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07-23-2014, 04:01 PM
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Rivet Master
1991 34' Excella
Princeton
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Join Date: Aug 2003
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Anyone have deep knowledge of Fire Fox
I use Fire Fox and it has lost the feature of automatically applying the User Name and Password when opening a web page.
The Fire Fox support forum ha not been able to help.
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2004 Excursion 4x4
1991 34 ft. Excella +220,000 miles, new laminated flooring, new upholstery, new 3200 lbs axles
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07-23-2014, 04:10 PM
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Rivet Master
1981 31' Excella II
New Market
, Alabama
Join Date: Sep 2011
Posts: 6,145
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There are two ways to do it. If you log in you will see a check box beside the log in box that asks if you want to stay logged in. Check the box and it will log you in automatically. The browser will usually ask if you want it to remember passwords. I assume the latter is what is messed up but either way should work.
Perry
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07-23-2014, 04:11 PM
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Rivet Master
2009 23' FB Flying Cloud
Canmore
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07-23-2014, 04:26 PM
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Rivet Master
1991 34' Excella
Princeton
, New Jersey
Join Date: Aug 2003
Posts: 7,070
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Quote:
Originally Posted by perryg114
There are two ways to do it. If you log in you will see a check box beside the log in box that asks if you want to stay logged in. Check the box and it will log you in automatically. The browser will usually ask if you want it to remember passwords. I assume the latter is what is messed up but either way should work.
Perry
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The second is the feature I was using.
I have passwords saved, I have security set to not remove cookies when closing FF, I am set on Use Custom Setting for History.
All of the settings are as I remember they were set when this worked. In the past it has failed several times and after hours of fiddling I have been able to get it back. Not this time.
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2004 Excursion 4x4
1991 34 ft. Excella +220,000 miles, new laminated flooring, new upholstery, new 3200 lbs axles
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07-23-2014, 04:27 PM
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Retired.
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Go to "help" at the top of the browser, select "troubleshooting", then select "reset Firefox to its default state".
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07-23-2014, 04:30 PM
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Rivet Master
1991 34' Excella
Princeton
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Join Date: Aug 2003
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Quote:
Originally Posted by TinTin
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I have found FF support topics to be a complete waste of time.
The very first statement in Password Manager Settings does not take me to were it say it will. The 3 bar icon in the upper right of the page does not bring up anything like the instruction say so it is a dead end.
If I ignore the 3 bar option and go in through tools all of the settings and questioned asked in the above link are correct as far as i can tell.
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WBCCI 12156 AIR 3144 WACHUNG TAC NJ6
2004 Excursion 4x4
1991 34 ft. Excella +220,000 miles, new laminated flooring, new upholstery, new 3200 lbs axles
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07-23-2014, 04:31 PM
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Rivet Master
Vintage Kin Owner
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My suggestion would be to migrate to Google Chrome
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07-23-2014, 04:52 PM
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Rivet Master
2014 31' Classic
2015 23' International
2013 25' FB International
Apache Junction
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Not mentioned was the extensions the OP added to FireFox. I have had conflicts with new FF releases and existing extensions.
I personally do want google getting all my tracking info with Chrome. I use Ixquick as a front end to google search to remove all Personal information as it pulls up a google search
Also, is the OP on Mac Or Windoze?
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07-23-2014, 04:54 PM
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Rivet Master
1991 34' Excella
Princeton
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Join Date: Aug 2003
Posts: 7,070
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Quote:
Originally Posted by overlander63
Go to "help" at the top of the browser, select "troubleshooting", then select "reset Firefox to its default state".
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OK
I did this. Opened 3 web site by having to type in my UN & PW and switched back and forth between them for a couple of tries. The UN & PW worked. Then the real test I closed and rebooted the computer and things worked on those 3 sites.
Lost my home page but that is easy to fix.
I have spent hours on the FF Forum. Maybe you guys should subcontract to them.
Thanks
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WBCCI 12156 AIR 3144 WACHUNG TAC NJ6
2004 Excursion 4x4
1991 34 ft. Excella +220,000 miles, new laminated flooring, new upholstery, new 3200 lbs axles
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07-23-2014, 06:09 PM
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Rivet Master
1991 34' Excella
Princeton
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Join Date: Aug 2003
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OK We are on a roll here so I will ask one more.
I have a 9/16 monitor and after the reset the pages are displayed in a foreshortened image left to right.
If fixing that won't upset the apple cart any suggestions?
I can stretch the desktop through the control panel to fill the screen but that did not change the image on a web page.
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WBCCI 12156 AIR 3144 WACHUNG TAC NJ6
2004 Excursion 4x4
1991 34 ft. Excella +220,000 miles, new laminated flooring, new upholstery, new 3200 lbs axles
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07-23-2014, 06:42 PM
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Remember, Safety Third
1973 27' Overlander
Catfish Corners
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Join Date: Oct 2004
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Hey Howie. So I'm not a deep user of FF, but here's a couple of ideas. Is it set up to automatically update the browser software? Try turning that off and only update on your schedule (similar to Windows update, I let it tell me when updates are available and download them once I'm comfortable they won't screw something up). I say this because you stated this has happened in the past. Caveat, of course, is that FF will allow you to this. Chrome won't; it updates automatically and you can't disable or modify that "feature".
Is it possible to roll back to an earlier version of FF? Similar to Windoze restore points. Or, possibly undo the last couple of updates one at a time? Maybe next to impossible or not possible at all.
Couple of things to think about.
Jim
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07-23-2014, 06:56 PM
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Rivet Master
1969 31' Sovereign
Broken Arrow
, Oklahoma
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HowieE go to here and see if that's what you were looking for.
this is the instructions for control passwords, cookies, full screen and much more.
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb...t-cookies-more
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07-24-2014, 06:54 AM
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Rivet Master
2014 31' Classic
2015 23' International
2013 25' FB International
Apache Junction
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Join Date: Sep 2012
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I use Macs. Whenever I happen to think of it, I click on the FF program name and click on the "About FireFox" which then shows the current version. It immediately will check it out and give me the option to download the upgrade and install it. If I close the program, it stays on the current version....
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TV - 2012 Dodge 2500 4x4 Cummins HO, automatic, Centramatics, Kelderman level ride airbag suspension, bed shell
2014 31' Classic w/ twin beds, 50 amp service, 1000 watt solar system, Centramatics, Tuson TPMS, 12" disc brakes, 16" tires & wheels
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07-24-2014, 07:05 AM
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3 Rivet Member
1958 17' Pacer
Vintage Kin Owner
Damascus
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Join Date: Oct 2013
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Quote:
Originally Posted by rostam
My suggestion would be to migrate to Google Chrome
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Now how are we suppose to install Ad Block Plus doing this
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07-24-2014, 07:34 AM
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Rivet Master
1981 31' Excella II
New Market
, Alabama
Join Date: Sep 2011
Posts: 6,145
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I am not sure FF is any better than IE. Scripts are always crashing in FF and come and go without warning. FF has bugs for sure. Also I think registry entries get corrupted and things will never be right after that.
Perry
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07-24-2014, 03:18 PM
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Rivet Master
2009 23' FB Flying Cloud
Canmore
, Alberta
Join Date: Nov 2013
Posts: 1,762
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Toddzilla
Now how are we suppose to install Ad Block Plus doing this
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Pretty sure that Ad Block Plus is available for all major browsers.
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