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cant disable fips140

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elgordo
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my grandson has set a master password on his account on my computer and cant get on firefox. It just shows FIPS 140 password required.Help please

my grandson has set a master password on his account on my computer and cant get on firefox. It just shows FIPS 140 password required.Help please

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Diego Victor
Diego Victor
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Maybe this old thread help you:

cor-el
cor-el
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Note that the current release no longer uses signons.sqlite, but use logins.json and key3.db, so you need to remove all three files when present in the Firefox profile folder.

You can use this button to go to the currently used Firefox profile folder: