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I just downloaded Firefox and when i try and run it the hourglass pops up, then dissapears and nothing happens. (the same problem i am having with IE8) Any suggeestions?

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AnonymousUser
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I have been trying to get IE8 to work and everyone says firefox is a better browser. IE7 works fine. I am running XP. Have cleared registry, reinstalled, updated DLL's. Don't know what else to do. (IE8 will start in safe mode)

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Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 5.1; .NET CLR 1.0.3705; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; Media Center PC 3.1; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET CLR 3.0.4506.2152; .NET CLR 3.5.30729; BO1IE8_v1;ENUS)

I have been trying to get IE8 to work and everyone says firefox is a better browser. IE7 works fine. I am running XP. Have cleared registry, reinstalled, updated DLL's. Don't know what else to do. (IE8 will start in safe mode) == User Agent == Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 5.1; .NET CLR 1.0.3705; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; Media Center PC 3.1; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET CLR 3.0.4506.2152; .NET CLR 3.5.30729; BO1IE8_v1;ENUS)

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TXGuy
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Since neither browser is working, it could be your firewall.

See: http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Firewalls

Windows Firewall: http://www.microsoft.com/security/firewalls/choosing.aspx

Matt
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If, for some reason, you think Safe Mode is connected w/ Windows Safe Mode, it is not. Safe Mode is a Firefox feature. Just a suggestion that might work...