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I got browser.tabs.remote.autostart.2 set to true browser.tabs.remote.force-enable set to true dom.ipc.processCount set to 1 browser.tabs.remote.force-enable isn't there there is some extensions.e10sBlocks there by default NOT touched but NOT extensions.e10sBlocksEnabling would it be one of these i can't think that I did do any other changes Usually make a backup of the prefs before making changes, but neglected to this time, lucky i had a little older one

@Dave-H how do i revert back to only seeing 1 FF process, I did reset the dom.ipc.processCount back to one pretty sure I didn't make any other changes yet I see 2 if i cancel one i get a opps a tab has crashed or cancel other FF closes would it be this dom.ipc.plugins.enabled set to false

Can we disable the plugin container, in the past I noticed it was mainly needed to help play flash games, and removing it, there was no adverse effect and FF ran smoothly without it, but now If I disable or remove it FF, having Primetime Decryption FF complains Primetime has has stopped and need to reload page I found it is a resource hog I know in older versions it was together but in wisdom was decide to seperate into 2 seperate processes dom.ipc.plugins (on Firefox 9 there are two, while there are five on some older versions). Set all of them to false to disable plugin-container: DISABLING After disabling it, the usage is more like 35-50% and 25-40%. That’s an improvement from 100-130% to 60-90% ==> ~40% net. By default, Firefox loads plug-ins in a separate process called plugin-container.exe, which is meant to keep the main Firefox process (firefox.exe) unscathed in the event of a plug-in error or crash. Plugin-container is known for being resource intensive (CPU and RAM). But fortunately, it can be disabled without disrupting the browser's operation.

@Dave-H Only see this thead looking for something else I have tried the dom.ipc.processCount but set it to 3 One thing I noticed was the CPU usage going down on some sites, scrolling is a little better, One thing I noticed is the low CPU usage on most sites, but switch to FB it increases to a 50-60% usuage (sometimes higher) wonder if this is the high amount of scripting What does browser.tabs.remote.force-enabled do and the others i have seen mentioned ...... On a side note, Can we disable the plugin container, in the past I noticed it was mainly needed to help play flash games, and removing it, there was no adverse effect and FF ran smoothly without it, but now If I disable or remove it FF complains Primetime has has stopped and need to reload page

I'm going to try Palemoon but most I could install is 24.6 when I visit any sites alot complain browser is out of date or If i get in get put on the mobile version of the site is there anyway I could remedy this Can I import alot of the settings from Firefox i noticed there is alot in the about config not in PM there is in FF, can I put these in ? How do I get the Primetime to appear in PM like FF I have put in same settings in PM as in FF it doesnt appear Noticed there is either No comment box or can not comment on Facebook status's I managed to update PM to 26.9, but FB Twitter etc still doesnt allow me to comment where are the userstrings stored, its not in the prefs file I did try following guide on 1st post but still only get 2 blue ticks on html5/youtube

@Radish does this include 52.9.0 ESR as I get not compatible with quantum yet mine isnt a quantun just regular normal 52.9 download This add-on is not compatible with your version of Firefox.

I'm not sure why it refuses to let me connect to sync using 66, but reverting to 52 it does

@Dave-H what I should off said correct addy to use in useragent to get into the Firefox Sync to connect i did try general.useragent.override.about:preferences#sync Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.2; rv:66.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/66.0 i just get a spinnig blue circle, No go unless i revert to 52

anyone have any idea with FF 52.9 what the correct add is to put into the useragent as if I use this general.useragent.override Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.2; rv:66.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/66.0 i just get a spinnig blue circle i can't get into it But if I change it to Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.2; rv:52.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/52.0 it does let me in

Has anyone tried extracting the cert8.db file from a firefox install, I tried to with 7zip, but couldn't find it anywhere in any of the folders (Unless it is created on a install), was hoping to, to see if there is/was a way of updating SSL certificates that are out of date or due to expire or soon will do i'vr noticed there is quite a few out of date or due to be

