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Repair Firefox Safe Mode

2012-02-15T22:19:00.000-08:00

This will show you how to repair Firefox safe mode so you can get it working properly the way it used to be.

Repair Firefox Safe Mode

So, the fire thing you need to do is start Firefox in Safe Mode. To do that you need to go to Help and click on "Restart with Add-ons Disabled". (another way to do this is to hold down the shift key while you start firefox fix).

After you restart firefox in safemode you'll see the following text box:

Once you click on of the possible problems you can click "make changes and restart." If you do this you might be able to diagnose the fire fox problem.

A detailed explanation can also be found on the mozilla firefox homepage: http://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/Firefox%20is%20stuck%20in%20Safe%20Mode

Firefox Doesn't Remember Passwords

2009-10-05T14:51:00.000-07:00

Firefox Doesn't Remember Passwords

Does Firefox 3.0, Firefox 3.1, or Firefox 3.5 suddenly not work as it did before? Have you been asking yourself, "Firefox won't let me login to Google Yahoo, Facebook or any of your other favorite sites?"

Firefox Doesn't Save Passwords

If Firefox doesn't save my passwords or Firefox doesn't save my logins I would first try the most simple solution. Go to Tools, Options, Privacy, then be sure both of these boxes are checked

Accept cookies from sites
Accept third-party cookies
Keep until

You might also want to remember your browsing history for a month or so.

Or, another thing you might like to try is to activate Firefox's built-in Firefox password keeper! this is easy as well. Simple go to Tools, Options, Security, and be sure the box for "Remember passwords for sites" is checked. Or, you can choose to "Use a master password" and you will have Firefox log you in (Firefox log me in) to any site that you visit by means of a FIREFOX password that keeps all your other passwords for other sites. I don't recommend using this function because if someone finds your Firefox password they've just found ALL of your passwords. Well, they haven't necessarily found all of your passwords, but they could break into your Facebook or email accounts.

Firefox Doesn't Save Logins

If this is your problem you might want to go through and try to delete cookies file. This file becomes corrupt at times and no longer allows Firefox to store your cookies for sites that remember your logins. Remember, if you're not using the Firefox password keeper (not recommended anyway) then when you open your browser and your already logged into Google or Yahoo, Facebook, dating sites, or any other site, it's because those sites have placed a cookie on your computer that stores your login information and password. These logins and passwords are set to expire.

Click here to read how to delete or rename the Firefox corrupt cookie file.

Firefox Doesn't Remember Logins

Some sites, such as your favorite forum, might ask you for how long you wish to remain logged in. You might choose 99999 minutes, 60 minutes, 2 minutes, or "forever." This is your choice. For Yahoo! Mail, (click here for example), if you click and check the box that says,

"Keep me signed in for 2 weeks unless I sign out [Uncheck if on a shared computer]"

you will have a cookie stored on your computer that expires in two weeks (Equivalent to get Firefox to remember logins or Firefox to remember passwords).

Firefox Doesn't Remember Cookies

2009-10-02T17:14:00.001-07:00

Firefox Doesn't Remember Cookies

Are you having a problem with Firefox cookies? Sometimes cookies are set to expire by the site that dropped them, so if that's the case there is nothing we can do. But, let's say that you've always logged into Gmail or Hotmail and it would only ask for your password every once in while, and suddenly it wants your login or password each time you open Firefox. This could very well be an example of a corrupt cookie file. Cookie file corrupt may occur when it is too large or too old. Firefox periodically creates backups and makes new cookie files, but sometimes there are problems.

Firefox Not Saving Cookies

The corrupt cookie file is named cookies.sqlite. (Firefox cookies.sqlite Firefox.) this file may or may not be visible on your computer. I'm going to give you all the steps to fix this problem. Just pay me $59.95 and download my Internet cleaner program....just kidding! The info is free! Read on!

