Firefox stalls whenever in Yahoo e-mail; Windows XP unable to shutdown

When I am in my Yahoo e-mail account, firefox stalls. The page does not budge. I have to close Firefox and when I try to restart, it says that Firefox is already running. I am also not able to shutdown the Windows.

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Do other dictionaries work if you select them in the Languages menu?
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Perhaps you do notice the "'''By [https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/user/yahoo/ Yahoo!]'''" under the Yahoo Toolbar extension name.
It may not be obvious to everybody at first but the addons.mozilla.org is a hosting site for Extensions and also Themes (both image and complete), dictionaries, search engines etc.
The vast majority of Extensions being hosted on addons.mozilla.org are by a third-party author unless it says a author like [https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/user/mozilla/ Mozilla] or [https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/user/mozilla-labs5133025/ Mozilla Labs].
Moderators here (unless they have Administrator tag also) are users like yourself who have been entrusted with moderator abilities.
No need to be rude as I certainly was not. Also mild rudeness does not get more attention in getting help but more likely to be ignored as volunteers spend whatever time they have to help others instead,

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Hi ampterson-
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Make sure that this also does not happen in Safe Mode:
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* Click the menu button [[Image:New Fx Menu]], click Help [[Image:Help-29]] and select ''Restart with Add-ons Disabled''.
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* On Windows: Hold the '''Shift''' key when you open the Firefox desktop or Start menu shortcut.
* On Mac: Hold the '''option''' key while starting Firefox.
* On Linux: Quit Firefox, go to your Terminal and run ''firefox -safe-mode'' <br>(you may need to specify the Firefox installation path e.g. /usr/lib/firefox)
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'''''If the issue is not present in Firefox Safe Mode''''', your problem is probably caused by an extension, theme, or hardware acceleration. Please follow the steps in the [[Troubleshoot extensions, themes and hardware acceleration issues to solve common Firefox problems]] article to find the cause.
''To exit Firefox Safe Mode, just close Firefox and wait a few seconds before opening Firefox for normal use again.''
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Is Firefox compatible with the latest version of Yahoo e-mail

Dear Madam/Sir,
I am having problems using Firefox to access my e-mail on the latest version of Yahoo. A window states that Yahoo is working slow and if I would like to go back to the basic version? When I click of it, the screen freezes. It works fine with Google Chrome. Other that to give up Firefox, is there any solution?
Regards. Hussan.

Hey yrram,
There are a lot of benefits to running the latest version of Firefox. You might want to consider running the older version on [http://portableapps.com/apps/internet/firefox_portable/localization#legacy36 a USB Stick with PortableApps]. That way you'll still be able to run the latest version for your day to day activities. You could also try the workaround in [https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/websites-incorrectly-report-firefox-outdated-or-in this article].
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The connection has timed out
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Firstly I have had to changed my home page because google will not load. Then I can get access into yahoo itself, mail etc but cannot get any of the search engines to function. All other websites ok apart from when trying to do searches!
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Any advice appreciated.
* The site could be temporarily unavailable or too busy. Try again in a few
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* http://www.safer-networking.org/en/index.html - Spybot Search & Destroy
* http://www.lavasoft.com/products/ad_aware_free.php - Ad-Aware Free
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