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Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED

02/09/2008 12:06:38 PM · #1

I was playing Yahoo Games and Yahoo booted me, I had to reboot. Upon reboot Firefox "installed updates". Now when I try to use Firefox it says it can't establish a connection. I can access mozilla.org through IE, but Firefox is not connecting to the web.

Anyone else having this problem? Suggestions?

R.

alanfreed

Nikon Z9

02/09/2008 12:07:47 PM · #2

Hmph. A couple of our computers did an automatic FF update last night, but I haven't encountered any problems as a result of it.

strangeghost

Canon EOS-7D

Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon

02/09/2008 12:08:48 PM · #3

Originally posted by Bear_Music:

Clear cookies?

02/09/2008 12:14:26 PM · #4

Searching the FF knowledge base right now, will report back.

R.

Nikon AF-S Zoom-Nikkor 28-70mm f/2.8D IF-ED

02/09/2008 12:25:31 PM · #5

Nada... Clearing cookies did not help.

R.

Nald

Nikon D700

02/09/2008 12:26:08 PM · #6

Nope no problems here after applying updates. Sorry R.

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Carl Zeiss 50mm ZF f/1.4 Planar T

02/09/2008 12:30:50 PM · #7

Even did a complete reinstall of FF, same problem. Message I am getting is this:

Unable to connect

Firefox can't establish a connection to the server at www.dpchallenge.com.

* The site could be temporarily unavailable or too busy. Try again in a few
moments.

* If you are unable to load any pages, check your computer's network
connection.

* If your computer or network is protected by a firewall or proxy, make sure
that Firefox is permitted to access the Web.

Message edited by author 2008-02-09 12:31:18.

nikolaos

Nikon D200

02/09/2008 12:31:36 PM · #8

File -> Work offline?

Or, disable add-ons and if it works enable them one by one to find which caused the problem.

fotomann_forever

02/09/2008 12:34:39 PM · #9

Very temporarily turn off Windows firewall and go only to a trusted site like DPC and see if it works. If so, Windows firewall is blocking Firefox, if not... next problem.

Remember to turn the firewall back on.

02/09/2008 12:56:47 PM · #10

Originally posted by nikolaos:

File -> Work offline?

Or, disable add-ons and if it works enable them one by one to find which caused the problem.

Work Offline is not checked. I haven't looked at add-ons yet.

R.

Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon

02/09/2008 12:57:32 PM · #11

Originally posted by fotomann_forever:

How do I turn off Windows Firewall? This is an XP machine for what tworth...

R.

SamDoe1

Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT

02/09/2008 12:58:05 PM · #12

Originally posted by Bear_Music:

Originally posted by fotomann_forever:
Very temporarily turn off Windows firewall and go only to a trusted site like DPC and see if it works. If so, Windows firewall is blocking Firefox, if not... next problem.

Remember to turn the firewall back on.

How do I turn off Windows Firewall? This is an XP machine for what tworth...

R.

Control Panel > windows firewall > disable

02/09/2008 01:01:46 PM · #13

The worst of it is, I access my mail through My Yahoo and My Yahoo is freezing up when I try to do that. I can see the previews but when I click to go to mail then it just starts working and won't even let me close the tab.

That's in Internet Explorer, of course, which I am having to use right now.

R.

Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon

02/09/2008 01:03:35 PM · #14

Originally posted by SamDoe1:

Originally posted by Bear_Music:

Originally posted by fotomann_forever:
Very temporarily turn off Windows firewall and go only to a trusted site like DPC and see if it works. If so, Windows firewall is blocking Firefox, if not... next problem.

Remember to turn the firewall back on.

How do I turn off Windows Firewall? This is an XP machine for what tworth...

R.

Control Panel > windows firewall > disable

Oddly enough, Windows Firewall was not on. Turning it on makes no difference as far as FF is concerned..

R.