Open Windows Explorer or My Computer (for Macintosh the programs and folders will be different, but I'm sure you can search for the cookies.sqlite file on Macs as well)
(You probably won't have to do this step. Only do it if you can't find the file.) Click on Tools, Folder Options, View, and uncheck the box marked "Hide extensions for known file types."
Go to the hard drive that has Windows XP on it. (If you don't know what drive this is you can perform your search from where it says "My Computer in the folder tree, but it will take much longer, especially if there's a lot of junk on your computer.) Next, and this will really narrow your search, right click on the folder Documents and Settings.
Right Click on Documents and Settings Folder and perform a search for cookies.sqlite.
If you found cookies.sqlite skip to step 6. If you didn't, please go back and be sure you did step #3. If that doesn't work and this is your second time on step #6, I will point to where you can find the file. It should be here: C:\Documents and Settings\YOUR COMPUTER'S NAME\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\gpag1wkr.default (Remember that Windows might not be on your C: drive. You might have to change it.
Make sure Firefox is closed and rename cookies.sqlite to cookiesBACKUP.sqlite. Or you can just move it to another folder, or you can even delete it. Or you can rename it cookies.sqlite-journal2, etc.
If Firefox is closed open it and log into a few of your favorite sites that aren't performing properly.
Close and reopen Firefox to see if the problem is solved
If this works I ask that you leave a comment below.

And that's it! I hope this works for you!

Ubuntu Firefox Problem

2009-08-04T15:25:00.000-07:00

Ubuntu Firefox Problem Ubuntu Firefox Problems

Are you having an Ubuntu Firefox problem that you can't solve? There are many Ubunto bugs and many solutions. Here is a main one we've been seeing lately.

Sometimes when using Ubuntu Firefox 3 there is a Firefox crash or firefox slow freeze up.

This problem, like many, could be due to the extensions you have installed. When running Firefox Ubunto Firefox Linux, you can delete (or at least disable) your Firefox addons and see if that fixes the problem. If it does you know that it's one of your addons. Continue to add them and restart until you find the problem.

Firefox Startup Crash or Slow

2009-07-09T17:35:00.000-07:00

Firefox Startup Crash or Slow

Does your firefox crash or is Firefox slow when you open Morzilla firefox? Here's a quick tip to help you speed that up.

Sometimes you can get a lot of unecessary DLL files working with Firefox and these will either crash firefox or else make it go slow. The screen might appear white at first and you might have to wait several seconds to use your browers; if you can use it at all!

1. First, open Firefox in Safemode. If you do that you will see if the firefox extensions are what's causing your problems. If it opens in safemode with extensions disabled, then you should go into regular Windows and disable all your extensions, and slowly re-add them, determining which one is causing your problem. It could just be that you have over 20 add-ons to Mozilla Firefox and it's bogging down the browswer

2. Create a new profile and use that. This might be the problem.

3. Close other programs when you're running Firefox. This is a Problem no matter how fast your system is.

4. Here's http://www.edbott.com/weblog/?p=621 a link explaining how to make new shortcuts for certain programs to make them load faster. We haven't tried it but it might shave a second of Firefox slow opening speed!

5. Empty your cache, clear download files, etc: tools, options, privacy, clear private data on Firefox

Let's hope any one of these solutions work for you!

Firefox Parental Controls Firefox Parental Control

2009-05-23T15:32:00.000-07:00

Firefox Parental Controls Firefox Parental Control

A lot of us are worried about our children surfing the Net and coming across pornography. And I'm guessing that is why you're here: to find an easy Mozilla Firefox fix which would include pornographic filters that blocks sites that show nudity or have foul content. And that's okay, if you don't want your kids to view that it's your choice. This article includes ways such as Firefox content filters to safeguard the "vulgar arts" from reaching your children. We'll have a brief discussion then move on to the Firefox content filter. Skip the discussion if you only want the Mozilla parental controls.

Can You Stop Your Kids From Viewing the Vulgar Arts?

In a word, no. If your kids have an interest in viewing nudity, they're going to view it. Let's take young boys, for example. I was once a young boy, and also I have a son. When I was young was it possible for me to view pornography even though my parents did everything they could do to shield me from it? Yes, I was able to get my little hands on magazines from friends. I was able to watch certain videos on VHS tape. It wasn't often, but the fact that I wasn't allowed to view such content made me want to view it more.

Jump to cultures in Asia. In Asian countries such as China, Korea, and Japan, magazines portraying nudity are at all 7-11s right there for everyone to see. Kids never view the books. They have no interest. When they want to see it, sure, they might view it on occasion out of curiosity, but it's never a problem. If they do happen to view it, their parents aren't concerned, they just understand that kids will be kids and men will be men.

Jump to the Internet. Can I set up Firefox or Internet Explorer 8 to filter out explicit content? Yes I can. Can I password protect those settings? Sure. Is my 9 year old son smart enough to download Google Chrome, view porn, and completely install the browser when he's done? Yep. Is he smart enough to download a keylogger program to steal my password? Yes. Can he go to his friend's house or even library to view the porn? Yep. Can he set up his own computer anyway he wants to and override and filter anything I may put on there? Yep, he can do that too. He doesn't know as much as me but he knows enough to get around any block I may put in to shield him from explicit content.

