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Firefox won't launch untill I end task in task manager, javascript issues, windows shut-down issues

double_mocha
double_mocha
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A few weeks ago I started having windows shut down issues ... sometimes my computer would freeze during shut-down and sometimes it would take 3 or more tries before it shut down successfully.

About that same time I noticed that Mozilla Firefox was having a bunch of javascript issues ... tried Internet Explorer and the sames websites/links would work fine. Mozilla Firefox usually won't launch now, unless I first end the firefox process in the Task Manager.

I am pretty clueless, but would a different version of Java or Firefox resolve my problems?

I have Firefox 3.6.13 and Vista.

A few weeks ago I started having windows shut down issues ... sometimes my computer would freeze during shut-down and sometimes it would take 3 or more tries before it shut down successfully. About that same time I noticed that Mozilla Firefox was having a bunch of javascript issues ... tried Internet Explorer and the sames websites/links would work fine. Mozilla Firefox usually won't launch now, unless I first end the firefox process in the Task Manager. I am pretty clueless, but would a different version of Java or Firefox resolve my problems? I have Firefox 3.6.13 and Vista.

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the-edmeister
the-edmeister
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Java has nothing to do with JavaScript - two different things.

https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Firefox%20hangs - see the section on hang-at-exit