firefox profile manager gives an error message saying the default user
profile is already in use. i am the only user and i am at home. this
message first appeared as i was surfing. i created a second profile to
continue what i was doing. now i've searched and cannot find a fix. i
am not allowed to use the default profile. i get "already in use". by
the way, start and then firefox contains only firefox and firefox safe
mode on my pc.i have xp and service pack 1. is this a minor bug or is
the default user now a remote hacker?

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Clarification of Question by alchemist1214-ga on 29 Oct 2004 23:35 PDT

I have zone alarm- that showed no problems that i could tell. I ran
sbybot and registry mechanic and they found nothing.

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Clarification of Question by alchemist1214-ga on 29 Oct 2004 23:35 PDT

spybot

This usually happens when Firefox crashes, you go to open it again,
but it was actually still running in the background.

Never fear, you can get back to your default profile.  Just make sure
that Firefox is not running (open Task Manager and 'End Process' all
instances of firefox.exe).  Then start the Firefox Profile Manager by
going to:

Start > Run > ?C:\Program Files\path\to\firefox\firefox.exe? -p

Make sure you put the quotes around the file name and the -p outside the quotes.

You should now be able to select your default profile (and delete your
new one if you don't need it).

This should solve your problem, but let me know if it doesn't.

Actually, come to think of it, you should be able to do away with the
path and simply do the following:

Start > Run > firefox.exe -p

Of course, if Windows can't find Firefox when you try this, use the full path.

I happen when you laucnh firefox and it take too many power of the processor!
Just do ctrl alt delete stop firefox and lqunch it again

dear alchemist 1214:

I think it's a computer hacker and you should reformate your computer
and change your computer user name. also you shoul install an anti
spider programe that will kill all the spiders that you have in your
computer. 2. you maybe will need to install a anti virus.
I hope this helped you.