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Started 15 years ago by copmom
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copmom
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This is a cross post because I didn't think anyone would see it under the Wondershare topic, so am posting again with new subject:

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Bubby, since you mentioned opening in IE, I have a question. I use Firefox as my browser, and have the option to view pages in IE.. but for some reason, nothing will open in IE now. Did I 'unset' something?? I know I need to use IE to upgrade a couple of things such as McAfee. Any ideas?
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GMMan
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@copmom: What Firefox extension are you using? I use IE Tab. And also, does update.microsoft.com automatically switch to IE mode and operates correctly?
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copmom
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In firefox under tools it's I.E. view 1.4.1 and no.. haven't tried update on microsoft.com yet, so don't know, will check that out

For that matter, my USB 2.0 hub and my USB 2.0 All in 1 card reader stopped working too. I've tried the reader both with and without the hub. It shows on control panel, system, as 4 letter drives with a yellow question mark and says it failed to initialize and might not work properly, code 10 (which means unknown), and yet on "my computer" those drives don't even show up anymore. It DID work before. My machine must have a ghost floating around to sabotage things.

Posted 15 years ago #
Frique
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Copmom,

You may check into a bug that has come about with the latest update of Firefox. My wife noticed a problem when all of our bookmarks disappeared. She did a little research and discovered that the latest release of FF had a bug that was causing the bookmarks to disappear and other apps to stop functioning. I am not sure where she found her information, but check their main pages for some help. Other avenues would be the tech forums or even a place like the Dell forums. She changed a few file extensions and it works now. I hope it is something as simple as that for you too. Good luck!

Frique

Posted 15 years ago #
copmom
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Frique.. thanks for the info. I'll follow up on it.. I have noticed every now and then when McAfee does a new installation of their firewall, things go bonkers too!
What extensions did she change, and yes, the Dell forums might be a good lead too since I do have a Dell. Will update if things improve.. I know I even did system restore to prior date, but that didn't help and I was afraid of losing some of the GOTD things I downloaded! First to check FF's main pages! I've Googled and checked the various tech forums and noticed several people on there had similar problems, but no real answers. One said check the cables from USB to motherboard, etc., but when I plugged my camera directly into the same USB plug that worked fine so it's not the USB plug! Even tried 2 different card readers to no avail.

Posted 15 years ago #
Frique
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Copmom,

Unfortunately she does not remember right now. I guess she did it a week or two ago. She did say that she found the information on the Firefox support pages. You might try the following link and see if it helps. It is for a problem with the bookmarks, but microsoft sql often connects with other stuff that is running. Link: http://kb.mozillazine.org/Bookmarks_not_saved I hope it helps point you in the right direction. Peace,

Frique

Posted 15 years ago #
BuBBy
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Bubby, since you mentioned opening in IE, I have a question. I use Firefox as my browser, and have the option to view pages in IE.. but for some reason, nothing will open in IE now. Did I 'unset' something?? I know I need to use IE to upgrade a couple of things such as McAfee. Any ideas?

1. "nothing will open in IE now" - is that via the option to view pages in IE from Firefox, or just launching IE separately?

2. "Did I 'unset' something?" - you would have to tell me... you might have.

To reset the options in IE because it isn't working - there is an option under:

Tools -> Internet Options -> Advanced (Tab) -> Reset... (Button)

Posted 15 years ago #
copmom
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Bubby.. was able to view this page in IE from Firefox.. just won't launch seperately.

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That's what happened to me.. USB hub not showing in "my computer" or "windows explorer" and yet it does show in system with big yellow question marks. So I can't use my USB card reader. Also I now have a G drive that shows as a CD drive, and I really only have a D: and E: CD drive. Does that mean my G: drive is what your referring to as a virtual drive?? I can't find returnil listed in my task manager or start menu, but (perhaps) I might have installed it when offered and later deleted it. Can't remember.
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copmom
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Well, just found out one part of my problem. Kept showing a G: drive as a CD drive. Been poking around with it, found it was connected to something called Tune Clone. That created a Virtual CD-RW SCSI CD Rom. Got rid of that program and uninstalled that drive. But.. now I still cannot get my machine to recognize the drive letters for my USB Hub, or card reader.. just shows in remove hardware as Mass Storage Device and under system with yellow question marks. SOOOOOO frustrating!

But when I plug my camera in directly to the USB port, that does work.

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