Previously I've encountered all sorts of problems getting Firefox up in an enterprise setting. Typically the situation arises because of a new or existing application that will only work or works better in a browser other than IE (which has terrible javascript performance in IE8 and below). Since IE9 wont be available for Windows versions prior to Vista/Server 2008, the only real alternative at the moment is Firefox.
Mozilla doesn't distribute msi's for Firefox if you need to deply en masse using group policy, but you can roll your own fairly easily - 404 Tech Support has an excellent article:
I would suggest ignoring the suggested default settings modifications by adding files - there is a better way! There's an open source project called FirefoxADM which allows you to set all the preferences you need through group policy using ADM templates. You can download the latest version from here:
And there's some great instructions here:
http://homepages.ed.ac.uk/mcs/FirefoxADM/ADM_Deploy.pdf
The most important thing to note is that you need to get the scripts running for the GPO settings you specify to apply. Simply copy the relevant scripts to your GPO's scripts location, and add the relevant one to your GPO settings and you're good to go. You can even tell Firefox to use IE's settings if you like!
I'm happy to do a more detailed post if people want one.
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