Hi, Douglas.
Always good to hear from someone who "had that problem and fixed it" !
Thanks for posting it.
rogerX
--- In simplycomputers2@yahoogroups.com, Douglas Hill <hamlin53@...> wrote:
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> Just putting in my 2 cents. I had the same problem with Firefox. The new 6.0 was downloading but I also knew it was going to do more damage to toolbars and add ons from previous study. I could not stop the download so I turned off my computer. When I rebooted, my firefox desktop icon completely vanished along with all information that was with it such as 600+ bookmarks. I tried to log on and got an immediate, abrupt error stating that there was "No Longer An Entry Point To The Internet." After the initial panic, I went to Opera and googled the different versions of Firefox. It was a little tricky, but I finally found a download for 5.0. Firefox only wanted to download 6.0. After I reinstalled 5.0(System Restore was no good) everything came back. I ignored the prompts until I was sure the proper patches had been applied to the 6.0 version. I have now downloaded the 6.0.1 version with no problems of any kind. I know I do not have one tenth of the knowledge of many of your pros in this room, but I like to try to help or contribute in any way I can. If my information is incorrect, I am sure that someone will enlighten me as to what needs to be done. I appreciate all the help this group has given me when I really need it.
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: RogerX19
> To: simplycomputers2@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Fri, 2 Sep 2011 05:21:56 +0200 (CEST)
> Subject: [Simply Computers] Re: Firefox
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> Don,
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> If a System Restore does not fix it, you may have a damaged
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> "winsock layer", which is a Windows Networking function that all programs access when trying to connect to the Internet.
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> You can try the free WinSockFix, downloadable here:
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> http://www.softpedia.com/progDownload/WinSockFix-Download-15337.html
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> Be sure to click on the "Softpedia Mirror (US)", not one of the ads!
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> rogerX
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> --- In simplycomputers2@yahoogroups.com, "vincentwinterling" <vwinterling@> wrote:
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> > Try doing a system restore.
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> > --- In simplycomputers2@yahoogroups.com, Don Wagner <drwinv@> wrote:
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> > > Hi,
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> > > My desktop computer started a download of a "firefox" update.
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> > > The computer was shut down before the update was complete.
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> > > Now I can't access the internet with any program.
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> > > I'm writing this on a laptop.
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> > > How can I down load any browser if I can't access the "net"?
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> > > Thanks,
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> > > Don
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