Carol Williams, Retired Agent / Broker / Prop. Mgr, Wenatchee, WA (Although I'm retired, I love sharing my knowledge and learning from other real estate industry professionals.)

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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
Los Angeles Pasadena 818.516.4393

I was just thinking...do you remember that dog that appeared quite often years ago on ActiveRain?   Workarounds of all varieties are necessary.  Here and in real life.  I don't use Firefox but glitches of all varieties are seeming to "pop up" from time to time.  

Sep 21, 2019 01:06 PM
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Tom Bailey
Margaret Rudd & Associates Inc. - Oak Island, NC

I am not a techie, but I am a diehard Chrome user. I had the same problem with Firefox a few years ago. I tried Chrome and never went back

Sep 21, 2019 11:53 AM
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James Dray
Fathom Realty - Bentonville, AR

Yeah, don't use it again.....

Sep 22, 2019 02:12 AM
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Kathleen Daniels, Probate & Trust Specialist
KD Realty - 408.972.1822 - San Jose, CA
Probate Real Estate Services

I am not a techie - sometimes uninstalling and reinstalling works. 

 

Sep 21, 2019 12:54 PM
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Susan Emo
Sotheby's International Realty Canada - Brokerage - Kingston, ON
Kingston and the 1000 Islands Area

Isn't that interesting . . .  Firefox is the only browser that does work for me.  Tried Chrome, etc. and never had any good luck.

Sep 22, 2019 07:41 AM
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Doug Dawes
Keller Williams Evolution - 447 Boston Street Topsfield, MA - Georgetown, MA
Your Personal Realtor®

Sometimes you need to restart your computer maybe even do a disk cleanup and defragment the drive. On an easier level close FireFox and reopen it...maybe???

Sep 22, 2019 05:44 AM
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Ward County Notary Services - Minot, ND
Owner of Ward Co Notary Services retired RE Broker

Carol Williams I did that as well on my notebook computer but I descovered that there is a setting in your browser that you can adjust and it will work fine again.

Sep 22, 2019 05:22 AM
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Wayne Martin
Wayne M Martin - Chicago, IL
Real Estate Broker - Retired

I do not use firefox, only IE and Chrome!

Sep 22, 2019 04:17 AM
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Richard Weeks
Dallas, TX
REALTOR®, Broker

I will play the IT tech guy in India.  Did you try re-booting your computer?

Sep 22, 2019 04:02 AM
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Ryan Huggins - Thousand Oaks, CA
https://HugginsHomes.com - Thousand Oaks, CA
Residential Real Estate and Investment Properties

Working fine for me.  Are you talking about the one in the browser itself or the search box w/in active rain?  My FF one is set to DuckDuckGo

Sep 21, 2019 08:48 PM
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Roy Kelley
Retired - Gaithersburg, MD

I use Chrome.

Sep 21, 2019 06:14 PM
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Kathy Streib
Cypress, TX
Home Stager/Redesign

Hi Carol- I do use Chrome but it is not without its glitches. When I run into an issue, I restart my computer, make sure my browser is updated, and delete cookies. 

Sep 21, 2019 05:57 PM
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Bob Crane
Woodland Management Service / Woodland Real Estate, KW Diversified - Stevens Point, WI
Forestland Experts! 715-204-9671

Mine is working, try restarting your computer.

Sep 21, 2019 05:16 PM
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Valeria Mola
SIB Realty - Miami, Sunny Isles Beach - Sunny Isles Beach, FL
305-607-0709 SIB Realty Condos for Sale and Rent

I use only Chrome

Sep 21, 2019 04:14 PM
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Peter Testa
Nationwide Homes - Danbury, CT
PETER TESTA

I gave up on Mozilla & Explorer. I am pretty happy with Chrome. 

Sep 21, 2019 03:15 PM
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Barbara Todaro
RE/MAX Executive Realty - Happily Retired - Franklin, MA
Previously Affiliated with The Todaro Team

well beyond MY paygrade....

