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XP,Firefox and Yahoo webmail
25-02-2011 12:40 PM
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Set my wife up with a webmail account some weeks ago.She was using it without issues via Firefox. Then earlier in the week when she clicks on sign in button, Firefox hangs for ever!! altho' it hasn't crashed
I've tried deleting and reloading Firefox,switching off the firewall,changing AV product (MS Security Essentials to Avast free) = nothing works!!
I can still access her web mail thru other PCs on the network so its not router related.
Any suggestions gratefully received.
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25-02-2011 12:42 PM
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25-02-2011 12:46 PM
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Also ran a full scan with Malwarebytes Malware scanner - nothing found.
Also done a system restore back a week - no joy.
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25-02-2011 12:55 PM
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I use BT Yahoo webmail with no problems using FF or IE.
Re: XP,Firefox and Yahoo webmail
25-02-2011 1:19 PM
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I'm beginning to think thats its to do with XP - God knows what - but the fact that I can sign on using two Vista machines suggests that its nothing to do with Yahoo either.
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25-02-2011 2:08 PM
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If you can't even get to the sign on page it sounds this has been blocked by a security setting or AV.
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25-02-2011 2:50 PM
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Quote from: davidj60 Its not specific to the email account - I can't even get to the sign on page!
What is the URL you are having trouble with?
You could also try running Ccleaner...
http://www.piriform.com/ccleaner
Re: XP,Firefox and Yahoo webmail
25-02-2011 4:05 PM
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I've now done a restore to an even earlier date ....but that seems to be leading me deeper into the s**t!
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25-02-2011 4:15 PM
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25-02-2011 4:15 PM
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Try clearing history and other data in FF. Tools/Clear recent History.
I would also recommend running ccleaner. Also what about the old IT Support favourite...turn your machine off and on again?
Another idea - try using www.yahoo.com. Then choose Mail on the left and it should redirect to your usual mail page.
Re: XP,Firefox and Yahoo webmail
25-02-2011 4:45 PM
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Tried all your suggestions in order ...but none worked ...even reinstalled Firefox again BUT the dodge of opening www.yahoo.com (and declining the UK page) followed by mail actually finally got me to a log in page!!!
God knows why this worked when everything else failed....but thanks
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