Firefox won't boot after latest update.

No method of booting Firefox seems to do anything. If I try reinstalling or removing Firefox, I get a message "must close Firefox to continue" even though Firefox is not running. Rebooting machine and going right to control panel/remove software doesn't help. I still get the message. Running XP pro

Reinstall Mountain Lion or Mavericks
OS X Mavericks- Reinstall OS X
OS X Mountain Lion- Reinstall OS X
Note: You will need an active Internet connection. I suggest using Ethernet if possible because it is
three times faster than wireless.

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Mac mini won't boot after latest update Maverick

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OS X Mavericks- Reinstall OS X
OS X Mountain Lion- Reinstall OS X
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My MacAir 1st gen. won't boot after latest OS X Lion update.

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Have you done a PRAM reset, CMD+Option+p+r...
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1379
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Firefox won't start after an update. Firefox help says check virtualization settings. What is virtualization settings and where do you check them and for what? I have Windows XP

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Macbook pro won't boot after installing update 10.9.3

macbook pro won't boot after installing update 10.9.3

Please read this whole message before doing anything.
This procedure is a diagnostic test. It’s unlikely to solve your problem. Don’t be disappointed when you find that nothing has changed after you complete it.
The purpose of the test is to determine whether the problem is caused by third-party software that loads automatically at startup or login, by a peripheral device, by a font conflict, or by corruption of the file system or of certain system caches.
Disconnect all wired peripherals except those needed for the test, and remove all aftermarket expansion cards, if applicable. Start up in safe mode.
Note: If FileVault is enabled, or if a firmware password is set, or if the startup volume is a Fusion Drive or a software RAID, you can’t do this. Ask for further instructions.
Safe mode is much slower to start up and run than normal, with limited graphics performance, and some things won’t work at all, including sound output and Wi-Fi on certain models. The next normal startup may also be somewhat slow.
The login screen appears even if you usually login automatically. You must know your login password in order to log in. If you’ve forgotten the password, you will need to reset it before you begin.
Test while in safe mode. Same problem?
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You Tube not playing video on Firefox with Adobe Flash after latest update

You Tube and other sites are not playing video on Firefox with Adobe Flash after latest update for both. Adobe Flash is working on other sites but not You tube and those sites that may have embedded You Tube videos, I'm not sure.
Adobe Flash does not crash and no error message is showing. All that shows is a dark screen for the Flash video. Right clicking the screen shows only a non-clickable 'Movie not loaded' and the clickable link to the Adobe home page.
I have spent an hour trying things as suggested for past problems similar to this but none have helped.
I have sent sad face letting you know what I think of the latest update because of this which says pretty much the same thing as I have said here.
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I'm not sure how to remove the 12.xxx version,. I don't understand why it is there, usually updates over wirte the old one as far as I know. I don't know where to find it.
pref .js deleted.
I could not find a user.js
I disabled hardware acceleration on one of them, not sure which and I don't remember how I did it but think it must have been on the flash.
No idea what protected mode is
no new profile, I've never done this.
Ok, did what you have said as much as I could. I have been fidgeting with things now for a couple hours. After doing a CCleaner and Registry cleanse, turning off and restarting the computer, the videos are now p-laying.
I would still like to know how to find and get rid of the duplicate Flash plug in though if you would't mind.
Thanks for the help.

Why can't I boot after latest update for lion?

I installed the latest update for lion and now my computer won't boot. I got into disk utily it's saying I need to reinstall my os. Please help

Reinstalling Lion Without the Installer
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Firefox won't start after windows update

After windows Updated my computer Firefox won't start. I tried a clean reinstall two times, won't work. When I tried to start the firefox the first time after booting my computer it comes with the following message.
XML Parsing Error: undefined entity
Location: chrome://mozapps/content/extensions/update.xul
Line Number 14, Column 1:
<wizard id="updateWizard"
^
Any Help would be greatly appreciated. I like firefox and I'm using it the last 7 Years.
Thanks
DK

I cheated a little bit and put the issue url in a working version of firefox:
chrome://mozapps/content/extensions/update.xul
What I got was a page that looked like this below and console:
blah blah parser:
<pre><nowiki> xml-stylesheet
xml-stylesheet
<wizard id="updateWizard" xmlns="http://www.mozilla.org/keymaster/gatekeeper/there.is.only.xul" title="Firefox Update" windowtype="Addons:Compatibility" branded="true" onload="gUpdateWizard.init();" onwizardfinish="gUpdateWizard.onWizardFinish();" onwizardcancel="return gUpdateWizard.onWizardCancel();" onclose="return gUpdateWizard.onWizardClose(event);" buttons="accept,cancel" pagestep="1" currentpageid="dummy" firstpage="true" lastpage="true">
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<stringbundle id="updateStrings" src="chrome://mozapps/locale/extensions/update.properties"></stringbundle>
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</wizardpage>
<wizardpage id="versioninfo" pageid="versioninfo" next="mismatch" label="Checking Compatibility of Add-ons" onpageshow="gVersionInfoPage.onPageShow();">
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Checking your add-ons for compatibility with this
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<separator class="thin"></separator>
<progressmeter id="versioninfo.progress" mode="undetermined"></progressmeter>
<hbox align="center">
<image id="versioninfo.throbber" class="throbber"></image>
<label id="versioninfo.status" flex="1" crop="right"></label>
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<separator></separator>
</wizardpage>
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<label></label>
<separator class="thin"></separator>
<listbox id="mismatch.incompatible" flex="1"></listbox>
<separator class="thin"></separator>
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</wizardpage>
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<label></label>
<separator class="thin"></separator>
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<separator class="thin"></separator>
<hbox id="updateCheckErrorNotFound" class="alertBox" hidden="true" align="top"></hbox>
<separator class="thin"></separator>
<description id="noupdatesCheckEnabled" hidden="true"></description>
<vbox id="noupdatesCheckDisabled" hidden="true"></vbox>
<separator flex="1"></separator>
<label></label>
<separator class="thin"></separator>
</wizardpage>
</nowiki></pre>
I do not see much about coloum 14, but I am guessing this file is stored somewhere and its corrupt. Update.xul suggests that it is the update file. Do you still have this in your downloads folder? There are two places for update and for a clean reinstall:
[http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/new/] in a private window will give you a new install or you can choose from here: [https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/all/]
This is what the file should look like; [http://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/log/7a2edc5171e6/toolkit/mozapps/extensions/content/update.xul] If you can copy and paste that file from a working browser we can see the issue, but it will just look the same as the error.
if you can replace the contents of the file locally with what it should look like it will fix the error, but who knows if there are other errors. May be best to delete the updater and save all the profile folder contents.

Apps won't start after latest update?

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I would & always do Repair Permissions Before & after Updates, so I would try the RP ..
Then I would go the SMC route, specific for your model..
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http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3964
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1710
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uname -m
x86_64
Partitions:
Device Type Name
/dev/sda1 Linux filesystem root
/dev/sda2 Linux filesystem boot
/dev/sda3 EFI System efi
/dev/sda4 Linux filesystem var
/dev/sda5 Linux filesystem home
lsblk
Name Type Mountpoint
sda disk
sda1 part /
sda2 part /boot
sda3 part /boot/efi
sda4 part /var
sda5 part /home
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efi/
EFI/
arch/
initramfs-arch-fallback.img
initramfs-arch.img
refind_linux.conf
vmlinux-arch.efi
refind/
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// after printing five boot entries...
Press ENTER to continue or 'Q' to break:
ASSERT_EFI_ERROR (Status = Not Ready)
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Tried downgrading kernel to 3.6, still won't boot.
Last edited by MitchellSalad (2013-01-30 20:05:10)

MitchellSalad wrote:
Partitions:
Device Type Name
/dev/sda1 Linux filesystem root
/dev/sda2 Linux filesystem boot
/dev/sda3 EFI System efi
/dev/sda4 Linux filesystem var
/dev/sda5 Linux filesystem home
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"Default boot" "root=PARTUUID=d368616d-a423-4511-88df-f2f645079bab ro rootfstype=ext4 add_efi_memmap system.unit=graphical.target"
"Boot to terminal" "root=PARTUUID=d368616d-a423-4511-88df-f2f645079bab ro rootfstype=ext4 add_efi_memmap system.unit=multi-user.target"
ls -l /dev/disk/by-partuuid/
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Shouldn't that be sda1? Your root-partition is /dev/sda1.

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After some month of neglect, did software update yesterday.... 7 programs including a security update, iTurnes, QT, and I'm not sure what else.
Now it won't boot.
What I like to call a case of computer indigestion. Too many updates at once. See recommendations below.
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[Topic : Can't open drive door |http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1279497]
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http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106752
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[Article #HT1310 - Startup Manager: How to Select a Startup Volume|http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1310]
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<HR>
Updating
Certain steps appear to minimize the risk of an update producing problems.
Number one is to make sure you have a bootable clone backup of your computer in case you do need to back out of it again. This is the only guaranteed way of not having to worry about the results of an update.
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[Resolve startup issues and perform disk maintenance with Disk Utility and fsck|http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106214]
[Using Disk Utility in Mac OS X 10.4.3 or later|http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=302672]
[Disk Utility's Repair Disk Permissions|http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=25751]
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[Mac OS X: Starting up in Safe Mode|http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=107393]
[What is Safe Boot, Safe Mode? (Mac OS X)|http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=107392]
[Safe Boot takes longer than normal startup|http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=107394]
I like to download the update onto my computer and install it from there rather than let Software Update do it. I know a few people who had problems with doing the update via software updater found a manual install to work.
Repair permissions again afterward.
It helps to only install one update at a time and to run the computer for a while to make sure it is behaving well.
The more cautious even like to unplug third party peripherals (see [comment by BDaqua|http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=9040746#9040746]).
Almost all of the above steps (except backup) have been questioned as to necessity because probably many people have done successful updates without doing them. I say they can't hurt, they can very likely do good (especially if your computer isn't regularly maintained), so why not do them to be safe.
[BDaqua's comments on updating problems|http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=8948595#8948595]
[Baby Boomer's comments on updating problems|http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=9025760#9025760]
[Klaus1's post on updating and removing updates|http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=10257902#10257902]

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I just did a BIOS update the other day. No idea what version it is. When I booted it said it "detection error on HDD...". I have since reset the BIOS options to default, and now it boots to a DOS-like boot screen that shows the ATA HDD0 drive. But selecting it and hitting enter just flashes the screen and nothing happens.
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Solved!
Go to Solution.

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MacBook won't boot after installing update 10.9.2

Hi there,
After successfully installing the 10.9.2 update on my MacBook Pro, I was able to boot to the updated system once. Then, suddently my macBook crashed and I was unable to boot again.
I managed to find a way to backup my files using the recovery mode and the Disk utility, however this wasn't straightforward to me since I was using FileVault..
Does anybody else have a similar experience with the 10.9.2 update?

The login screen appears as usual, and I am able to put username/password. Then, it fails to login and it returns the user to the login screen without mouse or keyboard working.
I booted using Command Button + S (single-user mode) and I see the error
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