When Firefox starts, there is a blank page momentarily and then a glazed appearance of the background. How to fix?

I am using windows 7 and Firefox has been working well for 2 years until yesterday. I cannot access anything except to close the window. Interestingly, my laptop accesses Firefox well and is connected to the desktop via local wi-fi.

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Every time Firefox opened
== this month ==
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