nospambob wrote:
> My copy got corrupted and two downloads later I'm using Internet
> Explorer and hating it. Can't get to Firefox Forums as reader is
> broke. Is help out there and if so where? Have considered another
> related program but Firefox works or did for me.
If you cannot successfully uninstall and reinstall Firefox to the
default location try a fresh install to an alternate location.
Windows is so insanely stupid that when you reinstall software it
will not overwrite files that are already there (except maybe for
your user data files) so that if you are doing a reinstall to correct
corrupt files it doesn't work. Windows was written to make it
very difficult to fix corrupted programs, whether on purpose or
through gross incompetence is anybody's guess.
--
FF
Try starting firefox from the command prompt with firefox
-profilemanager and create a new profile (it's usually a corrupt
profile that messes firefox up). You can then reimport your bookmarks
from the old profile which is in documents and
settings/usrname/application
data/mozilla/firefox/profiles/oldrandomprofilenamr/bookmarks.htm that
should do the trick.
Dave Hinz wrote:
> On Thu, 19 May 2005 00:31:14 GMT, Dave in Fairfax <[email protected]>
wrote:
> > "Bill C." wrote:
> >> I don't use MSFT OS's anymore so DAMHIKT, but 'regclean.exe' is
your friend.
> >> Delete the Firefox directory and then apply regclean (Google for
it ...
> >> it's on a MSFT site somewhere.)
> >>
> >> You should be done. Reinstall Firefox.
> >>
> >> I just went from Fedora Core 2.0 Linux to Mandrake 10 Community
Linux and
> >> lost nothing. Nothing.
> >
> > Normally I'd agree with you about reloading Firefox, but it and
> > Mozilla have a major security problem at the moment. You'll have
> > to turn off Java, Javascript and about everrything that makes it
> > useful versus IE to stop the problem. Hopefully a fix will be in
> > the next version, the new one doesn't have a fix.
>
> Got a link? My sources don't seem to mention anything current. One
of
> us has newer information than the other...not sure who.
Firefox 1.0.3 did indeed have a couple of issues but they have since
been patched in 1.0.4 IE with all available patches applied is still
full of holes though, you can check here http://secunia.com/product/9/
for a full list of IE issues and by comparison for Firefox
http://secunia.com/product/4227/.
Firefox "Currently, 4 out of 17 Secunia advisories, is marked as
"Unpatched" in the Secunia database." with the highest threat level
being Less Critical 2/5
IE "Currently, 9 out of 47 Secunia advisories, is marked as "Unpatched"
in the Secunia database." with the highest threat level being Highly
Critical 4/5
In article <[email protected]>,
nospambob <[email protected]> wrote:
>My copy got corrupted and two downloads later I'm using Internet
>Explorer and hating it. Can't get to Firefox Forums as reader is
>broke. Is help out there and if so where? Have considered another
>related program but Firefox works or did for me.
what are the symptoms?
does it load, the window open, and then just 'not work'?
lgb wrote in message <[email protected]> on
Wednesday 18 May 2005 12:24 am:
> In article <[email protected]>, [email protected] says...
>> Try Mozilla's counterpart newsreader/mail program - Thunderbird. I'll
>> never open Outlook Express again!
>>
>
> I just updated from W95 to W98SE. Yes, I know I'm slow :-).
>
> W98 has completely wiped out my address books and inbox/sent/trash
> folders. Even
> restoring them from a CD backup doesn't seem to help. Any ideas?
>
> Luckily it didn't destroy Gravity :-).
>
I don't use MSFT OS's anymore so DAMHIKT, but 'regclean.exe' is your friend.
Delete the Firefox directory and then apply regclean (Google for it ...
it's on a MSFT site somewhere.)
You should be done. Reinstall Firefox.
I just went from Fedora Core 2.0 Linux to Mandrake 10 Community Linux and
lost nothing. Nothing.
Bill
In article <[email protected]>,
nospambob <[email protected]> wrote:
>On Wed, 18 May 2005 14:36:23 -0000, [email protected]
>(Robert Bonomi) wrote:
>
>>In article <[email protected]>,
>>nospambob <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>My copy got corrupted and two downloads later I'm using Internet
>>>Explorer and hating it. Can't get to Firefox Forums as reader is
>>>broke. Is help out there and if so where? Have considered another
>>>related program but Firefox works or did for me.
>>
>>what are the symptoms?
>>
>>does it load, the window open, and then just 'not work'?
