How do I make Firefox not dial up by itself?

I have dial up service. Sometimes I hang up Firefox, but leave a webpage visible so that I can make a telephone call based on a telephone number on the webpage. If a webpage is visible, Firefox repeatedly tries to re-establish connection. I'm constantly clicking the Cancel button to keep it from blurting tones into my telephone conversation. I would appreciate knowing how to defeat this. I want Firefox to dial only when I tell it to.

Thank you, cor-el. It seems like something out of those articles worked. I appreciate you pointing the right direction for me.

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How do you make firefox NOT your default browser?

I accidentally made Firefox my default browser thinking that you could change it back to not default. Is there a way to make a browser other than Firefox default when Firefox is currently default? (i.e. i want to know how to un-default Firefox.)

I found an answer to this question at https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/questions/761175.
Don't mess with the registry keys, this part worked for me:
Check the default settings in:
Control Panel > Add/Remove Programs > "Set Program Access And Defaults" (on the left)
Open: Custom (click arrow on the right)
Select "Internet Explorer" under "Choose a default Web Browser"
Click OK

How do I make Firefox NOT my default browser and restore Internet Explorer as default browser?

I used to have Internet Explorer as my default browser and when I went to Firefox it asked me if I wanted Firefox as my default browser and I always sad no. I must haves screwed that up somehow and I want to go back to Explorer as default.
== This happened ==
Not sure how often

To make Internet Explorer your default web browser, you can click on '''Tools''' from the toolbar at the top and select '''Internet Options'''. Then select the '''Programs''' tab from the top of the window to access the default browser settings. You might want to also choose to be alerted if Internet Explorer is not your default browser. Click '''OK''' to save your changes.
Please also be aware of that Firefox's latest version is [http://getfirefox.com 3.6.4] while you're running 3.5.9.

How do I make Firefox not open the homepage in new windows?

Hi. I have a collection of 4 pages set to open every time I start Firefox. Whenever I need to open a new window, my 4 pages open again.
I would like to have those 4 pages open only the first time I start the browser, because I never close them. Obviously I don't need them open again.
How can I set it so that these 4 pages open the first time I start my browser, but only have a blank page open the next time I select "open new window."
Even more ideal would be to have the choice to open my homepages or a blank page (in case for some reason they do get closed).
Any solution that takes more than one extra step is one extra step too many. Otherwise, I'd simply just x out of three of my pages and change the URL of the 4th.
I'm not entirely technically minded, so if yours is a technical solution, I thank you in advance for clearly laying out the steps one-by one.
Cheers.

One possibility would be to change how you open a new window. You can create a bookmark for Firefox's '''about:blank''' page and then, to open it in a new window, shift+click the bookmark.
(To create it, right-click the Bookmarks Toolbar or Bookmarks Menu near where you want to add it and choose New Bookmark. Enter about:blank in the Location and any description you like in the Name, then click Add Bookmark.)
But that might be difficult to remember or inconvenient, so the next thought would be to bookmark your 4 home pages as a group in a single folder on your Bookmarks Toolbar or Bookmarks Menu, as you prefer. If you ''middle-click'' that folder with the mouse scroll wheel, Firefox will open all of its pages in separate tabs in the same window. Does that still count as 1 step?
(To create it, open a new window with your four tabs. Right-click any of the tabs and choose Bookmark All Tabs. This will create the new folder. Assuming it tests out, you can then change your Firefox home page to about:blank to display a blank page.)
Are we getting closer?

How can i make firefox not load images from certain websites permanantly

I am unable to block images on certain websites permanently. However, I can block images temporarily for a session through Option > Content > Load images automatically but whenever i clean the browser history or close down firefox the customized list that i entered disappear and i am back to square and again manually enter websites one by one and the same thing happens again.

You can inspect and manage the permissions for all domains on the about:permissions page.
*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/how-do-i-manage-website-permissions
In case you are using "Clear history when Firefox closes":
*do not clear the "Site Preferences"
*Tools > Options > Privacy: History: [X] Clear history when Firefox closes > Settings
*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Clear+Recent+History
Note that clearing "Site Preferences" clears all exceptions for cookies, images, pop-up windows, software installation, and passwords.

