 
Support Wrong Planet Awareness!
| View previous topic :: View next topic |
| Author |
Message |
digger1
perturbed spirit
Joined: Sep 13, 2007
Age: 35
Posts: 2380
Location: The Nexus of Sominus
|
 Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2008 10:50 pm Post subject: Can someone help with Firefox please? |
 |
|
I'm having a couple of issues with the latest release and I think I know why but I don't know what to delete or how to deactivate some add-on extensions and stuff.
For one, I'm using AVG as my resident anti-virus. In my FF add-ons console, I see that I have AVG Safe Search 8.0 and AVG Security Toolbar installed but I want to get rid of them. The uninstall button is greyed out so I can't click them.
What plug-ins do I or do I not need to run FF 3? It's got a bunch of stuff in there like Adobe Acrobat, DivX Content Uploader, Java Platform, Microsoft DRM, Microsoft Store Netscape Plugin, Quicktime plugin, Shockwave Flash, WMP plugin dynamic link library. Of those, what don't I need to be running and how do I get rid of them?
I'm always hearing about "profiles" when dealing with issues with FF. I've looked, I don't have profiles. How do you get one?
_________________
I put the "__" in lazy |
|
| Back to top |
|
mikebw
kyubi no kitsune
Joined: Sep 28, 2007
Age: 30
Posts: 1239
Location: Florida
|
| Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2008 11:10 pm Post subject: |
|
|
I don't know about the AVG stuff, I don't know why those extensions are greyed out, but Google is your friend.
http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Profiles#How_to_find_your_profile
_________________
The world under heaven, after a long period of division, tends to unite; after a long period of union, tends to divide. This has been so since antiquity. |
|
| Back to top |
|
mikebw
kyubi no kitsune
Joined: Sep 28, 2007
Age: 30
Posts: 1239
Location: Florida
|
| Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2008 11:16 pm Post subject: |
|
|
And a quick Google search revealed this:
http://groups.google.com/group/mozilla.support.firefox/browse_thread/thread/
Just because I'm nice I'll post the results:
To cut to the chase for anyone with AVG / FF3 issues, the thing is:
- Shut FF
- Re-run your AVG SetUp program (you may need to go to AVG to download
the latest version; though if you still have a SetUp file that you've
run recently, that will work too).
- AVG SetUP will run its normal stuff, to which you say YES, as usual.
At a certain point it will detect that you already have AVG installed,
and offer you the option to alter or repair the installation.
- Choose the Alter option, and in the next screen UNCHECK the AVG
SafeSearch option (depending on exactly whcih AVG you have, it's called
slightly different things, but it's pretty clear either way). Then tell
AVG to continue.
- You'll need to re-boot the system when it's finished.
- I found that when re-started, AVG was giving ERROR alerts - fixed by
running AVG UPDATE (I had to do it twice.......). Maybe that's because
I ran a 2-day old AVG installation file, and it therefore backtracked my
AVG by a couple of releases. No big deal (and faster than downloading
the whole file again).
- If you now look at FFox3 TOOLS - ADD-ONS - EXTENSIONS, the AVG
extension will have vanished, and all should be well.
_________________
The world under heaven, after a long period of division, tends to unite; after a long period of union, tends to divide. This has been so since antiquity. |
|
| Back to top |
|
computerlove
emos and goths, please die.
Joined: Jul 11, 2006
Posts: 3542
Location: Male, Mexico, Graphic Design
|
| Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 12:28 am Post subject: |
|
|
I was also having problems, FF unstable and all that, and I read (posted by AVG staff) that one can try uninstalling AVG, restart, then install it again, but DON'T CHECK the safe search and the other one.
now FF works great 
_________________
One of God's own prototypes. Some kind of high powered mutant never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live, and too rare to die. |
|
| Back to top |
|
digger1
perturbed spirit
Joined: Sep 13, 2007
Age: 35
Posts: 2380
Location: The Nexus of Sominus
|
| Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 12:45 am Post subject: |
|
|
awesome. I'm trying it now.
_________________
I put the "__" in lazy |
|
| Back to top |
|
twosheds
Raven
Joined: Feb 24, 2007
Posts: 121
|
|
| Back to top |
|
digger1
perturbed spirit
Joined: Sep 13, 2007
Age: 35
Posts: 2380
Location: The Nexus of Sominus
|
| Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 12:56 am Post subject: |
|
|
now how about the rest of the horse manure that's polluting Firefox? Can I get rid of them too?
Oh, and I still can't see any images on Wikipedia but I can on Wookiepedia and Memory Alpha.
_________________
I put the "__" in lazy |
|
| Back to top |
|
digger1
perturbed spirit
Joined: Sep 13, 2007
Age: 35
Posts: 2380
Location: The Nexus of Sominus
|
| Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2008 6:08 pm Post subject: |
|
|
fixed. wanna know how?
for some strange reason, images from wikipedia were blocked. I searched for a specific image on google and a yellow bar was above the window telling ,e that images from wikipedia were blocked. I unblocked them and now I can see images in wikipedia!
_________________
I put the "__" in lazy |
|
| Back to top |
|
gamefreak
I don't have a monopoly, I'm just competitive
Joined: Dec 31, 2006
Age: 18
Posts: 1176
Location: Spring Hill, Florida
|
| Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2008 6:34 pm Post subject: Re: Can someone help with Firefox please? |
|
|
| digger1 wrote: | I'm having a couple of issues with the latest release and I think I know why but I don't know what to delete or how to deactivate some add-on extensions and stuff.
For one, I'm using AVG as my resident anti-virus. In my FF add-ons console, I see that I have AVG Safe Search 8.0 and AVG Security Toolbar installed but I want to get rid of them. The uninstall button is greyed out so I can't click them.
What plug-ins do I or do I not need to run FF 3? It's got a bunch of stuff in there like Adobe Acrobat, DivX Content Uploader, Java Platform, Microsoft DRM, Microsoft Store Netscape Plugin, Quicktime plugin, Shockwave Flash, WMP plugin dynamic link library. Of those, what don't I need to be running and how do I get rid of them?
I'm always hearing about "profiles" when dealing with issues with FF. I've looked, I don't have profiles. How do you get one? |
I just recently installed AVG 8 on a customer who couldn't stand Norton. When the setup wizard has a list of components like that you should have unchecked them instead of hastfully going through setup. I would uninstall it and reinstall it and be careful about it.
You also don't need Java Platform, DivX Content Uploader or anything with Microsoft and Quicktime. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot vote in polls in this forum
|
|
|
