my firefox used to remember all the login ID and passwords for sites that I visit often (e.g. mx5oc forum)
but my friend stayed over in my place and used my computer, not sure for how long and what he has done to it
and from that day onwards my firefox does not save any password and ID anymore!
I have cleared all the history and cookies. Also ticked “accept cookies” and those options that seem to be able to help this situation
however I still need to sign in everytime to mx5oc forum, email, various forum accounts (ebay seems to be the only one working so far)
any computer expert can help?
What version of Firefox?
Your friend might have been asked if he wanted firefox to remember a password and checked ‘Never’.
If so, try : Edit -> Preferences -> Security tab -> check remember passwords for sites. (FF3)
Passwords are stored in the cookies - so on the sites you are trying to access, where you see the “remember me on this computer” box, ticking that box will remember the login details into the cookie for that site. So as well as what he said above - check the security tab in Firefox for cookie settings as well as the overall security setting
Checked on the security via Tools > Options > Security tab
Remember password for sites is clicked, no exceptions selected
I tried many times by clicking the “remember me” in different websites, but still my computer seems not remembering anyone!
My firefox is latest version, i clicked check for updates and there is nothing available to download
I tried to delete all cookies and see if there is any difference
firefox then started to ask me “do you want to remember the password for this site” (or similar question), i clicked remember for every site which I wanted it to remember
However it somehow turns out not remembering anything and it stopped asking me “do you want to remember the password for this site” for visited sites, for new sites it still asks but doesnt seem to remember any password at all
so far I found out
on ebay when i click on sign in, it has got my account name and password typed in for me… all i need to do is click on the sign in button
on mx5oc forum, it does remember my email and password, I just need to click on login button to sign myself in. But in the past it used to sign me in automatically without needing me to click anything
I am not sure if IE or google chrome works any better on this issue, IE is toooo slow and firefox still seems to be the best!
OOOoohhhh please don’t do the IE thing - you will SERIOUSLY regret it. Can’t speak about chrome as I’ve never used it… but Firefox should be working better than this. Personally I’ve never seen the same issue - so I don’t have a handy fix to hand so I’m going to have to do some research - but if you aren’t getting an auto fill for the login fields - have you tried just clicking in the user name box and seeing if you get a pull down list of available stored ids???
i do get auto fill for some pages, but not all (weird!), and no pull down list of search history/other IDs. but the biggest problem now is my computer doesnt save any cookies and never does the “remember me” thing
I have to login mx5oc forum everytime I visit the page which wastes me 5 seconds in my life everyday![6] and other pages as well!
google - ace utilities…
d/l, install, run the wizard, reboot then give it a try, worked for me…
just tried but seems doesnt work for me[:S]