# \*\*warning To All Firefox Users\*\* **URL:** \ **Category:** Uncategorized\ **Created:** [June 17, 2004, 3:52am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/warning-to-all-firefox-users/113354 "2004-06-17T03:52:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mdipi](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/mdipi/32/49_2.png) [@mdipi](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/mdipi)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2004, 3:52am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/warning-to-all-firefox-users/113354/1 "2004-06-17T03:52:01Z")
Hey guys- For those of you who have not yet installed 0.9 of FireFox you might want to backup before you do. Some people have reported cases while upgrading that their systems have locked up, then upon restart it exicuted an infinate loop sucking all system resources until all of the programs crashed. Some users have had to nuke their HDD because of this. [http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-ports/2003-April/000233.html](http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-ports/2003-April/000233.html) That is the exact same problem that others have experienced with this version of FireFox. -Mike ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2004, 3:53am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/warning-to-all-firefox-users/113354/2 "2004-06-17T03:53:55Z")
i haven’t had that problem thankfully ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2004, 4:02am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/warning-to-all-firefox-users/113354/3 "2004-06-17T04:02:42Z")
There goes all chances of me switching to Firefox. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2004, 4:07am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/warning-to-all-firefox-users/113354/4 "2004-06-17T04:07:19Z")
i just switched and its fine… ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2004, 4:16am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/warning-to-all-firefox-users/113354/5 "2004-06-17T04:16:50Z")
Yea, but it seems like if I try to switch to something, it always ends up messing up somehow. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2004, 4:19am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/warning-to-all-firefox-users/113354/6 "2004-06-17T04:19:25Z")
that’s for mozilla 1.3.2(on a freebsd system, too), not firefox 0.9. I haven’t seen anyone having a lockup problem with firefox ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2004, 4:24am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/warning-to-all-firefox-users/113354/7 "2004-06-17T04:24:49Z")
No probs here… or on my bros computer, or on my girlfriends computer… ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2004, 4:47am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/warning-to-all-firefox-users/113354/8 "2004-06-17T04:47:51Z")
yea delete this un-nessicary thread, well need to promote not demote non-microsoft products! micro$oft isnt actually the answer, so many alternatives that are just as good if not BETTER are available for free! ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2004, 4:50am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/warning-to-all-firefox-users/113354/9 "2004-06-17T04:50:36Z")
Eze: I use FireFox on two OSes, I am just making people aware. Dropkick: It just happend to my friend upgrading from FireFox 0.8 to 0.9 and running Winblows XP Pro. Although it is an outdated artical, the problem still has showed up again. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2004, 4:52am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/warning-to-all-firefox-users/113354/10 "2004-06-17T04:52:18Z")
this happend to my friend. Neverrain. owner of [neverrain.net](http://neverrain.net) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2004, 4:54am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/warning-to-all-firefox-users/113354/11 "2004-06-17T04:54:16Z")
yes he was useing windows firefox 0.9 thank god i only use and love 0.8 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2004, 4:56am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/warning-to-all-firefox-users/113354/12 "2004-06-17T04:56:35Z")
I didn’t have that problem. However, when I installed 0.9 I lost all my bookmarks and preferences. ☹ So far it’s just been me though, so I’m willing to bet I did something dumb that I didn’t notice. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2004, 4:57am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/warning-to-all-firefox-users/113354/13 "2004-06-17T04:57:38Z")
> [@hificopymaster](#): > > I didn’t have that problem. However, when I installed 0.9 I lost all my bookmarks and preferences. ☹ So far it’s just been me though, so I’m willing to bet I did something dumb that I didn’t notice. odd it tasked me if i wanted to import my bookmarks ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2004, 4:59am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/warning-to-all-firefox-users/113354/14 "2004-06-17T04:59:26Z")
> [@Digitalosophy](#): > > odd it tasked me if i wanted to import my bookmarks It just did it for me :-/ ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2004, 5:03am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/warning-to-all-firefox-users/113354/15 "2004-06-17T05:03:26Z")
same:P hmm oh well ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2004, 6:58am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/warning-to-all-firefox-users/113354/16 "2004-06-17T06:58:30Z")
> [@Krilnon](#): > > There goes all chances of me switching to Firefox. yet you are not afraid of using Internet Explorer. Tooooooo Funny! ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2004, 11:40am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/warning-to-all-firefox-users/113354/17 "2004-06-17T11:40:14Z")
gah im afraid to upgrade…maybe ill just wait till ten…yeah, now that i think of it, 8 is looking pretty…um…safe? right now. ; D ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2004, 11:44am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/warning-to-all-firefox-users/113354/18 "2004-06-17T11:44:35Z")
\*\*\*\* I though this had something to do with that old CE movie. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2004, 2:21pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/warning-to-all-firefox-users/113354/19 "2004-06-17T14:21:32Z")
> [@reverendflash](#): > > yet you are not afraid of using Internet Explorer. > > Tooooooo Funny! Exactly what I was thinking 🙂 And concerning the bookmarks, it looks like the profile are not handled the same way they were handled in 0.8. But it seems that launching Firefox with the parameter “-p” lets you choose the profile directory (I haven’t tried that). ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2004, 3:18pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/warning-to-all-firefox-users/113354/20 "2004-06-17T15:18:16Z")
**Didn’t happen to me** It says mozilla not firefox :S [Next page](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/warning-to-all-firefox-users/113354.md?page=2)