Since doing the nessecary cert update and other things to get extentions working, now when I restart FF, I have 2-3 addons that keeps wanting to ask permissison to install, yet before this it Never asked, how can I get round this so they stick permenant and don't keep asking too Should I change the extenrion.json file back from read only what I set it to,

I Got hit on 52.9.0 & 52.6.0 doing the change cert to false from true and -1 to 2 worked, what I posted a few posts up is more permanent to 2020 and DOES actually work, its a certificate update . . I wonder IF it;s a possibilty to get lastest FF (which is been fixed) install open with 7zip and extrat the cert8 file and use that in older browsers ??

right I went here https://storage.googleapis.com/moz-fx-normandy-prod-addons/extensions/hotfix-update-xpi-intermediate%40mozilla.com-1.0.2-signed.xpi install this addon then with extraced info from it into a notepad/text editor (copy paste ALL) -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE----- MIIHLTCCBRWgAwIBAgIDEAAIMA0GCSqGSIb3DQEBDAUAMH0xCzAJBgNVBAYTAlVT MRwwGgYDVQQKExNNb3ppbGxhIENvcnBvcmF0aW9uMS8wLQYDVQQLEyZNb3ppbGxh IEFNTyBQcm9kdWN0aW9uIFNpZ25pbmcgU2VydmljZTEfMB0GA1UEAxMWcm9vdC1j YS1wcm9kdWN0aW9uLWFtbzAeFw0xNTA0MDQwMDAwMDBaFw0yNTA0MDQwMDAwMDBa MIGnMQswCQYDVQQGEwJVUzEcMBoGA1UEChMTTW96aWxsYSBDb3Jwb3JhdGlvbjEv MC0GA1UECxMmTW96aWxsYSBBTU8gUHJvZHVjdGlvbiBTaWduaW5nIFNlcnZpY2Ux JjAkBgNVBAMTHXNpZ25pbmdjYTEuYWRkb25zLm1vemlsbGEub3JnMSEwHwYJKoZI hvcNAQkBFhJmb3hzZWNAbW96aWxsYS5jb20wggIiMA0GCSqGSIb3DQEBAQUAA4IC DwAwggIKAoICAQC/qluiiI+wO6qGA4vH7cHvWvXpdju9JnvbwnrbYmxhtUpfS68L bdjGGtv7RP6F1XhHT4MU3v4GuMulH0E4Wfalm8evsb3tBJRMJPICJX5UCLi6VJ6J 2vipXSWBf8xbcOB+PY5Kk6L+EZiWaepiM23CdaZjNOJCAB6wFHlGe+zUk87whpLa 7GrtrHjTb8u9TSS+mwjhvgfP8ILZrWhzb5H/ybgmD7jYaJGIDY/WDmq1gVe03fSh xD09Ml1P7H38o5kbFLnbbqpqC6n8SfUI31MiJAXAN2e6rAOM8EmocAY0EC5KUooX KRsYvHzhwwHkwIbbe6QpTUlIqvw1MPlQPs7Zu/MBnVmyGTSqJxtYoklr0MaEXnJN Y3g3FDf1R0Opp2/BEY9Vh3Fc9Pq6qWIhGoMyWdueoSYa+GURqDbsuYnk7ZkysxK+ yRoFJu4x3TUBmMKM14jQKLgxvuIzWVn6qg6cw7ye/DYNufc+DSPSTSakSsWJ9IPx