Firesux
Anybody else having trouble with Firefox lately?
It seemed to start after the 2.0.0.12 update, but I can't be sure it was directly related to that; it could be in combination with some other update to Windows or another program. But it crashes. A lot.
It seems to happen randomly, but I notice it most frequently when scrolling through a Web page (Yahoo! seems especially vulnerable) and then switching to another application, either by clicking on that application's window or using Alt+Tab. I'll get the dreaded "firefox.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close" dialog box. And every once in a while it quits with absolutely no warning.
I've tried following the hints on the Firefox crash page on Mozilla's support site. I've completely uninstalled Firefox, deleted its program folder, deleted my profile folders, and reinstalled using a clean copy downloaded directly from Mozilla (v2.0.0.13 now). I've tried disabling extensions. One thing which did seem to help was running in Windows 2000 compatibility mode, but the problem didn't go away completely. And why would I need to do that now when it was never needed before?
I'm now running it again with the Google toolbar uninstalled (which was the only add-on I've installed since reinstalling Firefox) to see if that helps. But so far I am at a complete loss as to why it's breaking on my computer after running trouble-free for, well, years.
Any other ideas?
It seemed to start after the 2.0.0.12 update, but I can't be sure it was directly related to that; it could be in combination with some other update to Windows or another program. But it crashes. A lot.
It seems to happen randomly, but I notice it most frequently when scrolling through a Web page (Yahoo! seems especially vulnerable) and then switching to another application, either by clicking on that application's window or using Alt+Tab. I'll get the dreaded "firefox.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close" dialog box. And every once in a while it quits with absolutely no warning.
I've tried following the hints on the Firefox crash page on Mozilla's support site. I've completely uninstalled Firefox, deleted its program folder, deleted my profile folders, and reinstalled using a clean copy downloaded directly from Mozilla (v2.0.0.13 now). I've tried disabling extensions. One thing which did seem to help was running in Windows 2000 compatibility mode, but the problem didn't go away completely. And why would I need to do that now when it was never needed before?
I'm now running it again with the Google toolbar uninstalled (which was the only add-on I've installed since reinstalling Firefox) to see if that helps. But so far I am at a complete loss as to why it's breaking on my computer after running trouble-free for, well, years.
Any other ideas?