Firefox startup problem

jililan · #1 November 21st, 2006, 02:41 AM

Every time I start up Firefox it says it is updating and won't go to the homepage like it should. Is there a way to fix it?

**Miz** · #2 November 21st, 2006, 04:15 AM

In Firefox, click on Tools, then on Options. Click on "Advanced."

Uncheck everything under "Automatically check for updates to:" then click OK.

See if that fixes it. If so and you do want it to check for updates automatically, go back and recheck them one at a time, closing and reopeing Firefox after each to see which one, or ones, is causing the hangup.

jililan · #3 November 21st, 2006, 07:41 AM

I did that and will see if it works. I'm sure it will do the job, just never saw that option before. Thanks for your help.

TheCheekMaster · #4 November 21st, 2006, 09:27 AM

whn you are updating, are you using a proxy? cuz when im at work, i cant update it, but at home i can.

jililan · #5 November 21st, 2006, 10:09 AM

Thanks for your help, but I think Miz fixed it for me.

newbiesecurity · #6 November 22nd, 2006, 03:31 AM

What version of Firefox are you running? I had a similar problem a few versions back. I think it may have been 1.0.*. Try downloading the latest directly from getfirefox.com. That may fix your problems.