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Firefox crashes constantly

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I have a brand new pc laptop with Windows 7. Firefox will not stay open for me, it just constantly crashes. I have updated Firefox, Windows, drivers, and checked to see if it crashes in safe mode. It does not. I have turned off Hardware Acceleration and restarted FF. I cannot disable extensions because the FF page won't stay open long enough for me to follow those instructions.

Please advise as this is increbibly frustrating. Thank you. Beth


Signature PInvokeCalliWorker UUID 4a4046f2-a971-4f43-aa11-9fe452110918 Date Processed 2011-09-18 09:55:19.561788 Uptime 898 Last Crash 15.2 minutes before submission Install Age 1.4 weeks since version was first installed. Install Time 2011-09-09 01:39:29 Product Firefox Version 6.0.2 Build ID 20110902133214 Release Channel release OS Windows NT OS Version 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1 CPU x86 CPU Info AuthenticAMD family 16 model 6 stepping 3 Crash Reason EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION_READ Crash Address 0x0 User Comments App Notes AdapterVendorID: 1002, AdapterDeviceID: 9712, AdapterDriverVersion: 8.770.2.1000 Processor Notes EMCheckCompatibility True Winsock LSP MSAFD Tcpip [TCP/IP] : 2 : 1 : MSAFD Tcpip [UDP/IP] : 2 : 2 : %SystemRoot%\system32\mswsock.dll MSAFD Tcpip [RAW/IP] : 2 : 3 : MSAFD Tcpip [TCP/IPv6] : 2 : 1 : %SystemRoot%\system32\mswsock.dll MSAFD Tcpip [UDP/IPv6] : 2 : 2 : MSAFD Tcpip [RAW/IPv6] : 2 : 3 : %SystemRoot%\system32\mswsock.dll RSVP TCPv6 Service Provider : 2 : 1 : RSVP TCP Service Provider : 2 : 1 : %SystemRoot%\system32\mswsock.dll RSVP UDPv6 Service Provider : 2 : 2 : RSVP UDP Service Provider : 2 : 2 : %SystemRoot%\system32\mswsock.dll Adapter Vendor ID Adapter Device ID Bugzilla - Report this Crash Related Bugs

   684748 NEW (Mostly) 6.0.1 crashes with IdVault

Crashing Thread Frame Module Signature [Expand] Source 0 @0xe6518a2 1 @0x56d4c6c 2 @0x5c2c2f7 3 mscorwks.dll PInvokeCalliWorker 4 @0xf5a055 5 @0x56d347e 6 @0x5c2c204 7 xul.dll nsDocLoader::FireOnStateChange uriloader/base/nsDocLoader.cpp:1339 8 xul.dll nsDocLoader::FireOnStateChange uriloader/base/nsDocLoader.cpp:1346 9 xul.dll nsDocLoader::FireOnStateChange uriloader/base/nsDocLoader.cpp:1346 10 xul.dll nsDocLoader::doStopDocumentLoad uriloader/base/nsDocLoader.cpp:958 11 xul.dll nsDocLoader::DocLoaderIsEmpty uriloader/base/nsDocLoader.cpp:823 12 xul.dll nsDocLoader::OnStopRequest uriloader/base/nsDocLoader.cpp:707 13 xul.dll nsLoadGroup::RemoveRequest netwerk/base/src/nsLoadGroup.cpp:680 14 xul.dll xul.dll@0xb775d3 15 xul.dll nsDocument::UnblockOnload content/base/src/nsDocument.cpp:7260 16 xul.dll nsDocument::DispatchContentLoadedEvents content/base/src/nsDocument.cpp:4185 17 xul.dll nsRunnableMethodImpl<void obj-firefox/dist/include/nsThreadUtils.h:341 18 xul.dll nsThread::ProcessNextEvent xpcom/threads/nsThread.cpp:618 19 xul.dll mozilla::ipc::MessagePump::Run ipc/glue/MessagePump.cpp:110 20 xul.dll xul.dll@0xb7153f 21 xul.dll MessageLoop::RunHandler ipc/chromium/src/base/message_loop.cc:202 22 xul.dll xul.dll@0x379edf 23 xul.dll MessageLoop::Run ipc/chromium/src/base/message_loop.cc:176 24 xul.dll nsDocument::DispatchContentLoadedEvents content/base/src/nsDocument.cpp:4168 25 xul.dll nsBaseAppShell::Run widget/src/xpwidgets/nsBaseAppShell.cpp:189 26 xul.dll xul.dll@0xb7153f 27 xul.dll nsAppShell::Run widget/src/windows/nsAppShell.cpp:249 </p>

