My Firefox (v3) keeps crashing to the error report screen and its getting very annoying now.
Esp happens on http://webmail.idnet.com. everytime i go to this page it just crashes.
Any ideas what this could be or how to fix it?
I've tried the usual.. uninstalled, remove all folders/files including hidden ones.. cleaned the reg etc.
I've removed java and re installed etc etc etc.
Strange. The only thing I can suggest is a new profile (although I suspect you've already done that as part of the above).
I'd try a clean profile, start Firefox from a command prompt with a "-P" argument. FWIW I don't have any probs with FF3
You could also try disabling all your add-ons, then if that works enable them one at a time to see if they're the culprit.
I would go down the add-on investigation route too. :)
dont have none. its a fresh install.
plus i've checked.. no addons enabled.
I've just created a 4th profile and just had one crash on facebook, as soon as i logged in, it crashed to the error report screen.
The only thing it could really be is registry keys, but I'd have thought they'd have gone if you've cleaned the registry. I'm baffled. ???
Could it be a dodgy download? Have you tried downloading a fresh installer?
I used CCleaner to clean the reg.
Quote from: Sebby on Jul 06, 2008, 00:54:25
Could it be a dodgy download? Have you tried downloading a fresh installer?
Yes, even tried v2 again and still got the same problem.
So it must be some other application interfering. A firewall, perhaps? Antivirus?
I dont have a software firewall (windows one is disabled) and have nod32 (av only) running in the background. Other than that its just the usual windows stuff running..
Have you checked your processes for anything odd, Paul?
Quote from: psp83 on Jul 06, 2008, 01:01:49
I dont have a software firewall (windows one is disabled) and have nod32 (av only) running in the background. Other than that its just the usual windows stuff running..
I think it's worth disabling the antivirus temporarily and seeing if that makes any difference. This is going to be a process of elimination!
Quote from: Rik on Jul 06, 2008, 01:03:34
Have you checked your processes for anything odd, Paul?
Yeh, everything is fine, just the usual windows stuff.. Double checked online aswell just incase.. I've also "end tasked" most bg apps and only kept the most important ones running..
Quote from: Sebby on Jul 06, 2008, 01:04:42
I think it's worth disabling the antivirus temporarily and seeing if that makes any difference. This is going to be a process of elimination!
I've done that already sebby.. see reply to rik's post :)
Just a thought.. I reformatted a few months back..
Wondering if something failed or got corrupted when i reformatted ???
Right... How about safe mode with networking? I just want to establish if it's Windows (in which case we'd expect the same result in safe mode with networking) or an application (even if you've close most of them).
Quote from: Sebby on Jul 06, 2008, 01:08:23
Right... How about safe mode with networking? I just want to establish if it's Windows (in which case we'd expect the same result in safe mode with networking) or an application (even if you've close most of them).
Will try that tomorrow. I'm doing work at the mo :( But IE7 is also crashing on me now :(
The only browser that is working ok is Opera 9.5.
Very strange - perhaps an issue with the TCP/IP stack, though I would have thought Opera would be affected too. Let us know how you get on with safe mode. :thumb:
have you checked for virus/spyware.
Paul, when you say you have tried a new profile, was that a new Windows profile? If not reboot the PC log on as administrator, rename your current profile the log on as you again and try that.
What do the errors say, do they give stop codes at all? Is there any thing in the event log?
As a slight aside, I have problems with FF3 on eBay - The drop down menus refuse to work. It's fine with FF2 - I'm one of those odd balls that uses Linux though, so you kind of get used to things like that in a M$ world ;)
do you have a prog called Rescuetime running. Have found a few links on Google about it crashing FF
here (http://getsatisfaction.com/rescuetime/topics/rescuetime_crashes_firefox_3)