>>
>AYUP to both.
>
>
If the 'just not work' includes "don't even get the I-beam cursor, when
clicking on the URL entry panel" then -- BINGO! I ran into the *exactly*
the same problem. Took some digging to get to the bottom of it, but the
culprit was "something" clobbered in the 'extensions' I'd selected. *AND*
'uninstalling' Firefox does *NOT* remove the extensions, thus a re-install
_automatically_ picked the problem child up again.
Here's the fix:
First, "uninstall" firefox, if you haven't already.
Next, do the following:
Start->Search->files and folders
Search for the name Mozilla
You should get several matches. One of them will be a folder
under "Application Data" (the exact path depends on the OS version,
and what 'username' you're using, if applicable)
Now, open Windows explorer (Start[right-click]->explore), and go to that
folder. In it there will be a folder named 'firefox', click on that.
In that folder, will be a folder named "profiles", click on _that_.
In _that_ folder will be a folder with a 'garbage' 8-character name, probably
the only thing in the folder. click on *that*.
In *that* will be a folder named "Extensions", click on THAT (hang in
there, we're almost done! :)
In THAT folder, click on 'Edit->Select All" from the menu bar. then
click on "file->delete" from the menu bar. confirm that you want to
send things to the recycle bin, if asked.
Close Windows Explorer.
"empty recycle bin".
Run the Firefox installer program again. It should be on your hard-disk
"somewhere". do a "start->search->files or folders" for
Firefox*setup*exe
and you should find it.
If not, and you cant get to the regular Firefox download site, there's a copy
of the 1.0.4 installer at
<http://www.r-bonomi.com/firefox.exe>
(If you're fool enough to trust an executable from a random web-site. :)
In article <[email protected]>,
Dave Hinz <[email protected]> wrote:
>On Thu, 19 May 2005 00:31:14 GMT, Dave in Fairfax <[email protected]> wrote:
>> "Bill C." wrote:
>>> I don't use MSFT OS's anymore so DAMHIKT, but 'regclean.exe' is your friend.
>>> Delete the Firefox directory and then apply regclean (Google for it ...
>>> it's on a MSFT site somewhere.)
>>>
>>> You should be done. Reinstall Firefox.
>>>
>>> I just went from Fedora Core 2.0 Linux to Mandrake 10 Community Linux and
>>> lost nothing. Nothing.
>>
>> Normally I'd agree with you about reloading Firefox, but it and
>> Mozilla have a major security problem at the moment. You'll have
>> to turn off Java, Javascript and about everrything that makes it
>> useful versus IE to stop the problem. Hopefully a fix will be in
>> the next version, the new one doesn't have a fix.
>
>Got a link? My sources don't seem to mention anything current. One of
>us has newer information than the other...not sure who.
>
Exploit discovered about 10 days ago. broad-based problem -- not just
with Mozilla stuff. complicated timing-issue exploit by a malicious web-site.
_Already_fixed_ in FireFox 1.0.4, and Mozilla 1.7.8. out within _days_
of the vulnerability announcement.
nospambob <[email protected]> wrote:
>BTDT twice and both times get same error MSD, something about not
>finding START.MOZILLA.ORG.
I seem to remember a checkbox on install for "use firefox start for
home page" I always uncheck that. Sounds like what it was looking for.
>Mozilla has a forum but you need a viable Mozilla browser to use it.
I had no problem opening http://forums.mozillazine.org/ in IE. I've
only used the forums from firefox, though. Where are you getting
stuck. I can't believe they would make it not work in ie, since they
want to be able to attract current IE users. And to support
Thunderbird for non-firfox users.
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On Tue, 17 May 2005 11:35:41 -0700, nospambob <[email protected]> wrote:
> My copy got corrupted and two downloads later I'm using Internet
> Explorer and hating it. Can't get to Firefox Forums as reader is
> broke. Is help out there and if so where? Have considered another
> related program but Firefox works or did for me.
What's it (not) doing? My email address is real if you want to do it
there.
Dave
On Tue, 17 May 2005 21:24:28 -0700, lgb <[email protected]> wrote:
> Luckily it didn't destroy Gravity :-).
Understood, completely.
On Thu, 19 May 2005 00:31:14 GMT, Dave in Fairfax <[email protected]> wrote:
> "Bill C." wrote:
>> I don't use MSFT OS's anymore so DAMHIKT, but 'regclean.exe' is your friend.