So what do I recommend if you have children? I recommend doing NOTHING. I recommend that you DON'T use parental control over your children's browsing experience. Whatever you do, they WILL view pornography if they want to and they will have sex. There's nothing you can do to stop it. I suggest educating them about the importance of safe sex. I think you should tell them the legal consequences of showing pornography to other in public (this won't be a problem until they're old enough to suffer legal consequences, but we had better put fear into them to protect them when they're older).

The above is my opinion and how I choose to educate my own children due to my feelings of what is best for them. For those of you not interested in my opinion or else who disagree with it, below, as promised, are the Firefox parental controls. If you wish to discuss anything I've mentioned, feel free to post your comments below.

Firefox Parental Control Download Add-on

Microsoft Window Vista - Firefox 3 is designed to work with all of Vista's system controls and Firefox parental control will read Vista's defaults and use them yourself. If you have set up these defaults on Vista and are using Firefox 3, perhaps reinstall Firefox will make it re-read the Vista settings and you should be all set. Be sure to check if the content filter is working before you give the computer to your kids

Content-Filtering Extensions - You can download extensions to block pornographic material on Modzilla Firefox 3, but many kids have friends smart enough to teach them how to disable these extensions. Nonetheless, here are some extensions for Firefox that will give you control over what your kids view:

Glubble (www glubble com) - The Glubble site states: "Glubble ensures a safe environment for kids to enjoy the Internet because parents can pre-approve all the sites their children visit."
ProCon Latte - This popular Firefox extension filters content based on the text of a website. This is useful for most porn sites. Remember, the naked human body is an art form, though, so while ProCon Latte may filter out all things regarding sex, nude bodies may be available on certain art sites. I think we all agree that this is preferable to sex sites, though.
LeechBlock - This Mozilla extension blocks the sites you want it to block
Suricate - "Collaborative parental control"
Blocksite -Blocksite disables certian links but when used for parental control Firefox can easily let your kids work around it
FoxFilter - This is pretty easy and works well. "FoxFilter is a personal content filter that helps block inappropriate content as well as block access to user-specified content and Web sites."
brOOzi - Still in its beta stages. Use at your own risk.
CleanScreen - Can be used for more than Firefix filtering of content. Still a new extension. Let us know how this works!

Well, those are the parental control for Firefox add-ons. We hope you've foudn something that works well for you and your family. Thanks for looking.

Firefox 3.5 Released with New Logo

2009-05-22T19:21:00.000-07:00

Firefox 3.5 Released with New Logo Firefox 3.5

According to Mozillalinks.org Firefox 3.5 will be released with a new logo. According to the article, the logo hasn't been updated since Mozilla Firefox 1.5.
The first version was drawn by Jon Hicks. The second was changed a bit by Anthony Piraino in late 2007. Then, we have the new proposed Firefox logo. Why? Read the article by Firefox spokesman Alex Faaborg here.

Very good! Click to Enlarge.

Firefox Market Share in Europe

2009-05-12T01:35:00.000-07:00

Firefox Market Share in Europe

Our Firefox is becoming more and more awesome by the minute! Firefox 3.0 is now more popular than Firefox 2.0 and Firefox 3.0 and Firefox 3.1 along with the old users of Firefox 2.x are taking up a large percentage of the market share!

Click here for a similar article: "Firefox 3.0 Gains Market Share!" This article has more explanations about the market share Firefox is stealing over Microsoft's IE7 and IE8 (Internet Explorer). Opera, Safari, and Google's Chrome are all maintaining their small share of the market.

Here's a quick map I found of the market share of certain countries' use of Firefox in the region. Pretty interesting!

Firefox Scroll Wheel Doesn't Work on Firefox 3

2009-05-12T01:24:00.000-07:00

Firefox Scrollwheel Doesn't Work on Firefox 3

Here's another simple solution for Firefox. This won't crash Firefox but it's pretty annoying if you're used to using your scroll wheel and then in Firefox it doesn't work.

Well, are you ready for the big fix? It's so simple you won't believe that you didn't figure it out yourself:

Push F7

And that's it. Push F7 to toggle Firefox scrolling on and off. I had this problem once so know that it sucks when you can't scroll. Hope it works for you!

Safemode Firefox 3 Crash Fix

2009-04-26T18:27:00.000-07:00

Here's another simple way to repair Firefox. If you have extensions in Firefox it might be that one of these extensions is what's causing the Crash Firefox.

