Is there any way to get Firefox 3 to run on Vista?

Question

I used the last version of MF on my laptop --a Compaq Presario C500 running Windows Vista basic home edition-- for a while and it didn't really work all that wonderfully, with the freezing ("not responding") and generally being stupid, so I saw that there was a new version and thought that it might be improved from the last version. I downloaded and installed it with no trouble, but now I can't use Firefox at all-- as soon as I open it, the CPU usage shoots through the roof, the program freezes, any other programs that are open freeze, and the whole computer grinds to a halt. I can't even get it closed in less than a half-hour, and usually I end up shutting down and starting over.

This is really frustrating, since I'm stuck using this worthless Internet Explorer until I can get MF fixed. What's the problem here? Is there any way to fix what's wrong? Would Netscape or something be less trouble in thh long run?

Answer 1

dunno, dint really read your request

Answer 2

Delete and reinstall.

Then downgrade to XP.

Answer 3

How much RAM do you have if you have a gigabyte go bye another gigabyte. or you can try to downgrade to xp which i like better.

Answer 4

I'm using firefox 3 on a vista computer right now and it works great.

Without having more information, I'm not sure how much help we could be.

Are there any firewalls on the computer?  Any antivirus programs running?