atarian999@yahoo.com wrote:

> This is a love/hate thing. When i first used Firefox, I thought it was
> great. Nice interface, performs well, isn't Microsoft. But recently,
> after upgrading to version 1.5.0.2, it's been crap. First my Yahoo!
> Mail would lock up Firefox, then ANYTHING Yahoo! (and no one else) will
> lock it up, and now it locks up all the time.
>
> I uninstalled 1.5.0.2 and re-installed 1.5(.0.1?) and no luck, it locks
> up within 2 minutes. Anyone with any suggestions?
>
> Please, I don't need any of those "It Doesn't Happen To Me" type of
> responses. I'm happy for you, but it doesn't help.
>
well, you're right it doesn't happen to me. I can access all of Yahoo
with no problems whatsoever.

So, there must be something wrong within your profile. Couple of
suggestions.

1 -- start FF in safe mode. Close FF and make sure its closed my
looking in the task manager [ctrl+alt+del] and end it there if its
still running. Now click on Start, Programs and look for the FF
folder and inside of that will be the FF Safe Mode icon. Click that.
Go to yahoo and see what happens. Starting in Safe Mode will
disable any and all extension and themes you may have. Does the
problem continue? If not, then its a problem with a theme and
extension. Go into the Extension Manager [from Tools], right click on
everything listed and disable them. Now restart FF. Go to Yahoo and
try thing out. Now, add each extension in one at a time until you
find the culprit.

If the problem does continue in Safe Mode, then close FF as outlined
in 1. Now, click on Start, Run and enter:

firefox.exe -p

this will bring up the FF Profile Manager, and from here you can
create a test profile. Does the problem continue in the test profile?

Suggestion, create a new profile and test that out.

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gwtc wrote:
> atarian999@yahoo.com wrote:
>
> > This is a love/hate thing. When i first used Firefox, I thought it was
> > great. Nice interface, performs well, isn't Microsoft. But recently,
---SNIP---

> well, you're right it doesn't happen to me. I can access all of Yahoo
> with no problems whatsoever.
>
> So, there must be something wrong within your profile. Couple of
> suggestions.
>
> 1 -- start FF in safe mode. (SNIP) Starting in Safe Mode will
> disable any and all extension and themes you may have. Does the
> problem continue? If not, then its a problem with a theme and


Many thanks. I disabled (and uninstalled) all of my extensions (except
one, it refuses to be uninstalled [!]) and now FF works fine. I can do
without extensions.

Thanks again!

"When all else fails, read the instructions!"

atarian999@yahoo.com wrote:
> gwtc wrote:
>
>>atarian999@yahoo.com wrote:
>>
>>
>>>This is a love/hate thing. When i first used Firefox, I thought it was
>>>great. Nice interface, performs well, isn't Microsoft. But recently,
>
> ---SNIP---
>
>
>>well, you're right it doesn't happen to me. I can access all of Yahoo
>>with no problems whatsoever.
>>
>>So, there must be something wrong within your profile. Couple of
>>suggestions.
>>
>>1 -- start FF in safe mode. (SNIP) Starting in Safe Mode will
>>disable any and all extension and themes you may have. Does the
>>problem continue? If not, then its a problem with a theme and
>
>
>
> Many thanks. I disabled (and uninstalled) all of my extensions (except
> one, it refuses to be uninstalled [!]) and now FF works fine. I can do
> without extensions.
>
> Thanks again!
>
> "When all else fails, read the instructions!"
>
which one is the problem one? And which one refused to be uninstalled?

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On Whole System.

atarian999@yahoo.com wrote:

> Many thanks. I disabled (and uninstalled) all of my extensions (except
> one, it refuses to be uninstalled [!]) and now FF works fine.

Which extension?
I would like to avoid installing it myself!


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atarian999@yahoo.com wrote:
> This is a love/hate thing. When i first used Firefox, I thought it was
> great. Nice interface, performs well, isn't Microsoft. But recently,
> after upgrading to version 1.5.0.2, it's been crap. First my Yahoo!
> Mail would lock up Firefox, then ANYTHING Yahoo! (and no one else) will
> lock it up, and now it locks up all the time.
>
> I uninstalled 1.5.0.2 and re-installed 1.5(.0.1?) and no luck, it locks
> up within 2 minutes. Anyone with any suggestions?
>
> Please, I don't need any of those "It Doesn't Happen To Me" type of
> responses. I'm happy for you, but it doesn't help.
>
Make a new profile, and then start the program in 'safe mode'. This
disables all extensions, and themes. If the program then becomes
stable, and it probably will, try adding back themes and extensions
carefully to see what is causing the problem.

