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Browsing thru the "Add or remove software" list I find:

Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.1 @ 22 MBs+ and
Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.3 @ 22 Mbs+

FWIW Agent.exe had been active. I believe this is the program that
automatically searches and updates the programs you have installed.
I'm not sure how I got that program - is it a MS update?

I usually deny it access to the net but it must have sneaked by. I do
remember being mildly surprised when FF updated itself when I wanted
to open it this AM.

Anyway, my question. Can I uninstall 2.0.0.1 without screwing up
2.0.0.3? Should I just leave them both on, or maybe remove them both
and download a fresh 2.0.0.whatever.

Thanks for your input.

On Mar 21, 3:10 pm, Jackson <jjacXkd...@Xcox.net> wrote:
> Browsing thru the "Add or remove software" list I find:
>
> Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.1 @ 22 MBs+ and
> Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.3 @ 22 Mbs+
>
> FWIW Agent.exe had been active. I believe this is the program that
> automatically searches and updates the programs you have installed.
> I'm not sure how I got that program - is it a MS update?
>
> I usually deny it access to the net but it must have sneaked by. I do
> remember being mildly surprised when FF updated itself when I wanted
> to open it this AM.
>
> Anyway, my question. Can I uninstall 2.0.0.1 without screwing up
> 2.0.0.3? Should I just leave them both on, or maybe remove them both
> and download a fresh 2.0.0.whatever.
>
> Thanks for your input.


First, FF does its own updating. If you let it update itself
automatically, then for some strange quorky reason, you have more than
one entry in the add/remove programs. If you uninstall, then you'll
screw up the whole thing. For me, when an update is available, I
download the entire new program, then install that. That way, I don't
have this type of problem. So, if you want, you can uninstall both
entries and download the entire program, and go from there. I would
also change the automatically update. I would only have it so it
would notify you when there is an update available. You can get the
updates from here: ftp://releases.mozilla.org/pub/mozil...refox/releases

You can change the update notice in Tools, Options, Advanced, and the
Update tab

As for Agent.exe. This is not an update program. It gives details
about your system.

On 21 Mar 2007 20:57:33 -0700,
wrote:

>On Mar 21, 3:10 pm, Jackson <jjacXkd...@Xcox.net> wrote:
>> Browsing thru the "Add or remove software" list I find:
>>
>> Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.1 @ 22 MBs+ and
>> Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.3 @ 22 Mbs+
>>
>> FWIW Agent.exe had been active. I believe this is the program that
>> automatically searches and updates the programs you have installed.
>> I'm not sure how I got that program - is it a MS update?
>>
>> I usually deny it access to the net but it must have sneaked by. I do
>> remember being mildly surprised when FF updated itself when I wanted
>> to open it this AM.
>>
>> Anyway, my question. Can I uninstall 2.0.0.1 without screwing up
>> 2.0.0.3? Should I just leave them both on, or maybe remove them both
>> and download a fresh 2.0.0.whatever.
>>
>> Thanks for your input.
>
>
>First, FF does its own updating. If you let it update itself
>automatically, then for some strange quorky reason, you have more than
>one entry in the add/remove programs. If you uninstall, then you'll
>screw up the whole thing. For me, when an update is available, I
>download the entire new program, then install that. That way, I don't
>have this type of problem. So, if you want, you can uninstall both
>entries and download the entire program, and go from there. I would
>also change the automatically update. I would only have it so it
>would notify you when there is an update available. You can get the
>updates from here: ftp://releases.mozilla.org/pub/mozil...refox/releases
>
>You can change the update notice in Tools, Options, Advanced, and the
>Update tab
>
>As for Agent.exe. This is not an update program. It gives details
>about your system.

Thanks for the good info, Peter. I'll uninstall the two and reinstall
the latest.

> Browsing thru the "Add or remove software" list I find:
>
> Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.1 @ 22 MBs+ and
> Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.3 @ 22 Mbs+
>
> FWIW Agent.exe had been active. I believe this is the program that
> automatically searches and updates the programs you have installed.
> I'm not sure how I got that program - is it a MS update?
>
> I usually deny it access to the net but it must have sneaked by. I do
> remember being mildly surprised when FF updated itself when I wanted
> to open it this AM.
>
> Anyway, my question. Can I uninstall 2.0.0.1 without screwing up
> 2.0.0.3? Should I just leave them both on, or maybe remove them both
> and download a fresh 2.0.0.whatever.
>
> Thanks for your input.


Seems to be a bug that shows seldom ... I had exactly the same problem: FF
did it's own update but after that somehow I had 2 versions of FF. Got
notices that FF wanted to start FF (which ofcourse is strange) and also FF
was slow as hell. I uninstalled the oldest one and then everything was
allright again.

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