Firefox is saving last session when closed, and it won't open a new window once a session is started.

Firefox 3.6.13 running on Windows XP SP 3, Zonealarm 9.3
Noticed that I can no longer open new windows - the cursor blinks momentarily and then nothing happens. After closing a Firefox window, cannot run Firefox without a system restart. After a system restart, Firefox will open but will either restore the last session or give an error that it cannot restore the last session. My start-up option is to go to my Home Page, which is google. I have uninstalled and reinstalled Firefox and the problem continues.

The "System Tray" is located at the very bottom right of your screen and is a list of most/all running applications that will show in this list.
For your SysFader issue, this "may" be the problem:
1 Find the "My Computer" desktop icon and right-click it. A pull-down menu will appear. Select "Properties."
2 Click on the "Advanced" tab. This will load a new page of options.
3 Select the "Visual Effects" tab at the top of the window and deselect "Animate Windows when minimizing and maximizing," "Fade or slide menus into view," "Fade or slide Tool Tips into view" and "Fade out Menu items after checking."
4 Click "OK." This will remove most if not all of the Sysfader effects, at the same time correcting related errors that used to come up during opening a new file or program.

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