I have a brand new pc laptop with Windows 7. Firefox will not stay open for me, it just constantly crashes. I have updated Firefox, Windows, drivers, and checked to see if it crashes in safe mode. It does not. I have turned off Hardware Acceleration and restarted FF. I cannot disable extensions because the FF page won't stay open long enough for me to follow those instructions. Please advise as this is increbibly frustrating. Thank you. Beth Signature PInvokeCalliWorker UUID 4a4046f2-a971-4f43-aa11-9fe452110918 Date Processed 2011-09-18 09:55:19.561788 Uptime 898 Last Crash 15.2 minutes before submission Install Age 1.4 weeks since version was first installed. Install Time 2011-09-09 01:39:29 Product Firefox Version 6.0.2 Build ID 20110902133214 Release Channel release OS Windows NT OS Version 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1 CPU x86 CPU Info AuthenticAMD family 16 model 6 stepping 3 Crash Reason EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION_READ Crash Address 0x0 User Comments App Notes AdapterVendorID: 1002, AdapterDeviceID: 9712, AdapterDriverVersion: 8.770.2.1000 Processor Notes EMCheckCompatibility True Winsock LSP MSAFD Tcpip [TCP/IP] : 2 : 1 : MSAFD Tcpip [UDP/IP] : 2 : 2 : %SystemRoot%\system32\mswsock.dll MSAFD Tcpip [RAW/IP] : 2 : 3 : MSAFD Tcpip [TCP/IPv6] : 2 : 1 : %SystemRoot%\system32\mswsock.dll MSAFD Tcpip [UDP/IPv6] : 2 : 2 : MSAFD Tcpip [RAW/IPv6] : 2 : 3 : %SystemRoot%\system32\mswsock.dll RSVP TCPv6 Service Provider : 2 : 1 : RSVP TCP Service Provider : 2 : 1 : %SystemRoot%\system32\mswsock.dll RSVP UDPv6 Service Provider : 2 : 2 : RSVP UDP Service Provider : 2 : 2 : %SystemRoot%\system32\mswsock.dll Adapter Vendor ID Adapter Device ID Bugzilla - Report this Crash Related Bugs 684748 NEW (Mostly) 6.0.1 crashes with IdVault Crashing Thread Frame Module Signature [Expand] Source 0 @0xe6518a2 1 @0x56d4c6c 2 @0x5c2c2f7 3 mscorwks.dll PInvokeCalliWorker 4 @0xf5a055 5 @0x56d347e 6 @0x5c2c204 7 xul.dll nsDocLoader::FireOnStateChange uriloader/base/nsDocLoader.cpp:1339 8 xul.dll nsDocLoader::FireOnStateChange uriloader/base/nsDocLoader.cpp:1346 9 xul.dll nsDocLoader::FireOnStateChange uriloader/base/nsDocLoader.cpp:1346 10 xul.dll nsDocLoader::doStopDocumentLoad uriloader/base/nsDocLoader.cpp:958 11 xul.dll nsDocLoader::DocLoaderIsEmpty uriloader/base/nsDocLoader.cpp:823 12 xul.dll nsDocLoader::OnStopRequest uriloader/base/nsDocLoader.cpp:707 13 xul.dll nsLoadGroup::RemoveRequest netwerk/base/src/nsLoadGroup.cpp:680 14 xul.dll xul.dll@0xb775d3 15 xul.dll nsDocument::UnblockOnload content/base/src/nsDocument.cpp:7260 16 xul.dll nsDocument::DispatchContentLoadedEvents content/base/src/nsDocument.cpp:4185 17 xul.dll nsRunnableMethodImpl<void obj-firefox/dist/include/nsThreadUtils.h:341 18 xul.dll nsThread::ProcessNextEvent xpcom/threads/nsThread.cpp:618 19 xul.dll mozilla::ipc::MessagePump::Run ipc/glue/MessagePump.cpp:110 20 xul.dll xul.dll@0xb7153f 21 xul.dll MessageLoop::RunHandler ipc/chromium/src/base/message_loop.cc:202 22 xul.dll xul.dll@0x379edf 23 xul.dll MessageLoop::Run ipc/chromium/src/base/message_loop.cc:176 24 xul.dll nsDocument::DispatchContentLoadedEvents content/base/src/nsDocument.cpp:4168 25 xul.dll nsBaseAppShell::Run widget/src/xpwidgets/nsBaseAppShell.cpp:189 26 xul.dll xul.dll@0xb7153f 27 xul.dll nsAppShell::Run widget/src/windows/nsAppShell.cpp:249

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This is a problem with your idvault addon. Try running firefox in Safe Mode, then go to "about:addons" and remove idvault.

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Thank you so much for your response. When I run FF is Safemode and then go to the Firefox tab and add-ons, there is no "idvault". I even did a search and nothing came up. Am I looking in the wrong place? I could not find "About: add-ons", just "add-ons".

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ID Vault seems to be part of Comcast's "Constant Guard" suite. I was able to disable Constant Guard but not uninstall it. Will this do the trick or do I need to go into add/uninstall programs in my control panel and uninstall it? I don't like the idea of getting rid of a program that is supposed to be protecting me, but I don't know if it really is or if it is just a Comcast "gimmick".

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Please let me know if disabling "Constant Guard" helps, so that I can recommend the same to others that have this problem (It's pretty common). Did you find the addon in "about:addons" or did you have to dig around in your profile folder?

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So far, Firefox has not crashed in the past hour since disabling constant Guard. Normally, it would have crashed at least a dozen times. I could not find ID Guard alone in the add-ons, but Constant Guard was in there. I had to do a Google search about ID Vault to figure out that it was part of the Constant Guard Suite.

I really appreciate your help and your quick responses.

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This fix worked for me, too. Here is what I did: - Firefox->Help->Restart with add-ons disabled. - Extensions - On "CGPS Extension 1.0", click "Disable" - Exit - Restart Firefox and breathe a sigh of relief.

Big thanks to Matt2!!

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Extensions - On "CGPS Extension 1.0", click "Disable" - Exit - Restart Firefox . Where do I find this?

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  1. type about:addons in the location bar and press enter
  2. make sure extensions is selected on the left
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