When i open firefox, vista is asking me if i want updates.

I have never had this happen, when I open firefox, the usual program vista stuff happens and askes me if I want to do this... wtf?
This never happend before.

Run the Firefox program once as Administrator (right-click: Run as Administrator).
Check that you do not run Firefox as Administrator.<br />
Right-click the Firefox desktop shortcut and choose "Properties".<br />
In the Compatibility tab, make sure that Privilege Level: "Run this program as Administrator" is not selected.<br />
You also need to check the Properties of the firefox.exe program in the Firefox program directory.<br />
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