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Firefox Always Telling Me To Update

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Every time I open Firefox, it tells me I'm not on the newest version. I checked by going to Help>About Firefox and it says I'm up to date on 12.0. This is very frustrating, since I never know when I really need an update or not. This has been going on since the beginning of the year. Please help!

Every time I open Firefox, it tells me I'm not on the newest version. I checked by going to Help>About Firefox and it says I'm up to date on 12.0. This is very frustrating, since I never know when I really need an update or not. This has been going on since the beginning of the year. Please help!

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Where are you seeing the message?

If it's below the search box on the old Firefox 3 start page (http://www.google.com/firefox?client=firefox-a&rls=org.moz...), you can ignore that. The page does not actually test what version you're running.

If the message appears elsewhere, e.g., as a full page message or pop-up, can you post a screen shot of it?

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Where are you seeing the message?

If it's below the search box on the old Firefox 3 start page (http://www.google.com/firefox?client=firefox-a&rls=org.moz...), you can ignore that. The page does not actually test what version you're running.

If the message appears elsewhere, e.g., as a full page message or pop-up, can you post a screen shot of it?

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Yes it is in fact on the old start page. Thanks for your help!

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you can reset the homepage in firefox > options > general > startup - the new default homepage is about:home