I use Firefox for writing posts and reblogging on AR.... can't do that on Chrome....so I leave Firefox open just to post and reblog....

Sep 21, 2019 01:13 PM
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Kris Collis, Associate Broker
Smart Way America Realty - East Stroudsburg, PA
Professional Results you Expect 570-801-5525

Not a technie, Mozilla typically recommends to remove extensions and restore browser to defaults.

This suggestion is to reboot in safe mode and see if works there:

Since the last 'upgrade' my search engines will not work in Firefox, I have to use Edge

Sep 21, 2019 12:54 PM
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Coldwell Banker Realty - Charlotte, NC
Your Greater Charlotte Realtor

No help from me, Carol... I don't use Firefox.

Sep 21, 2019 12:00 PM
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Ron and Alexandra Seigel
Napa Consultants - Carpinteria, CA
Luxury Real Estate Branding, Marketing & Strategy

Carol,

Sometimes, it works to reboot your computer and re-start.  That works for me.  A

Sep 21, 2019 11:14 AM
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Will Hamm
Hamm Homes - Aurora, CO
"Where There's a Will, There's a Way!"

Not sure what is going on, I had the same problem 2 days this past week with Chrome.

 

Sep 22, 2019 08:58 AM
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Sandy Padula & Norm Padula, JD, GRI
HomeSmart Realty West & Florida Realty Investments - , CA
Presence, Persistence & Perseverance

Time to get a new team of hamsters for that wheel? Firefox is working fine for me

Sep 22, 2019 07:28 AM
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Olga Simoncelli
Veritas Prime, LLC dba Veritas Prime Real Estate - New Fairfield, CT
CONSULTANT, Real Estate Services & Risk Management

Hi Carol, have you tried the simplest fix of all - turn off computer for a little bit and turn it back on again? It often works - wakes up fixed!

Sep 22, 2019 05:48 AM
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Evelina Tsigelnitskaya
SIB Realty - Sunny Isles Beach, FL

I use only Chrome

Sep 22, 2019 03:57 PM
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Lyn Sims
Schaumburg, IL
Real Estate Broker Retired

I would delete Chrome & upload it again with newest version. Windows 10 has some issues so it might not be Chrome at all!

Alan is right as there are no notices of updates 1/2 the time.

Sep 22, 2019 12:45 PM
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Anna "Banana" Kruchten
HomeSmart Real Estate - Phoenix, AZ
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Huh I'll ask G if he has any ideas what might fix that. He's my tech support wiz.

Sep 22, 2019 10:58 AM
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Alan May
Jameson Sotheby's International Realty - Evanston, IL
A moving experience!

You might try to make sure that your Firefox is the latest version.  They update that thing pretty regularly, and it's worth staying current.

Sep 22, 2019 10:08 AM
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Paul S. Henderson, REALTOR®, CRS
Fathom Realty Washington LLC - Tacoma, WA
South Puget Sound Washington Agent/Broker!

 I heard on a tech podcast this weekend that the latest windows 10 update has screwed a lot of things up ....  I can attest to this myself...

Sep 23, 2019 08:31 AM
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Savvy + Company (704) 491-3310 - Charlotte, NC
The RIGHT CHARLOTTE REALTOR!

I had similar issues with Firefox and stopped using it. I'm not missing it either!

I hope how soon you get this worked out though, Carol.

Sep 22, 2019 07:41 PM
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Joan Cox
House to Home, Inc. - Denver Real Estate - 720-231-6373 - Denver, CO
Denver Real Estate - Selling One Home at a Time

I only use Firefox for Internet searches.  Hope you found a solution.

Oct 07, 2019 04:17 PM
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John Juarez
The Medford Real Estate Team - Fremont, CA
ePRO, SRES, GRI, PMN

I have read where others have trouble with Chrome (which I have not) and switch to Firefox and are happy. 

Quirky!

Sep 27, 2019 12:21 PM
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