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IS YOUR LATEST BROWSER UPDATE COMPATABLE WITH WINDOWS XP SP3 ?

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Len19
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I still use Windows XP SP3 and am worried that new updates might not work on my system ?

I still use Windows XP SP3 and am worried that new updates might not work on my system ?

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https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/get-latest-version-firefox-windows-xp-vista

If you try to download Firefox from mozilla.org you will get served 43.0.1 because 43.0.2 and later are signed. WinXP users still using SP2 cannot run these signed setups however SP3 users can. You can either update to current or download full setup of current version.

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philipp
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hi len19, yes windows xp is still supported - https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/48.0.2/system-requirements/

James
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https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/get-latest-version-firefox-windows-xp-vista

If you try to download Firefox from mozilla.org you will get served 43.0.1 because 43.0.2 and later are signed. WinXP users still using SP2 cannot run these signed setups however SP3 users can. You can either update to current or download full setup of current version.