Mozilla Firefox Completely crashed my system!

lightpainter · 22nd October 2008, 14:21

Gave me a Blue screen stop error on my desktop running XP home but runs ok on my laptop running XP pro!
Any ideas?

Pedro · 22nd October 2008, 15:39

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Originally Posted by lightpainter

Gave me a Blue screen stop error on my desktop running XP home but runs ok on my laptop running XP pro!
Any ideas?

There have been some issues with Firefox when downloading web pages containing Flash objects. I was regularly getting blue screens of death on my desktop but none on my laptop. I downloaded a Firefox add-on called Flashblock. This, as the name implies, by default blocks Flash content in web pages although you can choose to overide the block when you need to. Since I installed this, I haven't had a single bsd. Web pages tend to load quicker as well because you're not downloading someone's fancy adverts.

lightpainter · 22nd October 2008, 16:52

I can’t even get as far as downloading Add-on’s Peter, the computer crashes on the first page before I enter anything.
I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling all to no avail!

Pedro · 22nd October 2008, 17:21

Quote:

Originally Posted by lightpainter

I can’t even get as far as downloading Add-on’s Peter, the computer crashes on the first page before I enter anything.
I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling all to no avail!

Can you open Firefox in safe mode? (Start-Programs-Mozilla Firefox-Mozilla Firefox (Safe Mode) The safe mode bring up a prompt which enables you to disable all add-ons and reset to defaults. If this doesn't fix it, there are other good browsers around, such as Opera.

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22nd October 2008, 16:52	#3
lightpainter Posted a thing or two 2004 Rover 75 Saloon 2.5 V6 Conn SE Auto Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Rainham, Kent. Garden of England Posts: 1,162 Thanks: 28 Thanked 42 Times in 6 Posts	I can’t even get as far as downloading Add-on’s Peter, the computer crashes on the first page before I enter anything. I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling all to no avail! __________________ See my pictures here. My Flickr [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]