Firefox Issues

October 4, 2006 9:01 AM

Firefox 1.5.0.7 weirdness. Please help.

Two days ago Firefox started behaving oddly at work for me - everytime I tried to access gmail or hotmail I would get an error message saying "Unable to access this site because site requires SSL to be enabled". I had no problem accessing both of those sites through IE.

Today I come in and fire up the browser and it immediately asks me if I want to transfer all of my bookmarks, cookies, passwords etc from IE. WTF?? I go through that and the browser opens and of course none of the bookmarks and cookies etc that had been in Firefox for the past year or so are gone. However, now I have no SSL error messages and can access gmail/hotmail no problem. What the hell is going on? Is it possible that our IT group moved the network drive that Firefox writes its profile data to? If so, why the SSL error message earlier?

posted by spicynuts to computers & internet (4 comments total)

Do you use Firefox Preloader at all? I've noticed upgrade weirdness if I do not shut down Firefox Preloader before I do a Firefox update.
posted by JigSawMan at 9:33 AM on October 4, 2006

I'm not sure what Preloader is. How do I know if I'm using it?
posted by spicynuts at 9:43 AM on October 4, 2006

I'm not sure what Preloader is. How do I know if I'm using it?

Preloader is the thing you install to make Firefox load faster by keeping some of it in memory at all times. If you didn't install it, it's not likely you're using it, unless someone else installs software on your computer. You could also check your system tray to see if there's a Firefox icon there.
posted by kindall at 10:20 AM on October 4, 2006

Your profile may have been corrupted.

http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_backup

This forum is great for Firefox support and allows guest posting so you don't have to register.
posted by IndigoRain at 3:43 PM on October 4, 2006