Firefox works OK here on Windows 7 RC1 (64 bit & 32 bit) and Windows Vista
Ultimate 32 bit & 64 bit. Windows 3.1 was reliable if you didn't turn it on.

Do you have any add on installed in Firefox? Have you tried running Mozilla
Firefox (Safe Mode)?

regards,

Malcolm.

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> i have exactly the same problem. constant crashes. at least 2 or 3 a
> day. can't even close down ff with taskmanager. sometimes whole machine
> locks up and cant even switch off without power reset.
>
> surely this must be as much vista as ff? vista is a joke. windows 3.1
> was more reliable. ms have lost the plot. i would like to continue using
> ff but am forced to abort now. dont want to use ie tho.
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> i think you NEED to smoke something dude. it might expand your
> conciousness!
>[/color]
Now that is funny. Just because FF doesn't work well with your copy of
Vista, you assume it's the fault of FF and Vista? Maybe it's a problem with
YOUR machine. Maybe you screwed up something or maybe you have a virus.
Could be a million things.

Maybe you should smoke a BOWL.

What did the experts in the FireFox newsgroup say when you asked them?

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I have had a similar problem for about 2 weeks after I upgraded to the
latest Firefox on my Vista system. (I simultaneously bought a 2Wire
modem from AT&T and 3 visits from their techs swear the external signal
is strong. Unpowering the 2Wire doesn't help.) But every session, my
Firefox crashes usually 3-7 hours; once as little as 75 minutes, another
as long as 12 hours. I have to reboot the system to re-establish the
signal.


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On Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:07:04 +0530, SFNorm wrote:
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> I have had a similar problem for about 2 weeks after I upgraded to the
> latest Firefox on my Vista system. (I simultaneously bought a 2Wire
> modem from AT&T and 3 visits from their techs swear the external signal
> is strong. Unpowering the 2Wire doesn't help.) But every session, my
> Firefox crashes usually 3-7 hours; once as little as 75 minutes, another
> as long as 12 hours. I have to reboot the system to re-establish the
> signal.[/color]

No such problems with Firefox here.

I did have connectivity problems with AT&T until I switched providers.

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Gene, thank you. I'm afraid I'm going in the opposite direction - I'm
consolidating all my electronic services to AT&T -- and I'm not sure I
can hold them responsible for the 2Wire modem as I'm supposedly getting
a clear ethernet signal and it's giving a reliable wireless signal to my
wife's XP with a Netgear receiver.


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On Fri, 13 Nov 2009 06:22:18 +0530, SFNorm wrote:
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> Gene, thank you. I'm afraid I'm going in the opposite direction - I'm
> consolidating all my electronic services to AT&T -- and I'm not sure I
> can hold them responsible for the 2Wire modem as I'm supposedly getting
> a clear ethernet signal and it's giving a reliable wireless signal to my
> wife's XP with a Netgear receiver.[/color]

OK.

I have too little expertise to "help" further, so I hope it all goes well
for you.

There are so many browsers around (IE, of course; Google Chrome, Safari,
and more) that you could try one or more of them to see if the problem is
deeply connected to Firefox...

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"Gene E. Bloch" <not-me@other.invalid> wrote in message
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> On Fri, 13 Nov 2009 06:22:18 +0530, SFNorm wrote:
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>> Gene, thank you. I'm afraid I'm going in the opposite direction - I'm
>> consolidating all my electronic services to AT&T -- and I'm not sure I
>> can hold them responsible for the 2Wire modem as I'm supposedly getting
>> a clear ethernet signal and it's giving a reliable wireless signal to my
>> wife's XP with a Netgear receiver.[/color]
>
> OK.
>
> I have too little expertise to "help" further, so I hope it all goes well
> for you.
>
> There are so many browsers around (IE, of course; Google Chrome, Safari,
> and more) that you could try one or more of them to see if the problem is
> deeply connected to Firefox...[/color]

In all probability it isn't the browser (in this case the Firefox), which is
at fault, as it is more likely the Phone company providing the connection.
The reason given by SFNorm is not sufficient to dismiss any
responsibilities. I would look there first as you rightly indicated in your
first reply.

Harry.
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Thanks, Webster. If I may ask a follow-up: what might I ask AT&T, given
that they diagnose my signal as being very strong and the 2Wire modem
(connected to my Vista by ethernet) appears to be working? (has anyone
else in this thread dealt with this problem with AT&T as their cnx?)


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On Sat, 14 Nov 2009 02:00:08 +0530, SFNorm wrote:
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> Thanks, Webster. If I may ask a follow-up: what might I ask AT&T, given
> that they diagnose my signal as being very strong and the 2Wire modem
> (connected to my Vista by ethernet) appears to be working? (has anyone
> else in this thread dealt with this problem with AT&T as their cnx?)[/color]

I did. I'm on a different provider now.

Not exactly the same problem. Different modem and no signal diagnosis here.
Just occasional loss of connectivity when it was necessary for work...

Didn't want to go 20 miles to work when dealing with a technical problem at
3AM.

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