How do I make Firefox not open when I turn on the computer

I need to open firefox manually

You can have whatever page you want to open when opening a new tab, including a blank page, if that is what you choose.
#In the Location bar, type '''''about:config''''' and press Enter.
#*The about:config "This might void your warranty!" warning page may appear. Click I'll be careful, I promise!, to continue to the about:config page.
#Type '''''browser.newtab.url''''' in the search box.
#Double-click the browser.newtab.url preference and change the url from about:newtab to '''''about:blank'''''. Alternately, you can change it to '''''about:home''''' for the Firefox Google home page, or type in your preferred home page, for example google.com.
#Click OK and close the about:config tab.
#See - https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/new-tab-page-show-hide-and-customize-top-sites
Setting the homepage that opens on starting Firefox - https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/How%20to%20set%20the%20home%20page

How can I make Firefox not-display images?

About 20 years ago I could configure Mosaic to not-display images. I browse with lynx usually now, but have to use something else when I need Javascript. Sometimes I want to not-display images. I can't find a setting in Firefox for this.

Note that you can control this via the permissions.default.image pref on the about:config
The default is 1 to allow all images, a value of 2 will block images.
*http://kb.mozillazine.org/permissions.default.image
**1: Allow all images to load, regardless of origin. (Default)
**2: Block all images from loading.
**3: Prevent third-party images from loading.

Downloaded new 4.0 today and decided to download and sync mobile to my HTC EVO 4g which seems to work but how do I make Firefox the homepage on phone?

Have had Firefox for years on my mac and works great. Downloaded today new 4.0 on desktop mac OS 10.6.7 and works great. Have sync and decided to follow instructions to download Firefox to my HTC EVO 4G. Seemed to download correctly and did get the 3 part key and entered fine. Firefox icon shows up with icon in list of All apps and will work if clicked upon.
But, how do I make Firefox my home page on my phone? When I select magnifying glass key on glass I go to standard google homepage I've had since day one. I'd like to go directly to Firefox as I do on the desktop.

Oops, I forgot a step between 7 and 8 ... before syncing the iPhone I need to explicitly send the document back to iTunes on the iPhone, or the changes won't come over at all ...
and then one more thing ... Numbers on iOS does NOT recognize a number of key features of the OSX app, such as conditional formatting ... so after editing my document on iOS and syncing it back to OSX on my Mac, all of those settings are lost (no more conditional formatting, have to do it all over again)
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How do I make Firefox ask me again if I want to save a password for a website when I've already told it no?

I go to a website and login to it.
Firefox asks me if I want to save the password.
I say No.
Later, I decide that I do want Firefox to save the password to that website.
How can I make Firefox ask me if I want to save that password again?
The website is not listed in the (Options \ Security \ Passwords \ Exceptions) list.

Only if you choose "Never" then an exception is created.
Otherwise Firefox should offer to save the password on the next visit.
Did you look for the presence of a key like icon at the left end of the location bar?
*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/password-manager-remember-delete-change-passwords

How can I make Firefox use another installed Java runtime version?

For development purposes I have several Java runtime versions on my Windows 7 64 bit machine. I try to keep the number of installed JDKs and JREs to a minimum and I want Firefox to use JRE 1.7.0_21 (32 bit) since this came with a JDK version I am forced to use for another application.
Firefox however uses JRE 1.6.0_31, and correctly reports this as insecure. It offers me the option to upgrade, but I do not want to download and install another JRE since I already have said JRE 1.7.0_21 installed. I would highly prefer to just be able to point Firefox to that JRE. I don't see an option to select another installed JRE however.
I have already attempted to manually modify the pluginreg.dat file (I know, it says Do not edit...) by changing the JRE 1.6 entries to JRE 1.7, but upon restart my edits were overwritten and the old JRE was back. As a result I cannot view certain web sites (also corporate/internal) without having to switch to lesser browsers.
Please let me know how I can make Firefox use the already installed JRE 1.7.

