Firefox Crashes all day long 7.0.1

Any idea why Firefox 7.0.1 crashes all day long? I recently rebuilt my Dell desktop with XP, installed all the updates and installed the new 7.0.1 and it crashes all the time. I receive a message that reads, " Were Sorry, but Firefox crashed, do you want to restore the sessions?" Prior to rebuilding my machine, I ran Firefox 3.6 and it was flawless. It's getting to the point where I don't want to use it.
Thank you,
Brimis

 

Does it still crash if it's started in safe mode (see How to start Firefox in Safe Mode)?

 

Upgrade to FF 8. Its in beta but much better than FF 7.

 

And, there is nothing wrong using 3.6.23. In fact, I use all three Firefoxes mentioned about, installed in different folders, and each using a different profile. They have not given me any problem. Firefox 7.01 has been extremely stable, for me.

 

Firefox 7 gave me so many problems I switched to google's chrome. I still had to delete a bunch of add ons as my machine is older & slower.

 

I have to admit to having had a few issues with FF 7 but 8 beta has been rock solid.

 

This makes me think. There have been significant changes to the computer. In addition, nothing is said if 7.01 was used prior to the rebuild (whatever that means, I am not sure, but if 3.6.x was used before, and the same profile was used, later for 7.01, it is looking for trouble. I have had some problems described in the original post, with Seamonkey2.4.1, which is my default program. After struggling for several hours, I found out that an external program was affecting the mail part of Seamonkey. And, it was hanging, rather than crashing. I used System Mechanic, a program which looks at all aspect of my computer. Almost everything was bad, but only in Seamonkey, not the individual browser (Firefox), not mail (Thunderbird). I was getting the Restore session popup, only when I had to do a hard shutdown, after prolonged hanging.
But, in my case, prior to this glitch, all browsers were working fine.

 

None of my hardware had changed it was all FF and it was the same for my partner on the same network, will try FF 8, altho Chrome is pretty good. I DO need new hardware! My laptop is 5+ years old and I would dearly love to have bigger and faster. Regardless, will upgrade to beta 8 (saw beta and thought I'd wait, but I am familiar w/FF and have always like it so...) Thanks for all the input.

 

By the way, I, never, implied that there were changes to the computer. In fact, I mentioned

, which is the most common source of problems.
My computer is, nearly, eight years old, and, I, surely, need new hardware. But my programs work ok, even though I need to give some a swift kick.
Remember that it could be something as simple as rebuilding your profile.

 

I have FF 7.0.1, 8.0b5, and 9.0a2 installed, all using separate but identical profiles, but have settled on 9.0a2 as my default browser. Even with 19 extensions installed, it's rock solid ... I've been using it ever since it came out and haven't had a single problem with it. The only reason I keep the other two installed is just in case something DOES go wrong.

 

Jim,
so are you using the same profile for all three? Not three identical copies of the same profile? I have been using different profiles, only, because in the old days of Netscape, changes were so extreme that it was impossible to use the same profile with two different versions. Good to know.
I stick to different versions only because I prefer 3.2.23 over the newer versions, which are, pretty much alike.

 

Westside ...

Three separate, but identical, profiles. If I make changes to the 9.0a2 profile (my primary one), I simply delete the contents of the 7.01 and 8.0b5 profile folders and copy over the contents of the 9.0a2 profile folder.

 

Pretty sure this thread is dead guys, we're still waiting for brimis's response to my first question. To be honest I don't think discussing Beta or Alpha versions belongs in this thread.

 

Wildfire ...

You're right, of course. Didn't mean to hijack the thread, but it happens.

I suspect the problem mentioned in the OP is profile related.

 

FireFox works well for me. I have had the "sorry, but Firefox has crashed..." message, but I thought that it is probably not FF, as suggested, consider an add-on, you've run out of memory, a program is trying to manipulate it.

Have you tried uninstalling and reinstalling it?

Did you get a good set of drivers from Dell?

Does another browser work without problem (like IE)?

Matt

 

I wasted a lot of time, yesterday and today, with Seamonkey 2.4.1 locking up, so that I had to close, only to find the session restore, and on and on. The answer was interesting, though unexpected. I could not use, at all Seamonkey without freezing, and I tried three different profiles, and did a clean install, to no avail. Yesterday, I found out that Thunderbird was giving me multiple downloads of the same email, and deleting the .msf file accomplished nothing. This morning, I decided to open Seamonkey, and ignore it for a long time. When I went back, it did not freeze, and opening email, I found out that there were thirteen copies of a single email, which had several photo attachments ( all raw one sized about 50x20 in, so enormous in size). Basically, the same email was being downloaded over and over, but I had not had the patience to complete the download, so it was starting all over. This happened with the same account which gave me multiple downloads in TB, except that Seamonkey focused on a single email.
My problem has nothing to do with the original question, since it deals with mail, but it is interesting to see such weirdness.

 

Not really Westside, likely a timout issue between server and client, you'll find the same happens with upteen email clients. As you say though totally unrelated to the original question.

 

Sorry for taking up space. Such problem has, never, happened, before, and I thought that it may be interesting to relate. Surely, I did not have a browser crashing, but a suite freezing, regardless if I was in mail or browser, or, even looking at my Preferences/Options

 

To continue with the hijacked part of the thread (sorry 'bout that wildfire ), Westside, since you use both FF and TB, I really don't understand why you persist in using SM as well. Do you use any any of its additional components besides the browser and email?

I gave up on the suite idea years ago, when Netscape no longer satisfied my needs and FF and TB were introduced. Because I have no need for what I consider to be extraneous "features ", I found that separate browser and email clients worked much better for me than the suite did ... also, I think there's probably far less chance of data loss.

I'm sure that there must be those who do use SM's additional components but, for the average user, I think it's overkill. I'm happy with using just FF and TB.

 

Different strokes for different folks, Jim. Like you, I too abandoned the suite some time back (Netscape 9 and Opera 7). Oh... I've had SM on my computer for short periods of time but having made the switch some time back to FF/TB and Chrome, SM and Opera felt old... they felt like yesterday's answer to communication and browsing the web. And there's no doubt that most people feel the same way, given the miniscule adoption of these suites by users. Still... there are some who still prefer them and that's their privilege... particularly if they make use of the "extra" features provided by these suites (although I've a feeling that most only use the browser and e-mail functions). It's a testament to our all being different. I like Toyotas but my neighbor prefers Hondas.