>> Delete the Firefox directory and then apply regclean (Google for it ...
>> it's on a MSFT site somewhere.)
>>
>> You should be done. Reinstall Firefox.
>>
>> I just went from Fedora Core 2.0 Linux to Mandrake 10 Community Linux and
>> lost nothing. Nothing.
>
> Normally I'd agree with you about reloading Firefox, but it and
> Mozilla have a major security problem at the moment. You'll have
> to turn off Java, Javascript and about everrything that makes it
> useful versus IE to stop the problem. Hopefully a fix will be in
> the next version, the new one doesn't have a fix.
Got a link? My sources don't seem to mention anything current. One of
us has newer information than the other...not sure who.
On Thu, 19 May 2005 21:15:08 GMT, Dave in Fairfax <[email protected]> wrote:
> Dave Hinz wrote:
>> Got a link? My sources don't seem to mention anything current. One of
>> us has newer information than the other...not sure who.
>
> Symantec came up with the warning, but my wife at DoD says the
> newest Firefox, v 1.0.4 has a fix in it, so that one *should* be
> safe.
Ah, OK, that's week old news then. Gotcha.
On Thu, 19 May 2005 21:59:31 -0000, Robert Bonomi <[email protected]> wrote:
> In article <[email protected]>,
> Dave Hinz <[email protected]> wrote:
>>On Thu, 19 May 2005 00:31:14 GMT, Dave in Fairfax <[email protected]> wrote:
>>Got a link? My sources don't seem to mention anything current. One of
>>us has newer information than the other...not sure who.
>
> Exploit discovered about 10 days ago. broad-based problem -- not just
> with Mozilla stuff. complicated timing-issue exploit by a malicious web-site.
>
> _Already_fixed_ in FireFox 1.0.4, and Mozilla 1.7.8. out within _days_
> of the vulnerability announcement.
That's the one I figured it was, so "nothing current" was it. It's
wonderful (and not surprising) how fast the vulnerabilities in
open-source software are fixed. Nothing like a team of motivated geeks
to get the job done right, and right now.
On Fri, 20 May 2005 00:22:16 -0600, Mark Rance <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> "Dave in Fairfax" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> "Bill C." wrote:
>>> I don't use MSFT OS's anymore so DAMHIKT, but 'regclean.exe' is your
>>> friend.
>>> Delete the Firefox directory and then apply regclean (Google for it ...
>>> it's on a MSFT site somewhere.)
>>>
>>> You should be done. Reinstall Firefox.
>>>
>>> I just went from Fedora Core 2.0 Linux to Mandrake 10 Community Linux and
>>> lost nothing. Nothing.
>>
>> Normally I'd agree with you about reloading Firefox, but it and
>> Mozilla have a major security problem at the moment. You'll have
>> to turn off Java, Javascript and about everrything that makes it
>> useful versus IE to stop the problem. Hopefully a fix will be in
>> the next version, the new one doesn't have a fix.
>
> What ae the specifics of the security probelm you speak of with Firefox?
The vulnerability in question was resolved more than a week ago, with
version 1.04.
On Fri, 20 May 2005 00:23:07 -0600, Mark Rance <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> "Dave Hinz" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> On Thu, 19 May 2005 00:31:14 GMT, Dave in Fairfax <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>> Normally I'd agree with you about reloading Firefox, but it and
>>> Mozilla have a major security problem at the moment. You'll have
>>> to turn off Java, Javascript and about everrything that makes it
>>> useful versus IE to stop the problem. Hopefully a fix will be in
>>> the next version, the new one doesn't have a fix.
>> Got a link? My sources don't seem to mention anything current. One of
>> us has newer information than the other...not sure who.
> That is what I am wondering...is Dave the only guy to figure out what got by
> all the Firefox developers? :^)
You mean Dave Dave, not Me Dave, right?
Dave
Bob G. <[email protected]> wrote:
>I Do use Firefox as a
>browser...use Forte Agent as a newsreader... To be honest
>never had a problem with either,,,,
Me, too. Great combination.
> Both Free versions
Except that I paid for agnet to git the spel cehcker, beacuse without
ti, and with my speling and tpying skiills, my possts wouuld lokk like
this.
--
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"Bill C." wrote:
> I don't use MSFT OS's anymore so DAMHIKT, but 'regclean.exe' is your friend.
> Delete the Firefox directory and then apply regclean (Google for it ...
> it's on a MSFT site somewhere.)
