-=PCTechTalk=- Re: Firefox error
- From: Terry from Montana <wannalearn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2008 06:12:15 -0700
Here's some new info, no error messages when loading secure (https) pages.
The flash update seemed to go okay, said it was successful, but Media
Player said there was an error and Media player could not be installed
but it seemed to have been, it updated the Version number. Incidentally,
I always get an error message when opening some pictures, it says the
file cannot be found, but it opens it anyway.
Right now I'm not feeling focused enough to follow your instructions,
but will probably try later today.
Here's some new info, no error messages when loading secure (https) pages.
GMan wrote:
> Hi Terry,
> While nothing in particular jumps right out at me, I am very aware of a
> Flash issue that is causing numerous problems for folks under varying
> conditions and your situation may be related. I'll provide details on it
> below the rest of this reply.
>
> Other than the Flash issue below, I can only imagine you have at least
> two extensions that are not getting along well. Have you recently added any
> extensions to Firefox or was there an update to any of them just before this
> problem started? If so, try disabling them all and then enabling just one
> at a time until the problem returns. Once that happens, disable all but the
> last one that brought back the problem and then see if it causes it by
> itself. If not, start enabling one at a time until the problem returns
> again. When it does, you'll know that the first and last extensions are the
> ones not cooperating and may need to seek a replacement for at least one of
> those. Of course, if the replacement causes the issue again, you'll want to
> try replacing the other instead. Yes, it's a lot of work and you'll have to
> try surfing to a page that you know will bring up the problem between each
> extension you enable, but the end result is worth the effort.
>
> If there were no extension updates or installs just prior to the first
> time this issue started, then it may be related to an add-on. The Firefox
> community uses the term add-on to describe browser extras like Media Player,
> Shockwave and Flash. These are not so much toolbar helpers as much as they
> are web page object enablers. If a web page calls for a multimedia file,
> these add-ons are called so that the object can be 'played'. If there's a
> problem with an add-on, all sorts of things can go bad and some of them will
> not seem related to the function of the add-on at all. Since you just
> updated Media Player and Shockwave, I would start by redoing that, just to
> make sure one of them wasn't somehow corrupted, either during the install or
> afterwards. If that still doesn't help, I would hope that the next
> paragraph brings your browser back to normal.
>
> Here's the info for getting Flash working optimally.
> (formerly made by Macromedia; now owned by Adobe)
> Well, all browsers use a multimedia add-on called Flash whenever a Flash
> oriented object is called by the page that's displaying. As new versions of
> Flash are released, the add-on will eventually update itself whenever newer
> Flash objects are called. In other words, if the object was made with
> Flash 6, your browser will first check to see if you already have version 6
> or above. If not, it'll first download the newer flash, install it and then
> finally render the object. The problem that's recently come up is that the
> newer versions will replace and files that are being updated, but it never
> removes any that are no longer needed. For whatever reason, version 8 (the
> latest one) is having problems doing what it does with at least one of the
> older files still hanging around. The only cure for this is to download a
> special Flash uninstaller that wipe out everything ever related to Flash,
> reboot and then install the latest version again. While I cannot say with
> any certainty that this will fix your issues, it will certainly fix any
> issues that are a direct result of this Flash problem. The links for
> downloading the two files are below.
>
> Uninstaller
> http://tinyurl.com/ngqro
>
> Adobe Flash Player 8
> http://tinyurl.com/2w264l
>
> Both of the links above are from this Adobe page
> http://tinyurl.com/ple8f
>
> If none of this helps, give us a yell and we'll look for another angle
> of attack. :O)
>
> Peace,
> GMan
> http://reddit.com
> "The only dumb questions are the ones we fail to ask!"
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Terry from Montana" <wannalearn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, January 11, 2008 3:41 PM
> Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Firefox error
>
>
>
>> Hi,
>> I'm running XP Media Center version 2002, Service pack 2 and have
>> recently updated Media player in Firefox version 2.0.0.11. Also updated
>> Shockwave.
>> Now I keep getting an error message, which used to appear sometimes when
>> starting Firefox with tabs from the last session. Now it happens
>> everytime I open Firefox, open a new tab/window or just click a link.
>> There are two error messages that appear each time, and possible some
>> other times that I cannot identify. These are the two messages:
>> TypeError: Fields(name) has no properties
>> TypeError: fild_name has no properties
>> Does anyone know what caused this or better yet, how to fix it? I'm
>> tired of having to ok these messages with every new page.
>>
>> Thanks for your time,
>> Terry from Montana
>>
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