Firefox 3.6.12 and W7 64bit

[curious]

When I installed W7 64bit and then firefox 3.6.12 lots of problems started to appear.
I could not reply to email's in gmail, and could not post on certain forums!
Several other things didn't play nicely, flash, adobe reader....etc etc.

This got so annoying that I uninstalled Firefox 3.6.12 and got Firefox 3.6.12 portable and everything works great. But cannot set FF as default browser.

When Firefox was doing this I could do everything I needed in IE8, but I do not like IE8 or any IE for that matter.

Is there any way of getting Firefox to play nicely with W7 64bit?

Or is there another browser that does?

Thanks

 

[Bugsy]

Just check you have all your drivers installed an upto date, i have firefox 3.6.12 on 64Bit works great.

go to device manager see whats happening there, re - install firefox.

make sure you have done all updates via windows update too!!

 

[Elmer BeFuddled]

FF 3.6.12 OK here as well on 64 bit.

 

[curious]

Thanks for the replies.

I had my original active boot image saved and now I'm going to it again.

The image I am using was made after things were installed.

Hopefully things will be okay.

Thanks

 

[TrainableMan]

It may also be an issue with an add-in. I'm not running .12 but I know with NoScript installed I often have functions (buttons, links, etc) that will not work until I allow the page.

 

[Bugsy]

Thats a good point by Trainableman, i found it a pain and disabled and uninstalled NoScript found it too much hassle.

 

[Nibiru2012]

NoScript in not a very good or user friendly add-on that's for sure. I tried it for about 3 hours a month or so ago and hate it immensely.

 

[Bugsy]

LOL totally agree

 

[Elmer BeFuddled]

Yeah, I found No Script a bit "harsh" as well.

 

[TrainableMan]

I've been using it since I first install Firefox. But really my point was more that an add-in could be causing the symptoms the OP is seeing, not specifically this one.