So, what you could try is booting Windows to Safemode. To do this you simply tap F8 (I think it's F8, look it up online) when you first turn on the computer before it boots up. Choose Safemode with Networking (or else the Internet won't work).

Next, open the crash Firefox in Safemode: "Mozilla Firefox (Safe Mode)" is what it says under programs in the stare menu. Then, while this is open, go to "Add-ons" in the "Tools" menu and disable extensions which may be causing your problems. The best solution is to disable (but don't install) them all and to reboot to Windows normally.

Now if this works you have successfully repaired Firefox all by yourself! But what about your extensions? Well, you go back to "Add-ons" once Firefox is running normally and reactivate the disabled extensions one-by-one. After installing each, surf the Web for a bit to make sure that it works. Eventually you'll find which extension is causing the Firefox freeze. Freezing Firefox happens sometimes with extensions. Luckily, there are so many extensions that you might be able to find an alternative. Or, the extensions are updated frequently. So, wait a month and it might be fixed. Or, help them out and contact them, explaining the bug to them. It's the least you can do to get a new version quickly.

Good luck!

Firefox 3 Gains Market Share!

2009-04-18T12:51:00.001-07:00

Firefox Market Share

Firefox is still gaining in popularity versus Internet Explorer. IE is bundled with Windows which is why most people are still using either IE6 or IE 7. However, take a look at IE8--the new Internet Explorer--versus Firefox 3--the newest Firefox.

Firefox 3 has many, many more users than Internet Explorer 8 and since IE8 isn't bundled with Windows Vista (or Windows XP on netbooks). Firefox usually needs to be downloaded. Since it's new, so does IE8. Firefox is by far the most popular browser for "people who care" and people who download their own browsers. IE8, however, since it comes with Windows, will always retain a certain popularity.

Download Google Chrome Users

Below is a chart showing how other downloadable browsers--Opera and Google's Chrome--don't stack up to Firefox. Opera has been around for 10 years and Chrome for about one year. They are both great browsers--better than IE--yet still, they aren't popular.

(Image provided by arstechnica)

Internet Explorer 8 Download (IE8 Download) Users

For virus protection, Firefox is very, very strong. However, due to its popularity, there are more backdoors being found by more and more hackers as Firefox is now the subject of many attacks. However, Firefox users--those who care and download stuff for their computer--are more likely to have updated virus and spyware programs on their computers. IE users, however, don't care as much on average.

Which do we use? Firefox, of course! IE is backup on all Windows computers, but we'd recommend the Google Chrome or Opera browsers at Firefox backups. IE is just too vulnerable to attacks--even IE8.

Repair Firefox Crash: Remove Downloads File

2009-04-18T12:12:00.000-07:00

mozilla firefox crash fix

Sometimes Mozilla Firefox Crashes because the downloads file is too large. This is a simple fix from the menu if you have Mozilla Firefox 3 crash, but older versions don't give you such an easy option to repair Firefox.

Here's something to try:

Go here

C:\Documents and Settings\YOUR PROFILE NAME\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\NAME

Find the download.rdf the profile folder. Delete it, or else rename it "download.rdfBACKUP." Restart your broken firefox. Does this firefix work?

How to Repair Mozilla Firefox Crashes Videos

2009-04-18T11:52:00.000-07:00

How to Fix Firefox Crash Videos

There are dozens of reasons for a Mozilla Firefox crash. I thought I'd round up some how to fix firefox crashes, ubuntu firefox crashes, and any other mozilla firefox crash fix that I can find.

Reduce Mozilla Firefox 3 CRASHES

How to Fix Firefox Error Mozilla Firefox

Mozilla Firefox 3 Crash

How To fix Firefox Problem

Install Ubuntu Firefox Flash Plug-in

How to Install Ubuntu Firefox 3 Ubuntu Install

2009-03-24T02:51:00.000-07:00

How to Install Ubuntu Firefox 3 Ubuntu Install

Before installing ubuntu Firefox 3, we recommend backing everything up and reading about how to install Firefox on Ubuntu on other links so that you get an idea of how to install Firefox Ubuntu.

Also, after you learn how to install Firefox on Ubuntu, you must choose and download Ubuntu Firefox 3 beta of your choice. Here is the link. However, you can download it automatically with the command line. Read on.

