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On Tue, 17 Mar 2015 17:47:04 -0700 |
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Daniel Frey <djqfrey@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> On 03/17/2015 04:49 PM, walt wrote: |
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> > I get a certificate verification error when visiting |
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> > https://www.att.com using firefox-36.0, but not when using |
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> > chrome-41.0.2272.76. |
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> > |
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> > Anyone else see the same with firefox-36? |
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FWIW, I don't see an error with firefox-36.0.1 and nss-3.17.4 |
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> > BTW, I tried the latest firefox in a Win7 virtual machine and I was |
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> > shocked to see that firefox was updating itself when I was logged in |
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> > as an unprivileged user (i.e. *not* an Administrator). Are the |
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> > idiots at M$ *really* that stupid? They've learned nothing, |
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> > apparently, since Win 95 :( |
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> Remove the 'Mozilla Maintenance Service' from Programs & Features (or |
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> whatever it's called) and it won't auto update. Mozilla installs a |
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> privileged service that auto updates its software. |
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It will still auto-update, but it won't do so silently -- without the |
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service, automagic updates will trigger Windows' warning prompt. To |
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just turn off autoupdate, there's a checkbox in the Firefox GUI. |
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