Firefox not loading

[Lona]

I keep getting the message " Firefox is already opened, please close firefox and reopen" when I don't have any firefox window open.

The only way I can resolve this is by rebooting.

[Glenn]

Go into the task manager and stop the application

[kinmel]

This is a common problem,  when it happens, start Task Manager ( press the Ctrl, Alt and Delete keys at the same time to open task manager ).

Find and click on the Firefox.exe entry and then click on the End Task button in the bottom right corner.  You may have more than one firefox.exe entries, select each in turn and end it.

Close Task Manager and open a new Firefox window.

[Baz]

also a tip some one told me once is to close Firfox by   'FILE' then 'EXIT'  rather than use the  big X close button.

[Den]

The best way to stop Firefox doing this is to use IE9 

[Steve]

 

[pctech]

The firefox.exe process seems to be rather slow to stop when the window is closed and the problem has become worse in FF4 it seems.

The File > Exit option would make sense as the X button is just a window control (but most programs take the hint when you click it) whereas the Exit option gives a direct command to the process.

[Gary]

Try updating your gpx drivers, or turn off hardware acceleration, no issues here though, works a charm, I actually don't have any MS programs anymore, gave up my last one, Live Messenger simply because no one uses it anymore  Like IE9 in a month or two   

[pctech]

Some of us are still running that old workhorse of an O/S that is Windows XP and so can't install IE 9

[Glenn]

You mean that antique 

[Den]

Reading this forum is like watching the Flintstones 

[pctech]

I don't follow.

[Simon]

I wouldn't follow Den either.  You never know where he might lead you. 

[David]

 

[drummer]

Reading this forum is like watching the Flintstones 

Problem with that analogy is that the conformist - and very stupid - Fred Flintstone would be using IE9 without question (even though he wouldn't know it), whilst his more enlightened neighbour Barney Rubble would probably take a punt with Firefox or any other browser.

Fred was a bit of a dinosaur...

[pctech]

Ah now I uderstand (bit knackered at the min so brain not working great)

[Gary]

Reading this forum is like watching the Flintstones 

Did you know some of the technology in IE9 (the no tracking feature) comes from a FF link? Adblock Plus, which I believe was written for FF initially, has an additional sub called easy privacy you can add from the people who support Easylist, and that is what Microsoft asked to use, so the guys at Easylist ported a version to IE9. So an evolutionary part of a FF add-on is in your IE9, also Chrome, and now Safari. From little acorns mighty things grow. 

[Den]

I wouldn't follow Den either.  You never know where he might lead you. 

At least I will not lead you backwards to XP and only forward to where ever you want to go. I run Firefox and quite like it in fact prefer it to Chrome, but in the end I prefer IE8/9 but that is down to choice.

My Flintstone comment was refering to folk who will not change because they do not like to admit that they are wrong or are to lazy to get used to something new.

I use Quickbooks and always upgrade to the latest version, I use Office 2010 because it is better than anything I have used in the past and Norton 360 because the reviews (that I have read) say it's the best. Now others will disagree with all of those but that is down to choice and not refusing to change because it was supplied by MS. 

[pctech]

I do like Win 7, just lack the readies at the minute to purchase a new system but as soon as I do an order will be going in.

[Gary]

not refusing to change because it was supplied by MS. 

Ironically that's what is seeing a downturn in ms right now, they are lagging in many areas, IE9 is a good browser, but they have failed in newer markets by not innovating, and when they do its a little to late, the very size of MS means by the time it approves its product its way out of date or trends have changed, I can see that happening to the new windows 7 phones, they launched a phone that would have been cutting edge a few years ago.

The Windows 7 OS is good, but MS had to cut the fat to make it faster and unless you use web apps you have to pile it back on, and no OS should ever take that long to boot up especially considering some of the powerful hardware that it nestles in. I think MS as the dominant contender will continue to dwindle over the next decade as Google take a bigger piece of the pie, they have in Search and Bing has failed, and now MS are crying "no fair" in the courts, that's a change of events. 

Norton changed for the better but once again by trimming the fat, but you cannot argue with detection ratings. The problem with reviews are that on mass many people know no different because programs like Norton are already on the PC, Prevx may do a better job possibly and not be nearly so damaging to the OS but only the tech inclined hear about it.  AV products have to put hooks in deeply and there is always the chance it can go wrong, look what happened to kaspersky with windows 7, well in general really.

Newer is also not always better, that I have found out from personal experience. Also if I used what people think was the best I may be driving a Porsche 911 GT3 RS but that's only the 'best' to one class of user, ultimately there is no 'best' its down to what works and what your level of expertise is and also your financial limits are and more importantly your level of common sense, one being never believe everything you read. Online mag revues being one such area, I bet more than just a handful are paid for probably by the vendors wanting that 9/10 

[Den]

You should believe everything you read in revues, after all in one mag' they said that TALK TALK was the best ISP   

[Technical Ben]

But you believe the Norton 360 reviews? This forum gets me confused.  



[edit, missed the question mark ]

[Den]

I was joking about the reviews, I was already using Norton 2011 and decided to move upto Norton 360 because the price was right. Years ago I kicked Norton off my computers because it was bloated.
I just can't understand people sticking with old products that are well past their sell buy date and are very unsafe when they can move up to a newer safer product be it MS or some other. I also can't understand kicking MS for the sake of kicking somebody. All products have something good going for them and it's down to our personal choice which we use.
I like MS Outlook for emails but it does not suite everyone but then I read of some one going on that they use MS Express which is so unsafe and not suported any more. I met a computer tech' the other day that will not use or learn windows 7 or Vista because he likes XP, his boss has now warned him to learn or be sacked as he is standing in the past.

[Niall]

That's fair enough. How can you be a PC tech if you refuse to use the tech?

[Gary]

That's fair enough. How can you be a PC tech if you refuse to use the tech?

He works for PC World   

[pctech]

Not good if he refuses to learn

[pctech]

I've been asking for proper Mac technical training for ages at work so that I can fix some of the more difficult problems.

[Den]

A job is worth doing if you still have something to learn and want to move forward. 

[Gary]

A job is worth doing if you still have something to learn and want to move forward. 

In this financial climate with this government doing anything extra does not guarantee you will get any further up the ladder of life, the UK and the USA are to two hardest countries to move social status from dead poor to treading water, unless of course you are a politician or banker

[pctech]

Or famous just for being famous.

[Gary]

Or famous just for being famous.

Very true Mitch