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#1 wai

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Posted 15 November 2006 - 08:19 AM

Hi All,
Tried starting firefox browser but instead got to a page saying there's error loading the firefox page.My IE works fine.Any help and advice greatly appreciated.Many thanks in advance. :thumbsup:

#2 tg1911

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Posted 15 November 2006 - 08:24 AM

Have you recently added a new extension?
If so, remove it.

If that doesn't work, try uninstalling/reinstalling Firefox.

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#3 TMacK

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Posted 15 November 2006 - 04:35 PM

Have a read thru the MozillaZine KB Article Error Loading Websites.

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#4 wai

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Posted 16 November 2006 - 02:47 AM

Hi All,
Thanks very much for all the advice and help rendered.After reading similar problems by fellow members,tried disable McAfee firewall,FF works but still having a problem cos not able to completely change firewall settings to register updates in FF.Kindly assist,perhaps a more detail way into McAfee settings.Pardon my limited knowledge here.Many thanks

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Posted 16 November 2006 - 03:08 AM

In order to be of help, please advise which version you have of McAfee. A first help might be here

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#6 wai

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Posted 17 November 2006 - 03:51 AM

Hi All,
Finally I'm convinced that firewall is main cause of my FF not starting,change the firewall and everything as per normal.Thanks everyone

Regards :thumbsup:

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Posted 17 November 2006 - 07:48 AM

Glad to hear you got the problem resolved, wai.
Thanks for replying back with the solution.
It could prove helpful, to someone experiencing the same problem.