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  1. 25th July 2010, 11:19 AM #1
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    firefox update seems to corrupt Vista

    My Vista Basic yesterday decided to stop working with a message saying something like "Microsoft Host has stopped working press yes to find fix." Explorer would not open and the computer would not shut down.

    The only changes I have made recently was to download an update for Firefox.

    So I did a system recovery to an earlier date and now it is working fine. I also deleted Firefox.

    Annoying as this is the first time in 30 years of using Windows I have ever had a system failure,or virus despite what the Apple fanatics say.

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  2. 25th July 2010, 12:04 PM #2
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    I never had probs until going to Vista.
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  3. 25th July 2010, 07:01 PM #3
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    The purpose of the post is to warn Vista users of the possibility of the 3rd party program updates to affect the operating system.
    I have no argument or problem with Vista except the constant questions are annoying.
    It appears to be a Mozilla problem rather than a Vista problem, and I have had problems before with Firefox updates eg dropping out all grammar from posts.
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  4. 25th July 2010, 08:42 PM #4
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    hmmmmm think it is a vista fault,I have all the Firefox updates,since day dot,never had a problem with Firefox.Most just throw Vista away and go back to XP or go foward to Windows7.Vista is rubbish
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  5. 25th July 2010, 08:53 PM #5
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    I've had an ongoing problem with Win7, internet temp file folder gets huge - like Terabyte huge - or so it claims - not a Terabyte HDD.

    For some reason the system doesn't dump the temp files, maybe because I don't reboot often, and don't close browsers until forced to.

    When the happens the system grinds to a treacly halt, and then I have to remember to run the clean up HDD program and get rid of it all, and everything is fine again for a while.
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  6. 25th July 2010, 10:09 PM #6
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    About a week ago I updated Firefox to 3.6.7 (at their instigation)....that led to some funny business with the comp turning itself back on after I had turned it off!

    Two days after that they notified of a further upgrade to 3.6.8.....downloaded and installed it, no further problems and all smooth again. I'm running Vista Home Premium.
    Seemed a bit of a coincidence to experience problems and then get another update almost straight away.

    Never had issues previously though.
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