>
> You should be done. Reinstall Firefox.
>
> I just went from Fedora Core 2.0 Linux to Mandrake 10 Community Linux and
> lost nothing. Nothing.
Normally I'd agree with you about reloading Firefox, but it and
Mozilla have a major security problem at the moment. You'll have
to turn off Java, Javascript and about everrything that makes it
useful versus IE to stop the problem. Hopefully a fix will be in
the next version, the new one doesn't have a fix.
Dave in Fairfax
--
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reply-to doesn't work
use:
daveldr at att dot net
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http://www.woodturner.org
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http://www.capwoodturners.org/
PATINA
http://www.Patinatools.org/
Dave Hinz wrote:
> Got a link? My sources don't seem to mention anything current. One of
> us has newer information than the other...not sure who.
Symantec came up with the warning, but my wife at DoD says the
newest Firefox, v 1.0.4 has a fix in it, so that one *should* be
safe.
Dave in Fairfax
--
Dave Leader
reply-to doesn't work
use:
daveldr at att dot net
American Association of Woodturners
http://www.woodturner.org
Capital Area Woodturners
http://www.capwoodturners.org/
PATINA
http://www.Patinatools.org/
Mark Rance wrote:
> That is what I am wondering...is Dave the only guy to figure out what got by
> all the Firefox developers? :^)
You're reading and replying to old segments of the thread, or at
least out of sync with what's happened in the thread. The upshot
was that the security holes were fixed in Firefox v1.0.4.
Dave in Fairfax
--
Dave Leader
reply-to doesn't work
use:
daveldr at att dot net
American Association of Woodturners
http://www.woodturner.org
Capital Area Woodturners
http://www.capwoodturners.org/
PATINA
http://www.Patinatools.org/
Dave Hinz wrote:
> You mean Dave Dave, not Me Dave, right?
Yup, he's aiming at me. Just needs to adjust for windage and lead
time. %-)
Dave in Fairfax
--
Dave Leader
reply-to doesn't work
use:
daveldr at att dot net
American Association of Woodturners
http://www.woodturner.org
Capital Area Woodturners
http://www.capwoodturners.org/
PATINA
http://www.Patinatools.org/
AYUP to both.
On Wed, 18 May 2005 14:36:23 -0000, [email protected]
(Robert Bonomi) wrote:
>In article <[email protected]>,
>nospambob <[email protected]> wrote:
>>My copy got corrupted and two downloads later I'm using Internet
>>Explorer and hating it. Can't get to Firefox Forums as reader is
>>broke. Is help out there and if so where? Have considered another
>>related program but Firefox works or did for me.
>
>what are the symptoms?
>
>does it load, the window open, and then just 'not work'?
>
"Dave in Fairfax" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> "Bill C." wrote:
>> I don't use MSFT OS's anymore so DAMHIKT, but 'regclean.exe' is your
>> friend.
>> Delete the Firefox directory and then apply regclean (Google for it ...
>> it's on a MSFT site somewhere.)
>>
>> You should be done. Reinstall Firefox.
>>
>> I just went from Fedora Core 2.0 Linux to Mandrake 10 Community Linux and
>> lost nothing. Nothing.
>
> Normally I'd agree with you about reloading Firefox, but it and
> Mozilla have a major security problem at the moment. You'll have
> to turn off Java, Javascript and about everrything that makes it
> useful versus IE to stop the problem. Hopefully a fix will be in
> the next version, the new one doesn't have a fix.
What ae the specifics of the security probelm you speak of with Firefox?
-Mark
In article <[email protected]>, [email protected] says...
> Try Mozilla's counterpart newsreader/mail program - Thunderbird. I'll never open Outlook Express again!
>
I just updated from W95 to W98SE. Yes, I know I'm slow :-).
W98 has completely wiped out my address books and inbox/sent/trash folders. Even
restoring them from a CD backup doesn't seem to help. Any ideas?
Luckily it didn't destroy Gravity :-).
--
BNSF = Build Now, Seep Forever
In article <[email protected]>, [email protected] says...
> In article <[email protected]>,
> nospambob <[email protected]> wrote:
> >My copy got corrupted and two downloads later I'm using Internet
> >Explorer and hating it. Can't get to Firefox Forums as reader is
> >broke. Is help out there and if so where? Have considered another
> >related program but Firefox works or did for me.
>
> what are the symptoms?
>
> does it load, the window open, and then just 'not work'?