Thank you for your response, cor-el. I was able to successfully add the JRE 1.7 plugin to Firefox by modifying the existing JRE 1.6 registry entries, but I would not recommend this procedure to users that are less confident in registry editing. Too bad there is not a more user friendly way to do this.
Unfortunately the Java applet I'm trying to view is still not displayed. I've dug a bit deeper and found that the applet explicitly specifies an older JPI version (1.5.0_02). AFAIK Firefox cannot deal with this if its installed JPI (now 1.7.0_21) does not match the version requested. So either I'm going to have to dig up this older JPI version and install that too, or just switch to an alternative browser to be able to view this applet.

How can i make firefox reload automaticly every hour?!!!

how can i make firefox reload automaticly every hour?!!!
I download add-ons Reload Every
how to manage it((setting))?!!!
thanks addvance>>

You installed the ReloadEvery Extension rather and not downloaded it to disk.
To set the reload time for the tab you are viewing you can right-click the page and select a time.
http://reloadevery.mozdev.org/
http://reloadevery.mozdev.org/screenshots.html

When my wife goes to login to Yahoo mail, my email Id and password automatically appear. How do I tell Firefox not to populate these fields with my id and passwords. Basically how do we not have firefox automatically fill in these fields.

When my wife was already login to our shared computer, I went into Yahoo email and told the computer to save my login and password. Now, everytime my wife goes to login to her Yahoo email my ID and Password are filled in. How do we have firefox not remember the Yahoo ID and Password for anyone?

When my wife was already login to our shared computer, I went into Yahoo email and told the computer to save my login and password. Now, everytime my wife goes to login to her Yahoo email my ID and Password are filled in. How do we have firefox not remember the Yahoo ID and Password for anyone?

When I put a website Icon on my desktop, how do I make firefox use the Icon native to that website instead of the default Firefox Icon?

When I drag and drop a website onto my desktop, how can I make Firefox use the icon native to that website instead of the default firefox icon?
I have even gone painstakingly (SEVERAL TIMES) to the sites with IE, dragged the site onto my desktop in order to obtain the site native icons for my desktop (and deleted the ones with the Firefox icon) .... but they all soon revert to the default Firefox icon.
E X T R E M E L Y F R U S T R A T I N G !!!!!!!!!

I don't want icons from the Firefox library.
I want the icon that comes from the website I'm making the shortcut for.
(If you go to a site in IE you will see the site generated icon at the left end of the URL in the address field.)
If I make IE my default browser I am able to get (and keep) those icons as shortcuts on my desktop without a problem.
I want to keep Firefox as my default browser.
So I want to know how to make Firefox accept the icon that comes from the website like IE does.
I have even gone to the trouble to use IE to create the shortcuts with the site specific icons.....but after I do that...... FIREFOX CONVERTS THEM TO THE FIREFOX DEFAULT ICON as soon as I re-boot or refresh my desktop.
I generally prefer Firefox as a browser....but If there's no fix.....I'm going to dump Firefox.

How Can I Make Acrobat Not Resize Images?

I am trying to turn around 80 images into the pages of a PDF file. The pictures are saved as JPEGs and have the exact dimensions I want them to have as pages of a PDF. When I turn them into a PDF in Acrobat Pro 9 they get resized so when viewed at 100% the text looks like crap. I want to know how I can make Acrobat not mess with the dimensions of my pictures when turning them into a PDF. I make the PDF by clicking the Create button and selecting Merge Files into a Single PDF... . I then drag and drop the pictures into the window and click Combine Files. I have tried all three of the File Size settings and all of them turn out wrong. How can I make this expensive program work the way I want it to by doing htis simple thing right?
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I am not trying to justify Adobe's choice, just an explanation of what may have happened. When one asks for 100%, there is a question of by pixel, by inches (cm), or by size on the screen. These are interpretations and the fact that MS and Adobe interpret them differently is not surprising. However, I think that what you are seeing is a result of the pixel display issues on the screen and with proper sizing, they should appear the same (at least I think). In Acrobat, there is also a smoothing feature under the display preferences that may be an issue and is related to how it extrapolates for the pixels.

In windows 7, how do I make firefox start automatically when I turn on the pc.?

In windows 7, how do I make firefox start automatically when I turn on the pc

That worked, thanks. When I turn on the pc, I almost always go to the internet before anything else, so this eliminates one step. It doesn't seem to save any time, however, but it is easy. If anyone else wants to try this, it looks like it's very easy to undo if you change your mind.

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