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    Can't open Hotmail messages on my laptop :(

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by heshanj, Jul 23, 2008.

  1. heshanj

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    hey guys...
    im having a strange problem. im using the laptop in my sig, and well...i suddenly cant open my hotmail messages. i can open my inbox, but i cant click on a message.. when i hold my mouse over a mail, on the lower left corner of my browser (firefox), i see a message saying "javascript:;" and it doesnt respond when i click...i used this same laptop and opened hotmail messages before..wat couldve gone wrong? pleaese help! i hope this is the right topic, i couldnt think of any other
     
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    Probably a crappy Firefox update (Mozilla recently released 3.0.1 as an automatic update). Until Mozilla releases a fix, use IE (or Opera or Safari or...)
     
    rubenvb, Jul 23, 2008
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    You need to clean out all the FF3 cache and log in again afterwards. If that does not work, yes the (bad) FF3 would be my first thought.

    Download Firefox 2 from www.filehippo.com (you'll have to look at the previous versions of the FF pages) and reinstall (and disable automatic updates!).
     
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    This happens to me when a page hasnt completely loaded or theres an error in the page.

    If you have any extensions of firefox, try disabling them
     
    flipfire, Jul 23, 2008
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    same problem on safari (it doesnt show the javascript thing coz there's no bar on safari, but still no response when i click)...but it works on IE..

    so is it still a firefox 3 problem? coz yes, i did install the automatic 3.0.1 update... wat else can be the problem, especially on safari too?

    EDIT: i emptied the safari cache and now it works fine on safari..
     
    heshanj, Jul 23, 2008
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    Yemo, Jul 23, 2008
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    How did this get into the Linux forum? Isn't this Windows related?
     
    Gintoki, Jul 23, 2008
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    Not sure, but it is a browser/javascript issue which is Windows.

    I think he said he was using ubuntu. i must have been seeing things
     
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    Yeah, it's a Firefox issue but he's specifically using Windows so it would be better in the Windows OS forum. I see no talk of Ubuntu here. :confused:
     
    Gintoki, Jul 23, 2008
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