613890 - comupter gives error upon opening firefox. then firefox is unstable.

Status: RESOLVED INCOMPLETE

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

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User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.4) Gecko/20100520 Firefox/3.6.4 Wyzo/3.6.4.1 XTR
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.4) Gecko/20100520 Firefox/3.6.4 Wyzo/3.6.4.1 XTR

the error upon openning firefox says,
Could not initialize the application's security component. The most likely cause is problems with files in your application's profile directory. Please check that this directory has no read/write restrictions and your hard disk is not full or close to full. It is recommended that you exit the application and fix the problem. If you continue to use this session, you might see incorrect application behaviour when accessing security features. (I have enough memory,the adobe 9.0 reader fails too.)

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Run firefox.
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Actual Results:  
Error:
Could not initialize the application's security component. The most likely cause is problems with files in your application's profile directory. Please check that this directory has no read/write restrictions and your hard disk is not full or close to full. It is recommended that you exit the application and fix the problem. If you continue to use this session, you might see incorrect application behaviour when accessing security features.

Expected Results:  
Unstable fire fox and the computer.

Comment 1

[Daniel Veditz [:dveditz]]

Several configuration problems can lead to this problem. Please see the articles on our support site or use our forums there to ask for help. http://support.mozilla.com/