iAU7xJ+GCMzaZ10Y3VGOybGLuPxDlSd6KALAoMcl9ghB2mvfB0N3wv6uWnbKuxih q/qDps+FjliNvr7C66mIVH+9rkyHIy6GgIUlwr7E88Qqw+SQeNeph6NIY85PL4p0 Y8KivKP4J928tpp18wLuHNbIG+YaUk5WUDZ6/2621pi19UZQ8iiHxN/XKQIDAQAB o4IBiTCCAYUwDAYDVR0TBAUwAwEB/zAOBgNVHQ8BAf8EBAMCAQYwFgYDVR0lAQH/ BAwwCgYIKwYBBQUHAwMwHQYDVR0OBBYEFBY++xz/DCuT+JsV1y2jwuZ4YdztMIGo BgNVHSMEgaAwgZ2AFLO86lh0q+FueCqyq5wjHqhjLJe3oYGBpH8wfTELMAkGA1UE BhMCVVMxHDAaBgNVBAoTE01vemlsbGEgQ29ycG9yYXRpb24xLzAtBgNVBAsTJk1v emlsbGEgQU1PIFByb2R1Y3Rpb24gU2lnbmluZyBTZXJ2aWNlMR8wHQYDVQQDExZy b290LWNhLXByb2R1Y3Rpb24tYW1vggEBMDMGCWCGSAGG+EIBBAQmFiRodHRwOi8v YWRkb25zLm1vemlsbGEub3JnL2NhL2NybC5wZW0wTgYDVR0eBEcwRaFDMCCCHi5j b250ZW50LXNpZ25hdHVyZS5tb3ppbGxhLm9yZzAfgh1jb250ZW50LXNpZ25hdHVy ZS5tb3ppbGxhLm9yZzANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQwFAAOCAgEAX1PNli/zErw3tK3S9Bv8 03RV4tHkrMa5xztxzlWja0VAUJKEQx7f1yM8vmcQJ9g5RE8WFc43IePwzbAoum5F 4BTM7tqM//+e476F1YUgB7SnkDTVpBOnV5vRLz1Si4iJ/U0HUvMUvNJEweXvKg/D NbXuCreSvTEAawmRIxqNYoaigQD8x4hCzGcVtIi5Xk2aMCJW2K/6JqkN50pnLBNk Px6FeiYMJCP8z0FIz3fv53FHgu3oeDhi2u3VdONjK3aaFWTlKNiGeDU0/lr0suWf QLsNyphTMbYKyTqQYHxXYJno9PuNi7e1903PvM47fKB5bFmSLyzB1hB1YIVLj0/Y qD4nz3lADDB91gMBB7vR2h5bRjFqLOxuOutNNcNRnv7UPqtVCtLF2jVb4/AmdJU7 8jpfDs+BgY/t2bnGBVFBuwqS2Kult/2kth4YMrL5DrURIM8oXWVQRBKxzr843yDm Ho8+2rqxLnZcmWoe8yQ41srZ4IB+V3w2TIAd4gxZAB0Xa6KfnR4D8RgE5sgmgQoK 7Y/hdvd9Ahu0WEZI8Eg+mDeCeojWcyjF+dt6c2oERiTmFTIFUoojEjJwLyIqHKt+ eApEYpF7imaWcumFN1jR+iUjE4ZSUoVxGtZ/Jdnkf8VVQMhiBA+i7r5PsfrHq+lq TTGOg+GzYx7OmoeJAT0zo4c= -----END CERTIFICATE----- save as fix.pem the goto Tools/option/advanced/certificates Import fix.pem tick all boxes and accept warning accept restart FF and you can now add your addons again and SHOULD stick this does the similar thing to normandy and new features the cert is valid to April 2025 the certs are in your profile folder in a file named cert8 and link/ties with the key3 file Gurantee this works I have closed/opened FF at least 1/2 dozen times and the addons/pulugins/extentions sticks And you can install addons from them mozilla store aswell hope this helps

