Everytime I open Firefox after the last update, it runs an add on compatability check and opens two tabs. One tab is the firefox "latest update faq" page and the other tab is the set homepage. This is very annoying, how do i make it stop???

when it checks add on compatability every time, its starting to get a little annyoning. I like firefox but am about to uninstall it.

See this article for some suggestions: [[Firefox has just updated tab shows each time you start Firefox]]
See also http://kb.mozillazine.org/Preferences_not_saved and [[Preferences are not saved]]
[[How to set the home page]]: Firefox supports multiple home pages separated by '|' symbols.

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