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Entries in password fields appear as plain text

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kevlaw
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When I enter passwords into password fields on webpages they appear as plain text rather than asterisks or dots.

This only happens in Firefox, if I use IE (which I really don't want to do!) the passwords are hidden.

When I enter passwords into password fields on webpages they appear as plain text rather than asterisks or dots. This only happens in Firefox, if I use IE (which I really don't want to do!) the passwords are hidden.

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Start Firefox in Diagnose Firefox issues using Troubleshoot Mode to check if one of the extensions or if hardware acceleration is causing the problem (switch to the DEFAULT theme: Firefox (Tools) > Add-ons > Appearance/Themes).

There are other things that need your attention.

You need to update your old graphics display from 9-27-2005 as shown on the *Help > Troubleshooting Information page.