How to Install Firefox 3 Ubuntu with One Command

You'll have to place a Firefox Directory in your home directory (install flash firefox ubuntu). To do that, add this command (although this has some spaces, you need no spaces when you install):

wget -P ~ ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/releases/3.0b3/linux-i686/en-US/firefox-3.0b3.tar.bz2 && tar xjf ~/firefox-3.0b3.tar.bz2 -C ~

Installing Firefox Ubuntu Video

(End install Firefox 3 Ubuntu video)

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Firefox 3 Browsing History Crash

2009-02-26T18:24:00.000-08:00

Does Firefox freeze when you run over the history tab? Mine does occasionally too. Do you have Firefox 2? If so, read this page for your Firefix! In version free it's easier to fix Firefox. Fix isn't as hard and you can do it when Firefox is open!

1. If you're not using Firefox 3.0 to read this, open Firefox.

2. Click Help> About Mozilla Firefox and make sure you are running Firefox 3. (It might say Firefox 3.0.6 or even 3.1.44 or something like that. It will work.)

3. Now click on Tools> and make sure the box for Browsing History is checked. You can also choose to check or uncheck other things you may want to delete.

4. Click Go! Rather, click "Clear Private Data Now."

5. Restart Firefox.

And that's it. It's that simple! If this helped--or didn't--please leave me a comment below. Thanks!

Erase Firefox Download History

2009-02-26T18:16:00.000-08:00

Firefox Download Freeze

This shows you how to remove the download history file so Firefox downloads doesn't load slow, freeze, and give you problems. This works on Firefox 2.0 and I assume it would be the same for Firefox 1 and Firefox 3.

1. Go to C:\Documents and Settings\ and find the owner's folder. It might be "Mike" or whatever you named it. If you don't see it in My Computer under Windows Explorer click Tools> Folder Options...> View> and uncheck Show hidden files and folders and hide extensions for known file types. (If you still can't see it uncheck hide protected operation system files, but you shouldn't have to.) You should change these back when you're done.

2. Next, go to \Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\gpag1wkr.default. On XP, and I'm sure Vista is the same, you'll find several files and folders in this folder

3. Locate "downloads.rdf."

4. Close Firefox. Rename "downloads.rdf" to "downloadsBACKUP.rdf"

5. Restart Firefox. It will make a new downloads.rdf without deleting the one you renamed and the Firefox freeze should stop.

6. You might have to do this every month or 2 if you download a lot of stuff.

And, I hope you're off and running! Please comment below if this has helped you!

Fixing Firefox Crash

2008-11-05T17:21:00.001-08:00

Firefox History Freeze

This solution will show you how to delete the history file so that when you click on Firefox History in the title bar the Firefox freeze will be eliminated. This is for Firefox 2.0. I don't know how it will work on Firefox 1.0 or Firefox 3.0. I assume it will be the same.

1. Go to C:\Documents and Settings\ then find the name of the main computer user. "Dad," "John," or whoever is the owner. If this folder doesn't show up under Windows Explorer or My Computer please click on Tools> Folder Options...> View> and make sure you Show hidden files and folders and uncheck where it says hide extensions for known file types and hide protected operation system files. You'll probably want to change these back when you've finished.

2. Inside that folder, go to \Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\gpag1wkr.default. That should be a folder in which you'll find a few other folders, but also some files. (This is how it is on Windows XP. Vista might be a bit different, but should be very similar).

3. Find the file named "history."

4. Make sure Firefox is closed. Then, rename the file "history" to "HistoryBACKUP.dat" This way you can change it back

5. Restart Firefox. It will create a new file named "history" and the Firefox freeze problem will be gone.

6. Repeat as necessary. I would say you have to do it every few months, depending how your history settings are and how much you surf the web.

Hope that helps! If so, please leave me a comment below. If not, Google can help you find more solutions!

Mozilla Firefox Crash, Firefox Freeze, Fix Firefox

2008-09-28T13:48:00.000-07:00

Does your Mozilla Firefox crash? Is Firefox slow? Does firefox freeze your computer? Do you want to erase browsing history or erase Internet history?

Fixing firefox is pretty easy. I actually typed up an 8-step explaination of how to delete a history file to keep mozilla Firefox freezes to a minimum. Firefox History freeze, right? Click here to read how to fix Firefox 2 history tab freeze. I wrote up a fix for Firefox 3 too. Here is how you can delete your Firefox download history.

On this site I will give you a little info dealing with firefox crash, firefox freezing, mozilla crashes, etc. If the info doesn't look like it'll give you the right answer, you can search for something Mozilla "Firefix" specific!

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2008-03-16T17:23:00.000-07:00

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