Firefox: Anyone having trouble with Firefox locking your computer while browsing? (Windows 7 on Toshiba laptop).

kpmac Loc: Ragley, La

Anyone having trouble with Firefox locking your computer while browsing? (Windows 7 on Toshiba laptop).

revhen Loc: By the beautiful Hudson

Not that, but other problems. Blah.

DNW

Sounds like you might have a virus. :( ....or your hard-drive is too full...if it locks up...do a Ctrl-Alt-Delete and choose...end task and it will close the program. Then renter the program and see how that works.....I hope it does! :) ë¿ë

Merlin1300 Loc: New England, But Now & Forever SoTX

Nope - -
But Firefox no longer supports PDF, Java, and several other plug-ins
There is a legacy version ESR ver 52 - - but THAT is 32-bit only AND has NO support for Dashlane (so USELESS)
Damm - - I HATE to think I'll have to go back to IE, but Mozilla is creating too many problems.

kpmac Loc: Ragley, La

DNW wrote:

Sounds like you might have a virus. :( ....or your hard-drive is too full...if it locks up...do a Ctrl-Alt-Delete and choose...end task and it will close the program. Then renter the program and see how that works.....I hope it does! :) ë¿ë

That doesn't work. It even locks task manager and won't let it work. It just goes into some sort of infinite loop. Virus checkers show no infections or malware. Only a cold reboot will let me out.

DNW

I think Merlin is on to something....like being right. §§(ë¿δ)§§

mas24 Loc: Southern CA

kpmac wrote:

Anyone having trouble with Firefox locking your computer while browsing? (Windows 7 on Toshiba laptop).

I've had locking up of keyboard on Smartphone with Firefox. Happened twice. Shutting off remedies it. Firefox is not the greatest.

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

kpmac wrote:

Anyone having trouble with Firefox locking your computer while browsing? (Windows 7 on Toshiba laptop).

Yup, sometimes, especially at Weather.com (takes forever, IF it loads. Most other sites work fine though.)
Looks like it might be the Toshiba laptops then? I'm using a Toshiba Satellite (from 2012), but the HP desktop seems to work fine. The computer at work works fine also. I'm only seeing the problem on my laptop. I'll have to see what my wife's laptop does with weather.com, it's a Toshiba also. Win 7 on all four.

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

Merlin1300 wrote:

Nope - -
But Firefox no longer supports PDF, Java, and several other plug-ins
There is a legacy version ESR ver 52 - - but THAT is 32-bit only AND has NO support for Dashlane (so USELESS)
Damm - - I HATE to think I'll have to go back to IE, but Mozilla is creating too many problems.

I won't do IE. I use Chrome for weather.com on my laptop because of the loading problems...
Mostly everything else runs okay in FF.

bmike101 Loc: Gainesville, Florida

Merlin1300 wrote:

Nope - -
But Firefox no longer supports PDF, Java, and several other plug-ins
There is a legacy version ESR ver 52 - - but THAT is 32-bit only AND has NO support for Dashlane (so USELESS)
Damm - - I HATE to think I'll have to go back to IE, but Mozilla is creating too many problems.

use chrome.... they ported it to smartphone if you don't hAve a computer

kpmac Loc: Ragley, La

bmike101 wrote:

use chrome.... they ported it to smartphone if you don't hAve a computer

I don't think chrome has an exif viewer add-on.

Merlin1300 Loc: New England, But Now & Forever SoTX

bmike101 wrote:

use chrome.... they ported it to smartphone if you don't have a computer

Well - - yes - - I DO have a computer - after a fashion:
http://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-496767-1.html
I suppose it could run just about anything out there - - but Chrome seems like a unicycle compared to Firefox or IE
I wonder if Opera is still viable ??

GLS Loc: MIdwest

kpmac wrote:

Anyone having trouble with Firefox locking your computer while browsing? (Windows 7 on Toshiba laptop).

I have never really experienced any problems using Firefox as you mentioned. I use both Google and Firefox. I just recently upgraded to Firefox Quantum and have been very pleased with this new Browser. Although there are a few draw backs (extensions) and a new learning cure to overcome. But all in all it is far faster than the old Firefox. Listed below is a link that will enlighten you on this new release.

http://www.howtogeek.com/332449/whats-new-in-firefox-quantum/

GLS

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

GLS wrote:

I have never really experienced any problems using Firefox as you mentioned. I use both Google and Firefox. I just recently upgraded to Firefox Quantum and have been very pleased with this new Browser. Although there are a few draw backs (extensions) and a new learning cure to overcome. But all in all it is far faster than the old Firefox. Listed below is a link that will enlighten you on this new release.

http://www.howtogeek.com/332449/whats-new-in-firefox-quantum/

GLS

I don't have any problems with Firefox either -the original post was regarding use on some Toshiba laptops.

kpmac Loc: Ragley, La

GLS wrote:

I have never really experienced any problems using Firefox as you mentioned. I use both Google and Firefox. I just recently upgraded to Firefox Quantum and have been very pleased with this new Browser. Although there are a few draw backs (extensions) and a new learning cure to overcome. But all in all it is far faster than the old Firefox. Listed below is a link that will enlighten you on this new release.

http://www.howtogeek.com/332449/whats-new-in-firefox-quantum/

GLS

I already upgraded. No help.