>
No, it works fine. But my previous mail, both sent and received, and my address book,
are empty. It had also lost my ISP info. In other words, it looked like I'd just
installed it. I reloaded the entire directories from a CD backup, but that seemed to
confuse it. Guess I'll have to uninstall and reinstall.
--
BNSF = Build Now, Seep Forever
In article <[email protected]>,
[email protected] says...
I guess I didn't make it clear that I was talking about the standalone
Thunderbird, not Firefox.
And while I haven't tried it yet, I ran across the below in another
newsgroup. Sure sounds like my problem.
------------
5. I checked again, and restarted Thunderbird. Then I had a closer look
at the directory structure, and under Profiles\ a directory with varying
name (like 60fth4de.default\) contains the 'real' data. I copied Mail\
and ImapMail\ from my old directory there, as well as the collections of
files found there in the old directory, and voila! everything was
working
again! Even my addresses reappeared!
-------------------
--
BNSF = Build Now, Seep Forever
In article <[email protected]>, [email protected]
says...
> What possible compelling reason
> is there to be using Win anything but XP these days? There are so many
> advantages to using a current operating system
> over the fossil OS's you're electing to use. Why not upgrade to something
> realistic?
>
Well, let's see. I'm in the process of switching back to Linux, which I
used to use to develop Unix software before I retired. I've been using
W95 in the interim only for internet access and drawing model rr plans,
woodworking plans, etc..
After I complete the switch, Windows will be used almost only for
creating decals on an Alps printer. I wanted to upgrade to 98 because
the Alps driver is better. Otherwise, I would have stayed at 95.
And when you're retired on a low budget, W98SE for $30, with a 400MHZ
computer attached, looks like a pretty good deal :-).
I'm back to using Netscape (4.77, another oldie) to read my email as
well as visit websites until I get Linux running. I just wanted to fix
Thunderbird as an exersize in defeating M$ clobbering of it :-).
BTW, the fix I quoted in my last post didn't work either. I'm either
going to give up or download a newer release. I do have the old files
which are ASCII, so I can recover any missing addresses and emails I
want to keep.
Enough - back to woodworking.
--
BNSF = Build Now, Seep Forever
When all else fails, RTFM
lgb wrote:
> In article <[email protected]>,
> [email protected] says...
>
> I guess I didn't make it clear that I was talking about the standalone
> Thunderbird, not Firefox.
>
> And while I haven't tried it yet, I ran across the below in another
> newsgroup. Sure sounds like my problem.
>
> ------------
> 5. I checked again, and restarted Thunderbird. Then I had a closer look
> at the directory structure, and under Profiles\ a directory with varying
> name (like 60fth4de.default\) contains the 'real' data. I copied Mail\
> and ImapMail\ from my old directory there, as well as the collections of
> files found there in the old directory, and voila! everything was
> working
> again! Even my addresses reappeared!
> -------------------
>
lgb <[email protected]> wrote:
>In article <[email protected]>, [email protected] says...
>> In article <[email protected]>,
>> nospambob <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >My copy got corrupted and two downloads later I'm using Internet
>> >Explorer and hating it. Can't get to Firefox Forums as reader is
>> >broke. Is help out there and if so where? Have considered another
>> >related program but Firefox works or did for me.
>>
>> what are the symptoms?
>>
>> does it load, the window open, and then just 'not work'?
>>
>No, it works fine. But my previous mail, both sent and received, and my address book,
>are empty. It had also lost my ISP info. In other words, it looked like I'd just
>installed it. I reloaded the entire directories from a CD backup, but that seemed to
>confuse it. Guess I'll have to uninstall and reinstall.
Are you talking about Firefox (per your note) or Thunderbird? Firefox
knows nothing about your mail or address book, unless there is an
extension I am not aware of.
--
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BTDT twice and both times get same error MSD, something about not
finding START.MOZILLA.ORG. I bought Agent for the support that has
been outstanding. Liked free Agent and decided to avoid problems.
Mozilla has a forum but you need a viable Mozilla browser to use it.
Appreciate the help from all!
On Wed, 18 May 2005 10:13:16 -0400, Bob G.
<[email protected]> wrote:
>On Tue, 17 May 2005 11:35:41 -0700, nospambob <[email protected]>
>wrote:
>
>>My copy got corrupted and two downloads later I'm using Internet
>>Explorer and hating it. Can't get to Firefox Forums as reader is
>>broke. Is help out there and if so where? Have considered another
>>related program but Firefox works or did for me.
