When I downloaded firefox someone else's bookmarks and homepage are there, it is a used computer. How can I "start over" with firefox?

I have tried deleting firefox from my computer entirely (I have a macbook). Then when I download it again, much later, it still acts like it knows what bookmarks and homepage I want. These were obviously set by someone else, and I want it to be fresh, I want to start over with a new firefox. I bought the computer used, and apparently firefox recognizes it as having been downloaded before and automatically adds stuff to it. It is annoying!!

The simplest method will be to create a new profile and delete the old one. User information such as bookmarks is stored in a profile folder. You can create and remove profiles by using the profile manager. First use the profile manager to create a new profile, then use it to delete the old profile.
For details on using the profile manager see the [[managing profiles]] article. An alternative site that can help is http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_Manager

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Sorry, if it says that it only supports Internet Explorer it probably uses ActiveX for certain functionality, and it just won't work with any other browser. That prevents Mac and Linux users from accessing corporate intranets unfortunately.
I have a similar situation with the company I work for, I can logon to the intranet by changing the user agent string in Firefox, as you did with Safari. But unlike your situation, I can do almost anything I need to do except for uploading images for jobs that need visual documentation. My company's use of ActiveX seems to be solely for the image uploader and maybe other functions that I didn't have occasion to use before I just said to hell with it and started using IE 8 for doing my job reporting.
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https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/user-agent-switcher/

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* http://kb.mozillazine.org/Creating_a_new_Firefox_profile_on_Windows
* http://kb.mozillazine.org/Shortcut_to_a_specific_profile
* http://kb.mozillazine.org/Using_multiple_profiles_-_Firefox
* http://kb.mozillazine.org/Bypassing_the_Profile_Manager
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* http://kb.mozillazine.org/Opening_a_new_instance_of_Firefox_with_another_profile

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need to download skype on my iPad 2 and it asks for iOS 5 to do it how

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iOS 5: Updating your device to iOS 5 or Later
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4972
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iOS: How to update your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch
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*[[/questions/873265]]
*[[/questions/839794]]

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iTunes Store: Changing your payment information
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1918
-Griff W.

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*http://kb.mozillazine.org/about:config
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funkytwig wrote:
Logged in with my Adobe ID and went to Download CS6 products but there are only links for French, German, Italian and Japanese versions of PP CS6. It is a simpler case for most of the other products on this page. What is going on?
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* https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Profiles
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