After download upgrade to firefox 4 it won't load saying I need to re-boot computer first which I've done 4 times, also it won't let me repair or uninstall or download firefox 3 until I reboot, which makes no difference I've lost my browser. now what?
After downloading an upgrade to firefox 4 the computer shut down and restarted, but firefox wouldn't open, saying I needed to shut down and re-start the computer first. Which I did again. Same result. So I tried to repair the file but it told me to reboot. Which I did again. Then I tried to uninstall it, but it wouldn't saying I needed to reboot. Which I did again. Then I tried to download firefox 3 but it wouldn't saying I needed to reboot. Which I did again. Now I've lost my browser! How do I get firefox working please?
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Anonymous UUID: 522B583E-D9D7-463D-B57E-6849A69E41D9
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panic(cpu 0 caller 0xffffff80002d1208): Kernel trap at 0xffffff7f80e2750d, type 14=page fault, registers:
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RAX: 0x000000000000000a, RBX: 0x00000000000001e0, RCX: 0x0000000001000000, RDX: 0x0000000000000000
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R8: 0x0000000000000003, R9: 0x0000000000000001, R10: 0x0000000000000007, R11: 0x0000000000000051
R12: 0x000000000000000a, R13: 0xffffff804aa59004, R14: 0xffffff800d15f1b4, R15: 0x0000000000000000
RFL: 0x0000000000010202, RIP: 0xffffff7f80e2750d, CS: 0x0000000000000008, SS: 0x0000000000000010
Error code: 0x0000000000000000
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0xffffff805e413b50 : 0xffffff8000204d15
0xffffff805e413c50 : 0xffffff80002d1208
0xffffff805e413da0 : 0xffffff80002e3f4a
0xffffff805e413db0 : 0xffffff7f80e2750d
0xffffff805e413f10 : 0xffffff7f80e7f7d3
0xffffff805e413f30 : 0xffffff800053e46d
0xffffff805e413f60 : 0xffffff8000285b66
0xffffff805e413fa0 : 0xffffff80002c8527
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dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.6.8)@0xffffff7f80804000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IO80211Family(320.1)@0xffffff7f80df7000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONetworkingFamily(1.10)@0xffffff7f80ddd000
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