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Is anyone having trouble with the Firefox browser on the OLF? It will not show any pics or avatars for me.No pics or links on the opening page. Everything is fine on the AOL and IE browsers just Firefox is messed up for two days now. I did like Firefox a lot up until now!   thanks fer any help guys !           ;           ;        

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Anderson Guitars
Clearwater,Fl. 33755

Dave,

There is an option in Preferences (Mac) or OPtions where you can opt for no images. The files that retain those setting get hosed up sometimes.

Mac or Windows?

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now known around here as Pat Foster
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http://www.patfosterguitars.com

Andy that sounds more like a security setting issue than the browser itself. I'm using the latest Firefox and am having no troubles on my Mac.

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"I want to know what kind of pickups Vince Gill uses in his Tele, because if I had those, as good of a player as I am, I'm sure I could make it sound like that.
Only badly."

Oops....Dave, not Andy. Sorry!

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"I want to know what kind of pickups Vince Gill uses in his Tele, because if I had those, as good of a player as I am, I'm sure I could make it sound like that.
Only badly."

Firefox has worked flawlessly for me from the get-go.  I would try a reinstall, to make sure the settings are right.  Did it happen after an update?  I noticed over the last couple of weeks that Firefox has updated itself several times.

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Waddy

Photobucket Build Album Library

Sound Clips of most of my guitars

Don I have called Dave Andy also so he is used to it

Dave/Andy be sure that you have the latest version of Firefox installed too - click "Help" and then check for updates.  An update may fix it.

Ok, I had to go to AOL browser to answer you guys.The post reply icon is invisable too on my firefox.
Pat- windows. I'll check the option in preferences , Thanks

Thanks Don, security issue?Yeah..Dave or Andy will work

Waddy, You know, I did have an update yesterday.How do I Re -install? I'm not too experianced with computers as you can tell thanks

Hesh, I just checked for updates and none are available at this time it said.I had an update yesterday and the 27th. ...thanks   

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Anderson Guitars
Clearwater,Fl. 33755

The best way to get the most current version is to download it again and let it install itself.  Otherwise, you'll have to save the installation file, then double click on it to install.  You can save it to your desktop and install from there.  

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Waddy

Photobucket Build Album Library

Sound Clips of most of my guitars

If you decide to try reinstalling:

Sometimes you get better results if you go to the Control Panels and use Add or REmove Programs to remove the original Firefox. This will remove .dll and other files and registry stuff, leaving better chances of a clean re-install. If you have a large stash of bookmarks, this should get you to where you can back them up.

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now known around here as Pat Foster
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The advice on uninstalling from <Control Panel>, <Add / Remove Programs> is a good one.  It will be the most likely way to get a good clean reinstall.  If you have not tried it, try deleting all temporary Internet files and offline content before you reinstall, and see if that works.  I have had a couple of glitches that that fixed immediately, so I didn't really consider it a problem.  It is a good idea to do it from time to time anyway.

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Waddy

Photobucket Build Album Library

Sound Clips of most of my guitars

Thanks a lot guys. I tried reinstalling But it was still messed up. I deleted temp files ,cookies and so on - No change. Its strange that all my bookmarks were still there after I uninstalled it from the control panel. Only the OLF is not cooperating! All the other bookmarks are working fine.    

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Anderson Guitars
Clearwater,Fl. 33755

You aren't blocking cookies are you?  You on a Mac or a PC?  It isn't a firewall issue is it?

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Waddy

Photobucket Build Album Library

Sound Clips of most of my guitars

I checked to make sure it was allowing cookies.
It's a PC. I'm using the windows firewall for a while now. I don't know what else to do.Thank you Waddy.
Man,This is aggravating!

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Anderson Guitars
Clearwater,Fl. 33755

I know what you mean.  I have one piece of software that crashes on every machine I have except my laptop.  Don't know why.  Must be a interfering driver or something.  Can't figure it out.

Re: Firefox.  I'm using Window Firewall too.  Probably not it.  Under <Tools> <Options> <Content> tab, are all the boxes checked?

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Waddy

Photobucket Build Album Library

Sound Clips of most of my guitars

[QUOTE=WaddyT]  Under <Tools> <Options> <Content> tab, are all the boxes checked?
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Yeah ,all checked

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Anderson Guitars
Clearwater,Fl. 33755

Dave have you tried "System Restore" and restore to a point in time prior to the issues?  Be sure to back up your documents and pics first.

System restore should not have any effect on stored files, only system files.  Can't tell you how many times I've used it, and have never lost a file.

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Waddy

Photobucket Build Album Library

Sound Clips of most of my guitars

That's not to say that a backup isn't a good idea though. 

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Waddy

Photobucket Build Album Library

Sound Clips of most of my guitars

Good point Waddy - I didn't know that and only used system restore once years ago.

For my PC's I make a point to back-up all my docs and pics once a year and doing a fresh install including all updates.  Then I plug in a second Raptor drive that is installed in the PC but left unplugged and I create a mirror of the fresh install.  Then that drive gets unplugged for another year.  Cheap insurance against a hard drive failure and you are not consuming the power or dealing with the noise of a second drive all the time.

I have used RAID -0 configurations too but for what I do there is no noticeable difference.

My laptop and my office machine are pretty much clones of each other.  I sync them every day.  I also use Carbonite to maintain an offsite backup of all data.  Pretty cheap insurance for $50 per year.

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Waddy

Photobucket Build Album Library

Sound Clips of most of my guitars