Well I hope there is a fix for this debarcle or we are screwed seems we can't go No higher 53 is for Win 7 and above

Damn apart from what I am using 52.9.0 i have a 52.9.1 installer, but doubt if there is hardly any difference

Using Win XP SP3

This actually works on XP SP3 does it I downloaded, Firefox Setup 60.6.2esr but hesitant to install

seems to be working now althogh sketchy at times

@Dave-H It seems to be fixed now. A certificate had expired apparently, which presumably nobody at Mozilla had anticipated! I didn't have the problem with FF 52.9.1 ESR on Windows XP, but I did have it on FF 66.0.3 on Windows 10. It was very annoying while it lasted! it hit me on 52.9.0 around 7.30pm is there a fix for ESR thought it was only Nightly at the moment, ESR will be last ===================== Try this, this DOES work I have done it with success, unlike other so called fixes Shut down Firefox Open extensions.json Rreplace all instances of "appDisabled":true to "appDisabled":false Replace all instances of "signedState":-1 to "signedState":2 Save Change extensions.json to readonly or firefox will change everything back. start browser Disable and re-enable all extensions in about:addon some will have Delete icon missing most Will re-install and delete icon comes back Make sure you set yhe json file to read only then any that stil get not verified use the about:debugging and reload the extention

Had a bit of a head scratcher this morning I copied my prefs.js from one PC to another PC, started FF couldn't work out why Youtube and Instagram was broken, all the strings were correct, then realised i needed the other 2 .js files and it worked.................................. This one I don;t understand I have all the files C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\DRM on both PC's all the folders/files gmp-eme-adobe gmp-gmpopenh264 gmp-widevinecdm in right places on both PC's have silverlight installed on both yet Netflix WILL play on one PC but NOT other can;t fathom this out I Get Opps something went wrong Digital Rights Management (DRM) Error Am I missing something or maybe file Both PC's ARE Win XP SP3 I did try a boolean set to true media.windows-media-foundation.enabled nope IF Like has been mentioned xp doesn;t support DRM, how is one XP PC I have playing Netflix yet the other doesn;t I Have ALL the correct strings booleans in bot PC;s ALL the right files in right place there MUST Be something in one not in the other Silverlight is on both does Netflix fall back to HTML5 A SIde Note I did find this 2019 Firefox will disable the Flash plugin by default. Users will not be prompted to enable Flash, but it will still be possible to activate Flash on certain sites using browser settings. 2020 In early 2020, Flash support will be completely removed from consumer versions of Firefox. The Firefox Extended Support Release (ESR) will continue to support for Flash until the end of 2020. 2021 When Ahttps://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/software/mozilla-to-disable-flash-plugin-by-default-in-firefox-69/dobe stops shipping security updates for Flash at the end of 2020, Firefox will refuse to load the plugin. this here almost almost does it a few seconds then goes to ooop https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/force-1080p-netflix/

thnx @Mathwiz you sir are a saint I did this and changed main useragent back to general.useragent.override;Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; rv:66.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/66.0 and it worked a treat thank you

it hasn't No, it used to i have gone thru the about:config, still playing Side one here another silly one was I was getting flagged with red wavy line for a incorrect spelling, so i was adding to dictionary then realized i can turn of spell check

Can someone help me please When Firefox crashes it doesn't restore my previous tabs open it , used to (wait a few seconds) , till i had to a fresh install when it crashed and I reopened FF the restore box would come up, it doesn't anymore. Even a normal close with FF set to remember my browse and tabs it doesnt it is greyed out and No history even thought it is set to I have sessionstore-backups folder with 2 files in there is no file(s) sessionstore.js Recovery.js.Recovery.bak Previous.js sessionstore.bak sessionstore.bak in profile folder I have closed FF & reopened, still no tabs & greyed out "Restore Previous Session". I closed FF again is there any files I need or amendments to about config thnx EDIT.................. I have found a sessionstore.js in "some old profile folders although its not in others can I copy the sessionstore from a old profile in to my new one