>
>uninstall then download it again,,., I Do use Firefox as a
>browser...use Forte Agent as a newsreader... To be honest
>never had a problem with either,,,, Both Free versions
>
>Bob Griffiths
"Dave Hinz" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On Thu, 19 May 2005 00:31:14 GMT, Dave in Fairfax <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>> "Bill C." wrote:
>>> I don't use MSFT OS's anymore so DAMHIKT, but 'regclean.exe' is your
>>> friend.
>>> Delete the Firefox directory and then apply regclean (Google for it ...
>>> it's on a MSFT site somewhere.)
>>>
>>> You should be done. Reinstall Firefox.
>>>
>>> I just went from Fedora Core 2.0 Linux to Mandrake 10 Community Linux
>>> and
>>> lost nothing. Nothing.
>>
>> Normally I'd agree with you about reloading Firefox, but it and
>> Mozilla have a major security problem at the moment. You'll have
>> to turn off Java, Javascript and about everrything that makes it
>> useful versus IE to stop the problem. Hopefully a fix will be in
>> the next version, the new one doesn't have a fix.
>
> Got a link? My sources don't seem to mention anything current. One of
> us has newer information than the other...not sure who.
That is what I am wondering...is Dave the only guy to figure out what got by
all the Firefox developers? :^)
-Mark
"bridger" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> In article <[email protected]>,
> lgb <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> In article <[email protected]>, [email protected] says...
>> > Try Mozilla's counterpart newsreader/mail program - Thunderbird. I'll
>> > never open Outlook Express again!
>> >
>>
>> I just updated from W95 to W98SE. Yes, I know I'm slow :-).
>>
>> W98 has completely wiped out my address books and inbox/sent/trash
>> folders.
>> Even
>> restoring them from a CD backup doesn't seem to help. Any ideas?
You're not slow, as you say, you're creating unnecessary problems for
yourself. What possible compelling reason
is there to be using Win anything but XP these days? There are so many
advantages to using a current operating system
over the fossil OS's you're electing to use. Why not upgrade to something
realistic? As MS now admits, Win98 SE and ME were
ly conceived ideas back then...and they garner no greater merit today.
-Mark
In article <[email protected]>,
lgb <[email protected]> wrote:
> In article <[email protected]>, [email protected] says...
> > Try Mozilla's counterpart newsreader/mail program - Thunderbird. I'll
> > never open Outlook Express again!
> >
>
> I just updated from W95 to W98SE. Yes, I know I'm slow :-).
>
> W98 has completely wiped out my address books and inbox/sent/trash folders.
> Even
> restoring them from a CD backup doesn't seem to help. Any ideas?
>
> Luckily it didn't destroy Gravity :-).
that's a nasty upgrade. do yourself a favor and go buy another hard
drive and install the new OS on that. then mine your data off of the old
one.
Dave Hinz wrote:
> On Thu, 19 May 2005 00:31:14 GMT, Dave in Fairfax <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>"Bill C." wrote:
>>
>>>I don't use MSFT OS's anymore so DAMHIKT, but 'regclean.exe' is your friend.
>>>Delete the Firefox directory and then apply regclean (Google for it ...
>>>it's on a MSFT site somewhere.)
>>>
>>>You should be done. Reinstall Firefox.
>>>
>>>I just went from Fedora Core 2.0 Linux to Mandrake 10 Community Linux and
>>>lost nothing. Nothing.
>>
>>Normally I'd agree with you about reloading Firefox, but it and
>>Mozilla have a major security problem at the moment. You'll have
>>to turn off Java, Javascript and about everrything that makes it
>>useful versus IE to stop the problem. Hopefully a fix will be in
>>the next version, the new one doesn't have a fix.
>
>
> Got a link? My sources don't seem to mention anything current. One of
> us has newer information than the other...not sure who.
>
That information is not correct. Comparatively,
if Firefox "has a major security problem" then IE
"has NO security."
Brian Livingston just had a recent article on
Firefox vs. IE in the latest online issue of his
news column. Good information.
Check here to get the column and subscribe (free)
or pay some money and get a lot more stuff:
WindowsSecrets.com/info
Chances are that your files are still there somewhere. You'd get better results posting this question to one of the
Microsoft support groups.
For about the cost of the Win98 O/S dick, you can get a used or reburbished Dell with WinXP installed. The 20th century
is long over...get with the program!
lgb wrote:
> In article <[email protected]>, [email protected] says...
