My OperaFirefox 9 doesn't work with Windows XP
Wednesday, January 4, 2012 11:11:34 PM
It happened again. The quick release cycle is killing Mozilla, at least for Windows XP.
After the previous bug on Thunderbird 9 which required an update to be fixed, now all versions of Firefox between 9 and 12 are broken over Windows XP when you don't have installed one of these two components:
.NET Framework 2.0 SP1 or SP2, or:
Visual C++ 2005 SP1 Redistributable Package
The first gets installed if you select it from Windows Update, the second comes with some old software which required that library. In case you don't have those, whenever you open Firefox you get three "side-by-side" errors in Windows event log about "Microsoft.VC80.CRT" e "browsercomps.dll", Firefox can't load the default home page and some https certificates are broken so you can't access the sites that use them. I don't know if there are crashes or other issues.
To fix the problem you must either install one of the above components or wait until Mozilla releases a fix for all Firefox versions (release, beta, aurora).
Details here: Bug 713167
Edit:
It seems the bug have been patched in versions 10(beta3), 11(aurora) and 12(nightly).
After the previous bug on Thunderbird 9 which required an update to be fixed, now all versions of Firefox between 9 and 12 are broken over Windows XP when you don't have installed one of these two components:
.NET Framework 2.0 SP1 or SP2, or:
Visual C++ 2005 SP1 Redistributable Package
The first gets installed if you select it from Windows Update, the second comes with some old software which required that library. In case you don't have those, whenever you open Firefox you get three "side-by-side" errors in Windows event log about "Microsoft.VC80.CRT" e "browsercomps.dll", Firefox can't load the default home page and some https certificates are broken so you can't access the sites that use them. I don't know if there are crashes or other issues.
To fix the problem you must either install one of the above components or wait until Mozilla releases a fix for all Firefox versions (release, beta, aurora).
Details here: Bug 713167
Edit:
It seems the bug have been patched in versions 10(beta3), 11(aurora) and 12(nightly).
Felix Pleşoianuclaudeb # Thursday, January 5, 2012 7:25:21 AM
Lorenzo CelsiLorenzoCelsi # Thursday, January 5, 2012 10:52:52 AM
In our case, since Web development should be my profession, I need to stay update because new HTML/CSS features that get implemented by different platforms.
Last thing, software is moving to "silent updates" right because many people are scared of breaking stuff and then they don't update their software. As result, computers are exposed to any sort of security flaw and bug, which cannot be fixed with updates. More or less it is the same principle of mass vaccination.
There isn't anything wrong with updates IF ONLY folks at Mozilla properly tested.
Felix Pleşoianuclaudeb # Thursday, January 5, 2012 5:28:26 PM
Aux # Friday, January 6, 2012 11:23:51 AM
Lorenzo CelsiLorenzoCelsi # Friday, January 6, 2012 4:17:50 PM
Aux # Tuesday, January 17, 2012 12:12:37 PM