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Firefox on Vista

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  • Started 5 months ago by heyden
  • Latest reply from GuiltySpark
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heyden
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I need to run a program off of a disk, the program opens but I get a message that says that my firewall is preventing firefox from opening, I disabled my windows firewall, any suggestions? Thanks

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GuiltySpark
GuiltySpark
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Hi heyden ,

Welcome to HTG ,

What's the name of the program ?

Also, do you mean Disc ?

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heyden
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Thanks for the quick response.
It is a CD that contains a wealth of programs, D_Slax 1.6 is the title. It is an evaluation program from her employer to see if her laptop can handle their software. There is limited/no IT assistance available.
I opened the CD and it ran the evaluation including replacing her current desktop, the message said that everything was ok except that my firewall was preventing firefox from opening.

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GuiltySpark
GuiltySpark
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This is the part that worries me "...including replacing her current desktop".

Did the New desktop come with FF or did you have to install that separately ?

Have you tried IE browser ? What happens ?

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heyden
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FF is not installed on the computer and IE is working. The CD is supposed to check if her laptop could support these programs. I am going to check it another computer. I will check with her co-workers to see if they have had the same problems.
Thanks for your help

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GuiltySpark
GuiltySpark
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If FF is not installed on the computer then it will not/can not open no matter what.

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