Firefox 4 is not useable. The window hang and never reconnect. There is a serious problem with this release - how do I fix?

When the update first came up - I as always clicked yes to let it update. However, after update I got an error message that would pop up real quick then close the browser. I tried opening the browser several times - each time it closed it's self.
So I did something I've seen IT guys do - I unintalled the Firefox from my computer - rebooted... then re-downloaded the version 4. Given that I have to rebuild all my bookmarks - did several yesterday and those seem to work today.
This morning I tried to get into gmail and the browser froze. Tried several time - same results. When I close and reopen Firefox I get the "this is embarrassing" message.
HELP

Try to uncheck hardware acceleration (Main Menu - Advanced - Hardware Acceleration) and/or install the newest driver for your graphic card.

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