Start FireFox in order to configure the following user defined settings. - Start FireFox web-browser application.
- If you have multiple FireFox user profiles defined then configuration of user defined setting is required for each profile defined. 1
- Open the FireFox options window.
- Windows and Linux Select Tools --> Options
- Mac Computers
- Select the FireFox application window to make the "active" application.
- Select FireFox --> Preferences OR Command key + ,
The FireFox options ("preferences") window appears, and the following user option sections are displayed.
Windows System – Open FireFox web-browser options window - General – Configure the following general preferences. – General or Main Preferences Figure
- Set the "Startup home page display URL" 2 value.
- File download processing, and save to directory location.
- Plugin management and preferences.
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- Tabs – Configure Tab browsing settings.
- Content preferences - Web-page content browser settings.
- Block pop-up windows.
- Enable blocking pop-up windows, and only allow selected application websites to open pop-up windows.
- Enable "Load images automatically."
- Enable JavaScript
- Enable JavaScript processing for websites, but if there is a doubt regarding the authenticity, functionality or trust-worthiness of a specific website then either disable JavaScript and proceed, or do not visit the website.
- Note OIT web applications utilize JavaScript in order to function correctly.
- Disable Java / Do not select: "Enable Java."
- Security Preferences figure
- Enable – "Warn me when sites try to install add-ons."
- Enable – "Block reported attack sites."
- Enable – "Block reported web forgeries."
- Disable – "Remember passwords for sites."
- Disable – "Use a master password."
2 URL – Uniform Resource Locator | 
