Report: Microsoft.com on Firefox
This is as good as it gets: Firefox on my machine cannot open Microsoft.com! Have a look at the screenshot below.
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| Microsoft.com on Firefox (2.0.0.13) | Microsoft.com on IE6 | Microsoft.com on Safari |
The page just says Runtime Error and dumps the standard Aspx error text. I cleared the Firefox cache, cookies… everything, even reinstalled the damn thing but to no avail.
I wonder if its a case of Firefox hating Microsoft or vice versa. Just kidding. I am sure there is a reasonable explanation to it although I am yet to figure it out. I have reported the problem to Mozilla but no word from them yet. If I figure out the problem, I shall update it here. In the mean time if any of you is facing this issue, please leave a comment.
But really, you have to admire the beauty of the problem.
Happy Surfing,
Alex
Update: 17 April 2008
It seems the trouble was because of a corrupt profile. I uninstalled Firefox once more but this time deleted the leftover installation folder in Program Files and the profile data in C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Application Data\Mozilla. Then I reinstalled Firefox and viola! microsoft.com in all its glory.
Its alive!
Incidentally, doing the above procedure cleared up some of the slow browsing issues I have been having. So if you have been using Firefox for some time now, this activity might be good idea. Warning: Doing so will delete all your saved data, addons, themes, customizations etc, so make sure that you take a backup of the Mozilla folder under Application Data before attempting this.
