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ID's no longer remembered

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dsttexas
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The ID fill-in no longer offers a remembered Id when clicking in the entry space. I checked all settings in security and privacy, and they are still say to remember passwords (I have no exception sites), and I do not have it clear history when closing. FF 3.6.12. All trouble shooting info has been copied into the requested area.

The ID fill-in no longer offers a remembered Id when clicking in the entry space. I checked all settings in security and privacy, and they are still say to remember passwords (I have no exception sites), and I do not have it clear history when closing. FF 3.6.12. All trouble shooting info has been copied into the requested area.

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cor-el
cor-el
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Do you still see the names and passwords in the Firefox password manager?

Did you try to double click in the name field?

  • Make sure that you not run Firefox in (permanent) Private Browsing - Use Firefox without saving history mode
  • You enter Private Browsing mode if you select: Tools > Options > Privacy > History: Firefox will: "Never Remember History"
  • To see all History settings, choose: Tools > Options > Privacy, choose the setting Firefox will: Use custom settings for history
  • Uncheck: [ ] "Automatically start Firefox in a private browsing session"
dsttexas
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Well, for whatever reason, it is now working fine again. I changed nothing in the process, other than having to enter the ID(s) manually rather than clicking on the offered choice(s) on a few web sites visited.

I'm not sure if I rebooted or not when the problem 1st appeared (I almost always do that as a matter of course), but it is working after this mornings boot up.

The list of stored IDs for each website under "Tools/Options/Security/Saved passwords" always had the information - never got deleted.