[Anna.]

So I have Firefox, and I have it set to remember my passwords and keep me logged into sites, but for some reason it has recently stopped keeping me logged in. I'm especially annoyed at Yahoo Mail, because I keep checking the box "keep me logged in for 2 weeks", and yet it won't keep me logged in. And on Livejournal, it will have my username and password already entered, but I have to click the login button for myself, and I never used to have to. I've uninstalled and downloaded Firefox again, but I still have the same problem. I have gone into Tools - Options - Privacy - and I have unchecked "clear private data", but still, no luck. Anyone know what's up? Like I said, it only started doing this like two weeks ago, it's so weird.

[Anna.]

So I have Firefox, and I have it set to remember my passwords and keep me logged into sites, but for some reason it has recently stopped keeping me logged in. I'm especially annoyed at Yahoo Mail, because I keep checking the box "keep me logged in for 2 weeks", and yet it won't keep me logged in. And on Livejournal, it will have my username and password already entered, but I have to click the login button for myself, and I never used to have to. I've uninstalled and downloaded Firefox again, but I still have the same problem. I have gone into Tools - Options - Privacy - and I have unchecked "clear private data", but still, no luck. Anyone know what's up? Like I said, it only started doing this like two weeks ago, it's so weird.

[Nix Nightingale]

You haven't been getting any weird popups on your comp have you?

[Anna.]

No, I have a good pop-up blocker.


You know how there's this little bar that pops up sometimes when you enter passwords, that has the options "remember" "never for this site" and something else, I think I might have accidentally clicked "never" once, could that be the problem?

[ixnay]

Tools - Options - Security.

Check to see that Remember Passwords is checked. Click Exceptions and make sure yahoo isn't one.

Tools - Options - Privacy.

Uncheck "Always clear my private data when I close Firefox". (Or, click settings and make sure cookies and passwords and stuff AREN'T checked).

It's most likely a cookies issue. If you remove cookies or authenticated sessions you will HAVE to log in manually again.

[Anna.]

I've done all that. Still not working.

(Or, click settings and make sure cookies and passwords and stuff AREN'T checked).

Where is settings at?

[ixnay]

Next to "Always clear my private data when I close Firefox".

However, if the above is unchecked, then it wouldn't matter.

Your firewall could also be on a strict setting causing the blocking of cookie retrieval or something?