Firefox tips

How to Fix if Location bar Searches are Affected

If a term is entered in the Location bar, Firefox sends a request to your ISP to see if the term is actually a website address. If the server returns a no-such-domain error, Firefox will then initiate a search using the site listed in the keyword.URL preference . A number of ISPs and DNS servers are set not to return a no-such-domain error, and will redirect to their own search site instead.Make sure that the keyword.URL preference is set to the search site you want and that it's turned on.

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Firefox tips

How to sync Firefox settings between computers

You can use Firefox Sync to synchronize your bookmarks, passwords, settings, history, and tabs with Firefox on other computers. First just set up Firefox Sync on your main computer and then add each of the other computers.

Part 1: Set up Firefox Sync on your main computer

• At the top of the Firefox window, click on the Firefox button (Tools menu in Windows XP) and then click Options . In the Options window, click on the Sync tab.
• Click Set Up Firefox Sync

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Updating Firefox

Firefox can be configured to automatically check for updates to the application, search engines, and any installed add-ons. This article shows you how to configure Firefox for automatic updates and to manually check for updates, if desired.

Automatic updates

By default, Firefox is configured to automatically check for updates.

Minor updates will be downloaded in the background and installed when you restart Firefox.

If an update has been waiting to be installed for more than 24 hours, you'll see a notification with the option to restart Firefox and install the update.

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