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MissVictoria wrote:
> I realize that Windows does not provide support for Firefox, this is obvious.
> But my problem with the browser seems directly related to the Windows Update
> that I installed this past weekend, so I'm posting my question here.
>
> Also please note that I have no choice but to use Firefox. I cannot use IE
> because I depend on Microsoft Outlook Web Access for my job, and Microsoft
> OWA is not yet compatible with Vista/IE7. (I know, it's odd, but Firefox is
> the only browser I know of at the moment that works on Vista and also runs
> OWA.)
>
> So now that this is established, here is my problem:
>
> I'm using Vista home premium edition - been using it for several months
> without trouble. Saturday night, I download several Windows updates, and
> then Sunday when I opened up my Firefox browser, it was shaking.
>
> Actually, it's not the whole window that shakes. The contour of the window
> stays in place, and the menus too. Just the pages themselves bounce up and
> down. They just shake. Also on Sunday when this problem occurred, I noticed
> all my Firefox bookmarks were gone. And also, not every page starts to shake
> right away. Sometimes they stay still for a while, then when I click on
> something or navigate away, the shaking starts again.
>
> I immediately scanned for spyware and viruses - no problems there. I
> scoured the internet for solutions. I read about other Firefox/Vista users
> that used to have the same problem with shakes and bounces - and their
> problems were all found to be related either to customized toolbars or to
> "themes/skins." I've used neither. I have default everything.
>
> Nonetheless, I tried all the standard fixes. I tried, as some others
> suggested, to add new bookmarks and see if that stopped the problem. It
> didn't. I even uninstalled Firefox, downloaded the install file and
> reinstalled. No change.
>
> So what's the deal - did the Windows update this weekend intentionally
> cripple my Firefox use? Any fixes?
>

What updates were downloaded? I'm using firefox and thunderbird and
have not experienced any of the problems with shakes. I believe in the
past, people just reset there bookmarks, and one person added a different
theme and it went away. But that was then, this appears to be something
new. Strange that it would start happening again.