-=PCTechTalk=- Re: Strange Problems with FF, IE and Shutdown

  • From: Steve Aiello <deacondeamon@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Mon, 4 May 2009 18:27:19 -0400

Thanks Bob.  I may have to do another reformat, Don;t want to as it takes
about 6 1/2 hours from the time I start to the time I got most of what I
want on and what I'm don;t want off.
I did try a system restore  and got a falure notice as some files could not
be restored.
Steve
On Mon, May 4, 2009 at 4:26 PM, Bob T <n4aoj@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Steve, I had the same problem, but I do not have PC Tool firewall, I think
> it is a Firefox problem as it was aft an update.  I did a system restore
> and
> it is gone.  Fingers crossed.
> Bob T
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Steve Aiello" <deacondeamon@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: "PCTT" <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, May 04, 2009 1:36 PM
> Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Strange Problems with FF, IE and Shutdown
>
>
> > Couple of weeks ago a got a pop-up saying a new version of pc tools
> > firewall
> > was available. After checking with the site to make sure it was real. I
> > downloaded and installed it. That's when my problems started.
> > HP G60 Note book, running Vista home premium w/sp1, 3 gigs of ram an AMD
> > Turion X2 cpu, a 150 gig hard drive with 138 gigs free.
> > It seems that most of the time after I close FF and then go to reopen it,
> > ithout having shut down, I get a firefox already running error.  When I
> > open
> > the task manager it says it's closed. But untill I restart FF will not
> > open.  At first I was thinking it was a corpupted d/l so I d/l it from
> > there
> > site. No chang in it's behavour.
> > Next IE started acting up. It would freeze or just sit there and not load
> > any site.When it didn't freeze if you stopped the page change and tried
> to
> > go to another page it would just site there and nothing would happen.
> >
> >  When all this starts happening the unit will not shutdown on it's own.
> > You
> > have to do a hard shutdown, holding down the power button.
> > Did a reformat the middle of last week to try to solve the problem, no
> > luck.
> >
> > Anybody have any other ideas?
> >
> > Steve
> > PEACE,
> > LOVE AND THE DOVE
> >
> >
>
>


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