SamDoe1

Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT

02/09/2008 01:11:20 PM · #15

Do you have any other kind of firewall running on your computer? Zone Alarm is a fairly popular one for example. It's strange that it won't work even with a fresh install. I'm just going to assume you've tried the reboot already. Maybe try downgrading to the last available version of Firefox and see if that works for you.

Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM

02/09/2008 01:12:17 PM · #16

Originally posted by SamDoe1:

No third-party firewall, nope.

R.

MelonMusketeer

Nikon D7000

Nikon MF 50mm f/1.4

02/09/2008 01:13:03 PM · #17

If you have phone line DSl with the modem box, try switching the modem off for a minute, then restart the modem and the computer..
It may be a fluke and your ethernet cable connection at one end or the other is not working well enough. I got the same message one time and that was the fix.

Message edited by author 2008-02-09 13:14:58.

Kari48

Google Pixel 8

02/09/2008 01:18:40 PM · #18

Sometimes when I forget to turn off my Proxy settings from work I get that error.

Try checking to make sure a PROXY didn't get turned on by accident.
Tools > Options > Advanced > Network > Connection > Settings

Most likely should be set to Direct Connection if you are using a home broadband connection.

Brad

Olympus OM-D E-M1

Olympus 40-150mm f/2.8 PRO M.Zuiko

02/09/2008 01:20:18 PM · #19

Yup. Heard of this happening to others as well.
From Mozilla's page:

If your Mozilla application can't connect but other programs such as Internet Explorer can...

Connection settings

Make sure your connection settings are correct. If you have Internet Explorer and it works, compare Internet Explorer's connection settings (e.g., Control Panel -> Internet Options -> Connections: LAN) to those of Firefox (Tools -> Options -> Advanced -> Network -> Connection Settings) or Mozilla Suite (Edit -> Preferences -> Advanced -> Proxies).

If your Firefox or Mozilla Suite connection settings are not correct but any changes you try to make are not saved after restarting the application, make sure you don't have a utility program such as "Hide IP Platinum" that modifies your connection settings. Even if the utility is no longer installed, the user.js file may still contain the modified settings [1]. To resolve this problem, open the profile folder and look for a user.js file. If found, either remove the user.js file or edit it to remove any "proxy" settings it may contain as outlined here, then reset the connection settings.

Dantzr

Pentax K-x

02/09/2008 01:25:21 PM · #20

Bear... Went into the Mozilla Forums and looked around. You are obviously NOT alone. Found these three ideas to try out.

"Download and run Trolly's enumprocess program. Programs that are recognized as firewalls are shown in red. Or post the results.

Sometimes incompatible extensions or a corrupted profile prevent Fx from running after an update. You can check this by starting Fx in safe mode or if that doesn't work, creating a new profile.

Also see //kb.mozillazine.org/Error_loading_any_website . If you press Ctrl-Alt-Delete and start the Task Manager, on the Processes tab you will find vsmon.exe. That's your firewall."

And...check your Virus program. Sometimes (especially icky norton) will see this as a virus and, not unlike a firewall, will say"uh-unh"

Good luck. When I get a few more minutes, I will look for more!

Yo_Spiff

Olympus OM-D E-M5 Mark III

Olympus 12-100mm f/4.0 M.Zuiko ED IS PRO

02/09/2008 01:31:48 PM · #21

I had that happen briefly, but only once the other day. It was a DNS error, and has worked fine since. Probably nor related to your issue. A few add-ins I have on fierefox do regular updates as well. Do you have any security related extensions like NoScript that may be blocking things?

also check the proxy settings in FF. If it is trying to access via a nonexistent proxy server, you would have such a problem.

Message edited by author 2008-02-09 13:33:12.

02/09/2008 02:52:16 PM · #22

It was Norton, for some reason. Norton had turned itself off, oddly enough. When I turned it back on it prompted me to update System Works, and then upon reboot Firefox came back. For now, at least...

R.