Why does Firefox not remember my user names and passwords?

Question

Firefox always remembers them, but on some websites I have to re-type my name and password every time. What is weird is some websites have my user name and password saved, and I just have to click sing in. It used to sign me in automatically. It has done this to me before and I have no idea why it decides to randomly start doing it. Anyone know what could cause this and how I can fix it? I have the remember passwords box ticked. Thanks.

Answer 1

Firefox 3.5.3(latest version) is a buggy version. It has problems remembering passwords. As long as the browser is running it'll remember the user-name and password. But if you exit it and reopen the same website the user-name and passwords are forgotten and you'll have to type them again.





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Bug Fix/Workaround method for Firefox 3.0+

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From http://www.techsupportforum.com/



Firefox 3.0+ stores cookies in a file called cookies.sqlite. These cookies include password/log-in info from sites that supply such - like VideoHelp.com



What has likely happened is that your cookies file is corrupt. Using Firefox's "Delete Cookies" to clear out cookie info won't be enough, because the cookies.sqlite file itself is still there and so are the problems. You must delete the entire file. Don't worry - Firefox will create a new version the next time you start up the browser.



To delete the cookie.sqlite file, first exit completely out of Firefox, then go to Windows Explorer. Place the following text into the Address Bar ..



C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles



You should then see an oddly named folder with .default as the extension name (if not, tell Explorer to show extension names).



Now, click-on this folder and look for the file cookies.sqlite, then delete it.



Suggestion - Before deleting the cookies file, write down the username and password info used at each site requiring them. Then after you delete the cookies file, re-enter Firefox, go to all the sites where you put in log-in info and re-enter all such info.



After this, exit out of Firefox, then go back to Windows Explorer and re-visit the folder where cookies.sqlite is and copy it to a different folder.



Now, if you should start having log-in problems again, just copy over the back-up file which will write over the current cookies.sqlite file. If you have joined new sites with log-in requirements since, then save such info accordingly and backup the cookies.sqlite file again.



I hope this one gets your problem solved.. :)



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Answer 2

Firstly, google Chrome is rubbish...



Also, have you tried accepting cookies from sites? Tools > options > privacy > accept cookies. That seems to work for me, as I used to have the same problem.

Answer 3

Tools - Options - Security - Exceptions

See if the sites listed there, then remove it from exception list.

Answer 4

Because Firefox sucks, Google Chrome is clearly the superior browser.

Answer 5

go to Tools>Options>security>tick on remember password box..u can add exceptions..