'm glad you are good with IceDragon !

DrJBHL
reply 41

If you're talking about IceDragon, it's based on Chrome, Tom...
well Comodo also provide the Comodo Chromium version named Dragon 

44
DaveBax
on Oct 18, 2013

LightStar
reply 42
Nah, I got rid of Firefox and made IceDragon the default, installed it as permanent. I appreciate the info frankell.

Does this browser import IE favorites?

45
frankell
on Oct 18, 2013

DaveBax
reply 44


Does this browser import IE favorites?

definetly yes see >  http://help.comodo.com/topic-169-1-413-4483-Bookmarks---Importing,-Exporting-and-Backing-up.html#import_bookmarks

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