This one from earlier today?

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yep , `perfick`

thanks

Has anyone else had problems with FireFox this last few days ??? i only ever use this and its never missed a beat in all the years that i have used it.No recent updates that i can see nor have i altered any settings or added any software ie firewall or anti-virus software.

But since yesterday i have been getting the blue screen of death and it shuts down the computer,running WinXP albeit it its old but upto date but i can run Google Chrome and open many windows and also IE.

So basically it has something to do with FireFox,any suggestions on what the crash problem could be with FF,has anyone else had recent issues,can still use the computer and can have many many sites open on Chrome and this is the 1st time of using it really and must admit i am well pleased with it.

Trouble is i have alot of sites Bookmarked on FF and also many passwords,which could take some time to transfer over to Chrome,of course i would still prefer to use FF but if i cannot use it then its not a major problem as such its just the fact that i dont want to loose all my site and passwords that are stored.

Any suggestions ??? it appears to be a blue screen of depth related to memory dump issues or related problems,when i log onto FF you can hear the cooling fan increase in speed and also the harddrive starting to work overdrive.

Thanks

MB

Check out: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/products/firefox/fix-problems

You can normally import favourites from one browsers to another. Maybe reinstalling Firefox might work

Also I would strongly recommend that you store your passwords on an external medium (Floppy, USB stick, flash drive etc) and not on the hard drive of your PC. There is lots of malware / spyware software out there which can seek out stored passwords and XP is not now the most secure platform.
Blue screen on old machines can be related to a RAM fault and the increase in fan speed / hard drive activity is the PC trying to find space on the hard drive to use as memory. Might be worth running the diagnostic software on the CRUCIAL website (I think Microsoft also have this software) to find out if you have a RAM fault.

new computer will be here friday,so wont be off line,once i have added all the bookmarks to the new computer then i plan on installing linux as a backup machine and for testing purposes.

Once again many thanks for all your suggestions

'XP' - spend some money you tight wad!

You might need to replace some of these as well! :-))

nothing wrong with xp......... you save your money Mega bucks.,.

skinny,i was lucky i did find the combination lock on my wallet at last,was not aware how expensive computers are these days,as you can tell i hate spending money,prehaps i should change my username to 'tight as a ducks @rse'

Baler,glad i am not the only one who still thinks XP is a great OS,went for Win7 in the end,that was the gut wrencher for me £75 for Win7 all my XP had been free :o)

Got to find a dark room to lie down again,spending money is not good for me.

Mega Bucks, do try and relax, you should take comfort that your 'new' Win 7 will be OK for a couple of years..LOL
Try not not be tempted with Win 8...not my favourite browser.

Seq,

I have run aVG for 8 plus years. (Paid version as I thought the free kept me out of trouble and I owed them something.) (Not usually generous.)

I switched Defender off as I thought is slowed my Windows 7 down.

No problems.

But regularly run CCleaner and Reg Cleaner.

I store all my passwords using 'Lastpass'. For one machine it's free, and you nly need to remember one master password. I think it's so brilliant that I've paid the $12 annual fee for the mobile / tablet version.

I store mine in a passworded excel spreadsheet on a memory stick.

I put them in a protected Word file and include a logo of the website against each password! Of course, backed up frequently.

I also use Last Pass.

However, I think it does have a weakness, in that it 'automatically logs you in' to certain web sites whan you use the Last Pass Vault tool to launch a new browser. The Last Pass Vault user does have a master password (MP) to allow access to the vault but one can tend to set the MP to leave the vault accessible for a period of time of several hours. Leave the machine during this time and someone else can easily access the vault instead of the user.

I also use KeePass

I cannot believe that I actually have 319 different entries on it. I guerss that is why one needs such a tool! Of these I would reckon 300 out of the 319 could easily be slung.

Having described the weakness of Last Pass above, one can also leave KeePass open for others to have access in much of a similar manner.

With any Password Robotic Assister one also has to use a certain amount of personal discipline.

It is far better to devise a personal password generating technique that is a technique for any and every site.

This will tell you what I mean: http://www.wikihow.com/Create-a-Password-You-Can-Remember

Password protected Word and Excel files offer no protection. They only stop casual viewers. You can break the protection in a few seconds via lots of free and paid for crackers. They don't crack the password, they just disable the protection. I have tried it myself as I used to hold passwords in a password protected Word file.

I record my passwords on paper with a pen so not a chance of an electronic security breach, and before you think what about a break-in just remember to put the A4 in your pocket when you go out.. and dress like a tramp i.e. like Alf/Cynic so less chance of a mugging -):

But can you find my memory stick! :-)

I hold passwords on an email sent to an external email account like yahoo, gmail, hotmail etc. To find them, someone would need to know the password of the email and potentially read hundreds of my emails with the actual one not being obvious with a general subject.