Robby wrote:
Yank, I really appreciate all your efforts on this. And, I have posted -- several times -- all of my specs on what I'm using: Win XP SP3, NIS 2012, FF 14.0.1, etc, etc.. [Gets a little tiresome to have to do this over-and-over again, each time I get moved to a new Board b/c my problem won't get solved.]
Thanks for the info and I am sorry for not remembering it- but I also visit many threads and can't remember everyone's systems.
As for the other things: I'd try most of them.
I tired to explain that this exact order must be followed and has prioven successful in the past. So although each was tried at one point in tme - they were not all tried together in the exact order they are listed.
But I'm just not willing to Uninstall NIS ( use NRT) -- which also removes my GHOST 15 and NU 15 -- then reinstall them all again, re-run to establish base-lines, etc. Too much of a hassle, esp with all the huge LU's, etc. And, seems like something always goes "wrong" on these new installs, leading to more-and-more problems.
There is no mention of running the Norton Removal Tool - as a matter of fact I did say "do not run the NRT as you'll want to keep your Identitiy Safe and other settings". I know what a hassle it is having to reinstall all your other Norton programs. Also the downloads I linked to are the latest versions of the programs and although require liveupdates, it is not the same as having to run all the liveupdates from an older download/CD. I do try to make this procedure as short, complete, and as risk free as possible.
Spent *way* too much time on this issue anyway. I'll just "live with it" for the time being -- or more properly, "live without it" (Norton Toolbar). If I get hit with too many bad web-sites I'll switch to Norton Safe Search (which has the "Green Checks," but not the good search options Google has).
Or, if that doesn't work, go to IE8, which now has the newest Toolbar.
As I've said before, recently (on some Board -- I've been to so many), this problem has happened to me several times over the years. Usually it gets "fixed" somehow, with later versions of FF, Windows updates, NIS updates, etc. I'll hope for similar results this time.
I know you have been having problems with the last few FF updates, and as I suggested above, perhaps if you would put FF back to the default location rather than a custom one - it may fix you future problems. If you try it and it doesn;t affect the outcome, then you can always move it back - just trying to eliminate it as a possibility.
Again, much thanks to all who have helped.
You are very welcome.
Robby
