Closed Bug 477424 Opened 16 years ago Closed 14 years ago

If Administrator installs firefox, limited user cannot update and has problems at start up when updates are available.

Categories

(Firefox :: General, defect)

x86
All
defect
Not set
normal

Tracking

()

RESOLVED INCOMPLETE

People

(Reporter: jammer400mozz, Unassigned)

References

Details

(Whiteboard: [CLOSEME 2010-12-01])

User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.0; en-US; rv:1.9.0.5) Gecko/2008120122 Firefox/3.0.5 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729) Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.0; en-US; rv:1.9.0.5) Gecko/2008120122 Firefox/3.0.5 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729) If the Administrator of a a computer on any windows OS, a limited user cannot update firefox which causes problems at start up for them until the administrator of the computer updates firefox. Reproducible: Always
I thought that a limited user isn't notified when there's an update available : see bug 407875. See also bug 318855 and bug 404541.
Reporter, please retest with Firefox 3.6.12 or later in a fresh profile (http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Managing+profiles). Also update your plugins (flash, adobe reader, java, quicktime, silverlight, etc.) Go to the developer's website and download the latest version from there. If you no longer see this issue, please close this bug as RESOLVED, WORKSFORME. If you do see the bug, please post a comment.
Whiteboard: [CLOSEME 2010-12-01]
No reply, INCOMPLETE. Please retest with Firefox 3.6.12 or later and a new profile (http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Managing+profiles). If you continue to see this issue with the newest firefox and a new profile, then please comment on this bug.
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 14 years ago
Resolution: --- → INCOMPLETE
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