Odd Firefox behavior

[JeffL]

I've got a new loaner notebook at my new job, and I've installed the latest Firefox (which I use at home and at my previous job.) I haven't installed many add-ons at all - want to get it running "like normal" before doing that.

I've got two odd behaviors, though, that are perplexing me. One is Firefox specific: all the "boxes" in forms seem to have disappeared. So, for example, the box under "title" while entering this message isn't there, and the box in which I'm typing this message, the outline, isn't there. What would cause that?

The other may not be Firefox, since it happens in IE Tab also: my webmail personal email usually pops up a box when you hit reply or forward, and you enter your reply or forward in that box. On this system, the box opens for a second, then disappears. It does that with the pop-up blocker disabled (conversely, on my home pc the box opens up fine even with the pop up blocker enabled.) Ideas?

Thanks - Jeff

[JeffL]

I've got a new loaner notebook at my new job, and I've installed the latest Firefox (which I use at home and at my previous job.) I haven't installed many add-ons at all - want to get it running "like normal" before doing that.

I've got two odd behaviors, though, that are perplexing me. One is Firefox specific: all the "boxes" in forms seem to have disappeared. So, for example, the box under "title" while entering this message isn't there, and the box in which I'm typing this message, the outline, isn't there. What would cause that?

The other may not be Firefox, since it happens in IE Tab also: my webmail personal email usually pops up a box when you hit reply or forward, and you enter your reply or forward in that box. On this system, the box opens for a second, then disappears. It does that with the pop-up blocker disabled (conversely, on my home pc the box opens up fine even with the pop up blocker enabled.) Ideas?

Thanks - Jeff

EDIT: The weird forms part of the problem went away - now I just need to solve the reply windows immediately closing.