Firefox 6.01 pops up without being commanded (using Win7)

Firefox opens up, from minimized, without clicking on its icon. This happens when using other applications, and when computer is sleeping. This happens multiple times per day. Running Win 7, on a Dell Inspiron all-in-one with touch screen. As best as I can recall, this started when Firefox was updated to 6.01.

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Target VI stops before being commanded using shared variable

All,
I decided to post this in general since it deals mostly with shared variables however I am working with a RT target so feel free to move it to another forum.
I originally posted a problem I was having with the RT Module Getting Started example, regarding the 1950679023 error, and trouble shooting led me to create the simplest test project I could think of. (I know you all want a link to the VIs but my company does not allow me to access internet file sharing sites to upload data so bare with me.)
NOTE: This is NOT an RT project. Just deployed on an RT target.
In Project Explorer I have Host.vi under " My Computer " and Target.VI and 3 networked-published shared variables (call them A,B,C here for simplicity) with RT-FIFO checked, under my RT target.
Host.vi is a single while loop with a 0.5sec time delay express VI. The loop contains (along w/ the time delay) 1 numeric control wired to SV A, 1 numeric indicator wired to SV B, and finally a Stop button wired to SV C plus the conditional term (stop if True). SV A is configured as write, SV B as read, and SV C as write.
Target.vi is a single while loop with a 0.5sec time delay express VI. The loop contains (along w/ the time delay) a numeric add function wired to a constant double and SV A configured as read. Also, SV C is wired to the conditional term configured as read (stop if True). The VI adds the two numbers, one of which is controlled by the Host.vi using SV A, and sends the results to Host.vi using SV B until the Stop button is pressed on Host.vi and sent back to Target.vi using SV C.
I successfully ran this project (which included my always present 1950679023 error). Then changing no code but merely redeploying/running it again right after or through out the course of many other project deployments I get incorrect data on Host.vi. Basically sometimes it would work, sometimes it wouldn't; having changed NO code. First discovery was that Target.vi would automatically stop after running ~ 1sec since deploying/running on the target and before I could disconnect and open/run Host.vi. I then deployed/ran Target.vi with a probe on the wire between SV C and the conditional term and highlight execution running. After an average of 3 runs through the loop the SV C would automatically send out a True signal even though I never open/run Host.vi. How can shared variable C, which is write controlled by Host.vi, automatically change it's state like that when I never even open/run Host.vi?
Another interesting observation is, If I first open/run Host.vi and then deploy/run Target.vi, the program ALWAYS works. But those steps go against my limit understanding of running VIs with shared variables on a target, which I got from NI's RT Module Getting Started Guide? I am going to have a hard time developing anything useful with these shared variables if I can not get the LV RT Guide example and this simple VI working. Any help would be great.
Thanks
JD
P.S. I've noticed this error message a few times during deploying/running either the Host.vi or Target.vi. The error is not consistent; sometimes I see sometimes I don;t.:
error-2147220727 (Hex 0x80040309)
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PDF popup, in FireFox, without being prompted

Hello, I am using Windows XP Pro, SP3, fully patched and updated. My Adobe Reader is version 9.5.0. I am currently using FireFox 3.6.25, but this problem has been affecting my computer for the last year and a half, and happens with newer versions of FireFox, up to and including version 8. I downloaded a PDF file of an air compressor users manual and saved a copy to a folder on my desktop (where I store all of my PDF files).
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Hello Ankit, and thanks for help:
This behavior only happens with this one PDF, no others, and I have hundreds saved to the same folder.
Speak of the devil, as I was typing the first sentence of this email, it popped up. My FireFox browser is set to start when I boot my computer, and that happened about ten minutes ago.
I rarely use IE and never use any other browser. When I do use IE it is only for those websites that still don't function properly with FireFox, and I generally get there via a FireFox add-on that opens a version of IE within the FireFox browser. Also on rare occasions, I will open IE directly to view my daughters school grades, again because that website doesn't handle FireFox properly. In any case, whenever I use IE, I only keep that tab or browser running for a very short period of time, just long enough to capture my data needs, generally less than five minutes, then shut it down,........ But, I don't recall this PDF behavior ever happening with the IE usage.
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    2.. Title: parts book.indd
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    4.. Subject: (blank)
    5.. Keywords: (blank)
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Advanced:
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    2.. PDF Version: 1.3 (Acrobat 4.x)
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    7.. Number of Pages: 50
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Document Restrictions Summary:
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Under the Fonts Tab: .......
Under the Advanced tab:
PDF Settings:
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    2.. Search Index: (blank)
    3.. Trapped: No (greyed out)
Print Dialog Presets: (all greyed out)
    1.. Page Scaling: Default
    2.. Duplex Mode: Simplex
    3.. Paper Source by Page Size: No
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Reading Options:
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Tell me about, and how to do it:
If I understand your request, it means remotely accessing my computer's drives to observe the PDF's behavior, program settings and preferences, registery settings, etc. I am not comfortable doing that, as my computer has a large amount of proprietary business information and personal financial information. If there is information I can pass on to you manually, or if I can contact you when the behavior happens, that would be OK.
Thanks again for your help.
dgruber
From: Ankit_Jain
To: dgruber06
Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2012 9:23 AM
Subject: PDF popup, in FireFox, without being prompted
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