After a windows 7 update, firefox dropdowns just flash briefly

any dropdown menu just flashes...works OK in IE. Happened right after Windows did a BIG update...took about half an hour to complete the update.
It flashes so fast you can just tell that it was supposed to be an autocomplete or dropdown but not what it says.

Start Firefox in <u>[[Safe Mode]]</u> to check if one of the extensions is causing the problem (switch to the DEFAULT theme: Firefox (Tools) > Add-ons > Appearance/Themes).
*Don't make any changes on the Safe mode start window.
*https://support.mozilla.com/kb/Safe+Mode
*https://support.mozilla.com/kb/Troubleshooting+extensions+and+themes

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