>
>>Try Mozilla's counterpart newsreader/mail program - Thunderbird. I'll never open Outlook Express again!
>>
>
>
> I just updated from W95 to W98SE. Yes, I know I'm slow :-).
>
> W98 has completely wiped out my address books and inbox/sent/trash folders. Even
> restoring them from a CD backup doesn't seem to help. Any ideas?
>
> Luckily it didn't destroy Gravity :-).
>
nospambob wrote:
> My copy got corrupted and two downloads later I'm using Internet
> Explorer and hating it. Can't get to Firefox Forums as reader is
> broke. Is help out there and if so where? Have considered another
> related program but Firefox works or did for me.
If you have a utility such as System Suite 2000 that will allow you to
clean out and restore your registry, that would be my first step.
It is a broad axe technique but it usually works for me.
Delete the entire FireFox directory, then go back and clean up the
registry and get rid of all the broken links, etc.
After that, try downloading again.
HTH
Lew
Mozilla just released version 1.0.4 within the past week to address some security issues. This will probably be the
trend as it gets more popular and more bad guys become interested in taking advantage of it. It's still way better than
any MS product in terms of both security and performance, IMHO. Having said that, I've never heard anything about any
Java problems with Firefox.
Dave Hinz wrote:
> On Thu, 19 May 2005 00:31:14 GMT, Dave in Fairfax <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>"Bill C." wrote:
>>
>>>I don't use MSFT OS's anymore so DAMHIKT, but 'regclean.exe' is your friend.
>>>Delete the Firefox directory and then apply regclean (Google for it ...
>>>it's on a MSFT site somewhere.)
>>>
>>>You should be done. Reinstall Firefox.
>>>
>>>I just went from Fedora Core 2.0 Linux to Mandrake 10 Community Linux and
>>>lost nothing. Nothing.
>>
>>Normally I'd agree with you about reloading Firefox, but it and
>>Mozilla have a major security problem at the moment. You'll have
>>to turn off Java, Javascript and about everrything that makes it
>>useful versus IE to stop the problem. Hopefully a fix will be in
>>the next version, the new one doesn't have a fix.
>
>
> Got a link? My sources don't seem to mention anything current. One of
> us has newer information than the other...not sure who.
>
Try Mozilla's counterpart newsreader/mail program - Thunderbird. I'll never open Outlook Express again!
nospambob wrote:
> My copy got corrupted and two downloads later I'm using Internet
> Explorer and hating it. Can't get to Firefox Forums as reader is
> broke. Is help out there and if so where? Have considered another
> related program but Firefox works or did for me.
On Tue, 17 May 2005 11:35:41 -0700, nospambob <[email protected]>
wrote:
>My copy got corrupted and two downloads later I'm using Internet
>Explorer and hating it. Can't get to Firefox Forums as reader is
>broke. Is help out there and if so where? Have considered another
>related program but Firefox works or did for me.
uninstall then download it again,,., I Do use Firefox as a
browser...use Forte Agent as a newsreader... To be honest
never had a problem with either,,,, Both Free versions
Bob Griffiths
lgb wrote:
> In article <[email protected]>,
> [email protected] says...
>
> I guess I didn't make it clear that I was talking about the standalone
> Thunderbird, not Firefox.
>
> And while I haven't tried it yet, I ran across the below in another
> newsgroup. Sure sounds like my problem.
>
> ------------
> 5. I checked again, and restarted Thunderbird. Then I had a closer look
> at the directory structure, and under Profiles\ a directory with varying
> name (like 60fth4de.default\) contains the 'real' data. I copied Mail\
> and ImapMail\ from my old directory there, as well as the collections of
> files found there in the old directory, and voila! everything was
> working
> again! Even my addresses reappeared!
> -------------------
>
I installed Firefox (1.0) and Thunderbird sometime
back and it sucked everything out of Netscape
(4.7) right into Firefox and Thunderbird--
bookmarks, history, all of my e-mail folders.
Didn't loose anything.
nospambob wrote:
> My copy got corrupted and two downloads later I'm using Internet
> Explorer and hating it. Can't get to Firefox Forums as reader is
> broke. Is help out there and if so where? Have considered another
> related program but Firefox works or did for me.
Get a friend with a high speed connection to
download it to CD/DVD, then install from the CD.
Besides, if you have IE, just download another
copy.