294782 - Updating to Firefox version 1.0.4 creates total failure of the Firefox program.

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(Toolkit :: Application Update, defect)

Description

[Lonnie]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; SV1; .NET CLR 1.1.4322)
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.8) Gecko/20050511 Firefox/1.0.4

After installing Firefox 1.0.4 from the 'critical update button' on the 
Firefox toolbar and after working with several Mozilla Firefox versions 
uneventful for over one year, downloading Firefox 1.0.4 yesterday (18 May 
2005) prevents me from using the program any longer. When initiating Firefox 
from the installation program, start menu, or any other method which would 
start my default web browser (Firefox), I only receive the Alert message: "The 
operation timed out when trying to contact ...".

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Initiate Firefox Web Browser in any usual manner (Installation program, 
Start Menu, etc.).
2.
3.

Actual Results:  
Alert message: "The operation timed out when trying to contact ...".

Expected Results:  
Open to home website or any other page requested - including mozilla.org 
website.

I have uninstalled and reinstalled Mozilla Firefox from the Add/Remove 
Programs section of the Control Panel several times. I have shutdown and 
restarted my computer with and without Firefox installed and either restarted 
or reinstalled Firefox. Microsoft IE 6.0 has been operable through all of my 
attempts to update Firefox.

Comment 1

[:Gavin Sharp [email: [e-mail]]]

Have you tried adjusting your firewall to allow Firefox access to the internet?

Comment 2

[Jo Hermans]

Reporter it's your firewall that is blocking the new firefox-version. 

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