Updated Firefox, now it doesn't work.

mankvill · 02-09-2008, 02:11 PM

Restarted Firefox today and it upgraded. Now it won't connect to any site. I'm on IE right now, so it's not my internet connection that's the problem. :(

**koala** · 02-11-2008, 12:26 AM

Check your firewall settings. Sometimes when a program is upgraded or reinstalled you need to reset its internet access permissions.

Also, this is unlikely but worth checking, see if there's a tick beside File > Work Offline. As it's so close to File > Exit, it might have been accidentally clicked, whch would stop all internet connections.

darklordryu · 02-12-2008, 06:29 PM

my sister is having the same exact problem, I have no idea what the problem is, it's nothing in the firewall though...

Pokeyourheadoff · 02-14-2008, 06:50 PM

Try this: (If your running only Windows Firewall)
1. Close Firefox/Thunderbird/Mozilla Suite
2. Start -> Settings -> Control Panel -> Windows Firewall
3. General tab - Make sure the firewall is switched on and "Don't allow exceptions" is unchecked.
4. Exceptions tab - Find the Firefox/Thunderbird/Mozilla Suite entry and delete it.
5. Check the box next to "Display a notification when Windows Firewall blocks a program".
6. Click "OK" to exit the Windows Firewall window.
7. Start Firefox/Thunderbird/Mozilla Suite.
8. Windows Firewall should then ask whether you want to keep blocking or unblock. Select "Unblock".

If your running something else I need to know what it is.

nipponsahore · 06-22-2008, 07:15 PM

hey ppl .. i also have been facing the same prob... i tried all that is given in the page above ... also after i installed firefox 3 .. it worked good a couple of times and after that it stopped ....

02-09-2008, 02:11 PM	#1 (permalink)
mankvill Registered User Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Lawrence, KS Posts: 197 OS: Windown XP	Updated Firefox, now it doesn't work. Restarted Firefox today and it upgraded. Now it won't connect to any site. I'm on IE right now, so it's not my internet connection that's the problem. :(

02-11-2008, 12:26 AM	#2 (permalink)
koala Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: UK Posts: 12,381 OS: XP/7/Ubuntu My System	Re: Updated Firefox, now it doesn't work. Check your firewall settings. Sometimes when a program is upgraded or reinstalled you need to reset its internet access permissions. Also, this is unlikely but worth checking, see if there's a tick beside File > Work Offline. As it's so close to File > Exit, it might have been accidentally clicked, whch would stop all internet connections. __________________ New members: Subscribe to your thread (Thread Tools) to receive an instant email notification when you get a reply. TSF Folding@Home Team 85015 - details here Last edited by koala; 02-11-2008 at 12:30 AM.

02-12-2008, 06:29 PM	#3 (permalink)
darklordryu Registered User Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Connecticut, US Posts: 218 OS: Vista Desktop, XP Laptop My System	Re: Updated Firefox, now it doesn't work. my sister is having the same exact problem, I have no idea what the problem is, it's nothing in the firewall though... __________________ "Health and long life are the gifts of the spice!"

02-14-2008, 06:50 PM	#4 (permalink)
Pokeyourheadoff Registered User Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 9 OS: Windows XP SP2	Re: Updated Firefox, now it doesn't work. Try this: (If your running only Windows Firewall) 1. Close Firefox/Thunderbird/Mozilla Suite 2. Start -> Settings -> Control Panel -> Windows Firewall 3. General tab - Make sure the firewall is switched on and "Don't allow exceptions" is unchecked. 4. Exceptions tab - Find the Firefox/Thunderbird/Mozilla Suite entry and delete it. 5. Check the box next to "Display a notification when Windows Firewall blocks a program". 6. Click "OK" to exit the Windows Firewall window. 7. Start Firefox/Thunderbird/Mozilla Suite. 8. Windows Firewall should then ask whether you want to keep blocking or unblock. Select "Unblock". If your running something else I need to know what it is. __________________ Peace of mind is that mental condition in which you have accepted the worst. -Lin Yutang To err is human--and to blame it on a computer is even more so. -Robert Orben I do not fear computers. I fear the lack of them. -Isaac Asimov

06-22-2008, 07:15 PM	#5 (permalink)
nipponsahore Registered User Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 2 OS: xp sp3	Re: Updated Firefox, now it doesn't work. hey ppl .. i also have been facing the same prob... i tried all that is given in the page above ... also after i installed firefox 3 .. it worked good a couple of times and after that it stopped ....