I installed Mozilla Firefox 1.0.6 a couple of days ago because I'm sick of IE. Everything has been great except when I try to download sets at MS. The password seems ok but I never get the save box that I use to get using IE.

Any ideas?

Thanks in advance

check your popup blocker settings.

Tools, Options, Web Features, Allowed Sites (next to Block Popups), and add [url]www.mercurynation.com[/url] to the list.

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Thanks, that was it...

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Wait, seems like that was not the problem. I've also tried disabling the whole pop-up blocker and still don't get it. Any other ideas?

do you see the popup window appear?

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nop

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After putting the password and clicking ok, the window refreshes and gets stuck saying "Transfering data from 127.0.0..." at the bottom left.

are you connecting to the net via a proxy or through another computer on your home network?

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I'm connecting through a Wireless Modem (Linksys)

you've never had this problem with Internet Explorer?

Try this:[list=1][]right-click on your Firefox shortcut and go to properties. []In the Target field, add [b]/P[/b] to the end after the quotes. It should look something like this: [i]"C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" /P[/i] []Click [b]OK[/b] []Run the Firefox shortcut that you just changed []Click the [b]Create Profile[/b] button []Click the [b]Next[/b] button []Type [b]Test[/b] as the profile name and click [b]Finish[/b] []Single-click [b]Test[/b] and click the [b]Start Firefox[/b] button.[/list] Log in to MercuryNation and try downloading a set. Let me know if this works. Also follow the first step to remove the [b]/P[/b].

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Sjould the Create Profile button appear within the Properties window of the Fire Fox shortcut? I can't find it...

Thank you much for the help picklemonkey

sorry. I updated the instructions above.

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I followed the instructions and tried to download again with no luck. I noticed that in options the block pop-ups was selected so I tried disabling it, but still wouldn't work.

Hope you still have some ideas, thanks again.

:?

I don't know what else to try. the steps i had you go through above would have given you a fresh, vanilla firefox configuration. it should've worked...

does it work with Internet Explorer? sounds like an issue with something outside of firefox... like your hosts file or something

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Good call picklemonkey, is not working with IE neither :( . I guess I'm screwed...

Windows XP or 2000?

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Did you maybe install Service Pack 2, a Norton Product or Google Toolbar or something like this recently? Sounds like the typical pop up blocker error to me....

those wouldn't force a localhost redirect with the popup :?

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I'm using Windows XP SP1. I can't remember what was the last thing I installed but I?m pretty sure was not the Google tool bar (I had it before this started happening).

One thing I'm sure is that I tried downloading with Mozilla Firefox as soon as I installed it and couldn't do it.

In both cases (IE and Mozilla) the thing is that the pop-up never comes up. IE would refresh the page after typing the password and that?s all, whereas Mozilla would refresh but would say ?retrieving data from?? forever.

Thank guys for the help, hope something comes to your minds.

Best

Click your Start Menu and go to Run. Copy/paste this into the run box and press enter:

[b]notepad c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts[/b]

Copy/paste the contents of that file into here. don't save any changes to the file if it asks you to

But be aware that if you visit donkey porn pages we can see what you do from the entries in this file. :P

shhh

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Nothing to hide, been there, done that... WTF

Copyright (c) 1993-1999 Microsoft Corp.

This is a sample HOSTS file used by Microsoft TCP/IP for Windows.

This file contains the mappings of IP addresses to host names. Each

entry should be kept on an individual line. The IP address should

be placed in the first column followed by the corresponding host name.

The IP address and the host name should be separated by at least one

space.

Additionally, comments (such as these) may be inserted on individual

lines or following the machine name denoted by a '#' symbol.

For example:

102.54.94.97 rhino.acme.com # source server

38.25.63.10 x.acme.com # x client host

127.0.0.1 localhost

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That's my neighbor's internet wireless service, any difference?

your neighbors?

127.0.0.1 loops back directly to your computer instead of going out to the network.

do you have the Google toolbar installed on Internet Explorer and on Firefox?

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Both

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Well IE for sure, Firefox has a Google look-up box that I'm not sure ifit's the same as theIE's toolbar

have you tried turning off the Google toolbar in IE before downloading your sets? Do you have Yahoo toolbar or any others installed?

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Finally! It was an update of my Kerio Firewall that was causing trouble both in IE and Firefox.

Thanks very much for your help guys, I'm sorry for keeping you busy for so long.

Respect

glad to hear it dude. enjoy

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[quote=nicomax]It was an update of my Kerio Firewall that was causing trouble both in IE and Firefox. [/quote] :twisted:

Is this not the case about 99.9999999999999999% of the time? Yet everyone swears that it's not their firewall or that they don't have one!