atarian999@yahoo.com wrote:
> gwtc wrote:
>> atarian999@yahoo.com wrote:
>>
>>> This is a love/hate thing. When i first used Firefox, I thought it was
>>> great. Nice interface, performs well, isn't Microsoft. But recently,
> ---SNIP---
>
>> well, you're right it doesn't happen to me. I can access all of Yahoo
>> with no problems whatsoever.
>>
>> So, there must be something wrong within your profile. Couple of
>> suggestions.
>>
>> 1 -- start FF in safe mode. (SNIP) Starting in Safe Mode will
>> disable any and all extension and themes you may have. Does the
>> problem continue? If not, then its a problem with a theme and
>
>
> Many thanks. I disabled (and uninstalled) all of my extensions (except
> one, it refuses to be uninstalled [!]) and now FF works fine. I can do
> without extensions.
>
> Thanks again!
>
> "When all else fails, read the instructions!"
>
You can add the extensions back one by one as incompatible ones won't load.

On 04/15/06 15:11, atarian999@yahoo.com wrote:
> This is a love/hate thing. When i first used Firefox, I thought it was
> great. Nice interface, performs well, isn't Microsoft. But recently,
> after upgrading to version 1.5.0.2, it's been crap. First my Yahoo!
> Mail would lock up Firefox, then ANYTHING Yahoo! (and no one else) will
> lock it up, and now it locks up all the time.
>
> I uninstalled 1.5.0.2 and re-installed 1.5(.0.1?) and no luck, it locks
> up within 2 minutes. Anyone with any suggestions?

If you use Adblock Plus, Yahoo! Messenger installs a plugin that causes
crashes on Yahoo! Mail.


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(aka Peng on IRC & the forums)

Matt Nordhoff wrote:
> On 04/15/06 15:11, atarian999@yahoo.com wrote:
>> This is a love/hate thing. When i first used Firefox, I thought it was
>> great. Nice interface, performs well, isn't Microsoft. But recently,
>> after upgrading to version 1.5.0.2, it's been crap. First my Yahoo!
>> Mail would lock up Firefox, then ANYTHING Yahoo! (and no one else) will
>> lock it up, and now it locks up all the time.
>>
>> I uninstalled 1.5.0.2 and re-installed 1.5(.0.1?) and no luck, it locks
>> up within 2 minutes. Anyone with any suggestions?
>
> If you use Adblock Plus, Yahoo! Messenger installs a plugin that causes
> crashes on Yahoo! Mail.
>
>
Funny. I just went to Yahoo Mail with FF 1.5.0.2, and with Adblock Plus
active, had no problems. Maybe a setting somewhere??

Ron Hunter wrote:
> Matt Nordhoff wrote:
>> On 04/15/06 15:11, atarian999@yahoo.com wrote:
>>> This is a love/hate thing. When i first used Firefox, I thought it was
>>> great. Nice interface, performs well, isn't Microsoft. But recently,
>>> after upgrading to version 1.5.0.2, it's been crap. First my Yahoo!
>>> Mail would lock up Firefox, then ANYTHING Yahoo! (and no one else) will
>>> lock it up, and now it locks up all the time.
>>>
>>> I uninstalled 1.5.0.2 and re-installed 1.5(.0.1?) and no luck, it locks
>>> up within 2 minutes. Anyone with any suggestions?
>>
>> If you use Adblock Plus, Yahoo! Messenger installs a plugin that
>> causes crashes on Yahoo! Mail.
>>
>>
> Funny. I just went to Yahoo Mail with FF 1.5.0.2, and with Adblock Plus
> active, had no problems. Maybe a setting somewhere??

Do you have Yahoo Messenger installed? From what I understand, it's the
latter that installs the errant plugin, npYState.dll .

On 04/16/06 04:17, Ron Hunter wrote:
> Funny. I just went to Yahoo Mail with FF 1.5.0.2, and with Adblock Plus
> active, had no problems. Maybe a setting somewhere??

Do you have that plugin?
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On 04/16/06 18:33, Matt Nordhoff wrote:
> Do you have that plugin?

Eek! It can be inconvenient how Thunderbird never shows new headers
unless you leave the newsgroup.
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(aka Peng on IRC & the forums)

atarian999@yahoo.com wrote:
> This is a love/hate thing. When i first used Firefox, I thought it
> was great. Nice interface, performs well, isn't Microsoft. But
> recently, after upgrading to version 1.5.0.2, it's been crap. First
> my Yahoo! Mail would lock up Firefox, then ANYTHING Yahoo! (and no
> one else) will lock it up, and now it locks up all the time.

I saw that you solved your problem on your own.

So which was the offending extension? And which extension refuses to
uninstall?

Anywho...

This doesn't address your issue, but it appears that you go to
mail.yahoo.com for your e-mails. AFAIC, using the Web is a clunky way to
do e-mail. Why not run YPOPs? It's technically not POP3, but it's
practically the same; then you can use a real e-mail client.

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Dave