Firefox doesn't close when I'm trying to close it and links fail to complete.

I'm on Windows Vista Home Premium on a Dell Inspiron. When I first log into Firefox, it will come up (slowly), but if I try to go to a linked site, it seems to balk, and looks like it is partially connecting, but the connection doesn't actually take. If I go to the address I'm trying to reach, highlight it and double click, it may or may not fully connect. Then, if I am trying to get out of Firefox, it appears as though I'm leaving normally, but later, when I try to get back on, it tells me that there is already a connection with Firefox running and that I will have to close that before I can open another - but that takes a trip to Windows Task Manager. Any help would be greatly appreciated. This has been going on for - a guess - about 6 months. To say it's frustrating is an understatement at this point. I'm not very savvy re: techtalk, so I need help to be as simple and direct as possible. I can follow directions very well if I can understand them. Jeanne

This sounds like a connection problem. Perhaps there's dirt, lint or fuzz in the connection port or the cable wire is failing.
Check and carefully clean the connection ports if necessary.
Try a different Apple or name brand cable.

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Hi, I'm running FF 3.6.3 on Vista SP2, and FF doesn't want to close when requested either through Alt-F4, right-top box or whatever... I have to open the Task Manager and kill it when I shut down my PC! Any clue?
Thanks in advance for any help!
Jean-Luc
== This happened ==
A few times a week
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'''Instructions for Safe Mode and Troubleshooting'''
You may need to use '''[[Safe Mode]]''' (click on "Safe Mode" and read) to localize the problem. Firefox Safe Mode is a diagnostic mode that disables Extensions and some other features of Firefox. If you are using a theme, switch to the DEFAULT theme: Tools > Add-ons > Themes '''before''' starting Safe Mode. When entering Safe Mode, do not check any items on the entry window, just click "Continue in Safe Mode". Test to see if the problem you are experiencing is corrected.
See:
'''[[Troubleshooting extensions and themes]]'''
'''[[Troubleshooting plugins]]'''
'''[[Basic Troubleshooting]]'''
If the problem does not occur in Safe-mode then disable all of your Extensions and Plug-ins and then try to find which is causing it by enabling '''one at a time''' until the problem reappears. '''You MUST close and restart Firefox after EACH change''' via File > Restart Firefox (on Mac: Firefox > Quit). You can use "Disable all add-ons" on the Safe mode start window.

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You can select the text and click that button to turn the link into a clickable hyperlink. 
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* Make Link - https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/make-link/

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