Everytime I open firefox the user account control of Windows7 comes and asks if I agree that Firefox changes something in my computer.

I had problems accessing the personal server of our progammer.
He recommended me to try his url in privacy mode of firefox.That did not work either. But since then I get a message from the user account control in Windows7 asking me whether firefox can change a program in my computer. I answer yes and the message disappears. But the message keeps coming everytime I enter firefox. I also happens when I have changed back to non-privacy mode. It also keeps happening when I change the user account settings to not remembering anything

I just had that problem today and although it unfortunately probably won't help you minus47, (as you said disabling your Add-ons didn't help) I tracked my problem down to 'Fierr' as the culprit and disabling it fixed it.
To be honest I don't know why as 'Fierr' hasn't been updated since January '11 and Firefox only started playing up today.
The only other thing I updated today was Flash Player but I'm not sure if I installed it before it started playing up though.
Hopefully this might help someone else.

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