This is what I Have In FF About:config --------------------------------------------------------------------- Name Product Type Value --------------------------------------------------------------------- gmp-eme-adobe.abi string x86-msvc-x86 gmp-gmpopenh264.abi string x86-msvc-x86 gmp-gmpopenh264.lastUpdate integer 1495400516" gmp-gmpopenh264.version string 1.6 media.eme.enabled boolean TRUE media.gmp.decoder.enabled boolean TRUE media.gmp.storage.version.observed integer 1 media.gmp-eme-adobe.abi string 17 media.gmp-eme-adobe.abi string x86-msvc-x86 media.gmp-eme-adobe.autoupdate boolean FALSE media.gmp-eme-adobe.enabled boolean TRUE media.gmp-eme-adobe.forceSupported boolean TRUE media.gmp-eme-adobe.forcevisible boolean TRUE media.gmp-eme-adobe.lastUpdate integer 1512748679 media.gmp-eme-adobe.version string 17 media.gmp-eme-adobe.visible boolean TRUE media.gmp-manager.buildID string "20180621064021" media.gmp-manager.lastCheck", integer 1537098990 media.gmp-widevinecdm.forceSupported boolean TRUE media.hardware-video-decoding.failed boolean FALSE media.mediasource.ignore_codecs boolean TRUE media.mediasource.webm.enabled boolean TRUE mediasource.enabled boolean TRUE ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Is there anything I should add to this (that " I maybe missing) , or anyone know of more mods Can Someone shed some light on these ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- general.appname.override user set string Netscape general.appversion.override user set string 5.0 Windows general.buildID.override user set string 0 general.oscpu.override user set string Windows NT 6.1 Pretty sure this overrides the Operating system to say you have different general.platform.override user set string Win32 general.productSub.override user set string 20100101 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- setting this general.useragent.override.myspace.com;Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.2; rv66.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/66.0 turns out. Javascript is capable of detecting your browser- without using the above info seems java script can still read what you have and send,,,, maybe this is why I can't use Netflix if I say I have different So, set the following: general.XXX.override where XXX is the name of the specific object code you want to set. For example, on my system javascript:navigator.platform is "win32", so to change this, I'd create a new string: general.platform.override and set it to "Linux i686". MAKE SURE NEW STRINGS ARE LOWERCASE!!! Windows XP Defaults: javascript:navigator.appCodeName "Mozilla" javascript:navigator.appName "Netscape" javascript:navigator.appVersion "5.0 (Windows; en-US)" javascript:navigator.buildID "20100611143157" javascript:navigator.oscpu "Windows NT 5.1" javascript:navigator.platform "Win32" javascript:navigator.plugins (plugin array) javascript:navigator.product "Gecko" javascript:navigator.productSub "20100611" javascript:navigator.vendor javascript:navigator.vendorSub Notice that the buildID, productSub are dates. If this the case so it would be 11th june 2010 what would 143157 be is it a build number ? This could be of interest Browser browser.cache.disk.enable - boolean false browser.cache.offline.enable - boolean false browser.search.suggest.enabled boolean false browser.sessionstore.privacy_level integer 2 dom.storage.enabled boolean false general.appname.override string Netscape general.appversion.override string Windows 5.0 general.buildID.override string 0 general.oscpu.override string Windows NT 6.1 general.platform.override string Win32 general.productSub.override string 20100101 A Side Note Has anyone tried to see if the latest ESR will work on XP apart from 52.9.0 and 52.9.1

It appear the Netflix does alot deeper sniffing if i have general.useragent.override;Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.2; rv:66.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/66.0 having above set then general.useragent.override.netflix.com/gb;Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:50.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/50.0 I get Netflix system requirements for HTML5 Player and Silverlight You can use our HTML5 player or the Silverlight plug-in to watch Netflix TV shows and movies on PCs running Windows XP or later, and Intel-based Macs running OS X Tiger (v10.4.11) or later. You'll find a complete list of requirements below for HTML5, Silverlight 4, and Silverlight 5. HTML5 Silverlight 4 Silverlight 5 there is this Operating Systems and Browsers Operating System Internet Explorer 11 Internet Explorer 10 Internet Explorer 9 Internet Explorer 8 Internet Explorer 7 Firefox 12-52 Safari 4-11 Chrome 12-44 NOTE Firefox versions only upto 52 but setting general.useragent.override;Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.2; rv:66.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/66.0 back to general.useragent.override;Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.2; rv:52.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/52.0 Netflix will allow me to play videos So it apears with Netflix there is deeper sniffing as I do have Silverlight 5.1 and sure I have HTML5 even tho it didnt fall back to it even with all the gmp strings in place and have Primetime Decryption in aswell I've noticed (unless I'm wrong) that reporting a browserabove 62 breaks Youtbe.com I'm sure it used to work reporting 66 also where I had No sidebar on utube there is now one also about:sync breaks aswell unless it is set to 52 what would be the override prefrence for this