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Thread ID: 128100 2012-12-02 21:43:00 Just lost all my webiste sign in passwords ! Digby (677) Press F1
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1315999 2012-12-02 21:43:00 Hi Guys

I am logged in to quite a few websites and forums etc.

Today I am having to log in again to every one which is a real pain in the a....

I wonder what has caused it?

I just installed an upgrade to my Firefox (17 I believe)
Digby (677)
1316000 2012-12-02 21:48:00 My question is why a Firefox upgrade would clear cookies... did you run anything like CCleaner recently? pcuser42 (130)
1316001 2012-12-02 22:02:00 Yes I did not think that installing Firefox would remove the cookies.

I ran Ccleaner last week, and I always try to update my keep cookies list.
Digby (677)
1316002 2012-12-02 22:14:00 I had this problem recurring again and again. It stopped after I dusted out the graphics card. It seems that overheating may have been the cause. Easy to check with Speccy. Tbird650 (6754)
1316003 2012-12-02 22:27:00 A hot GPU is not going to have an effect on cookies.
It lost them - whether it was CCleaner or the update.
pctek (84)
1316004 2012-12-02 23:18:00 If you have asked Firefox to save your passwords they are still there in a succession of backup folders, the cookies do not matter.

If that is the case that you have asked Firefox to save passwords then report back or Google on how to find them in your profile.
zqwerty (97)
1316005 2012-12-03 00:25:00 If you have asked Firefox to save your passwords they are still there in a succession of backup folders, the cookies do not matter.

If that is the case that you have asked Firefox to save passwords then report back or Google on how to find them in your profile.


If FF 'remembered' the user/pass then as soon as you type the first character, the username will appear, and also the password as soon as the cursor is clicked into the password field.
bevy121 (117)
1316006 2012-12-03 01:21:00 A hot GPU is not going to have an effect on cookies.

Maybe they got overcooked and thrown out :lol:
Agent_24 (57)
1316007 2012-12-03 02:37:00 Hi Guys

I am logged in to quite a few websites and forums etc.

Today I am having to log in again to every one which is a real pain in the a....

I wonder what has caused it?

I just installed an upgrade to my Firefox (17 I believe)

The upgrade deleted your passwords which normally happens.
:)
Trev (427)
1316008 2012-12-03 03:02:00 The upgrade deleted your passwords which normally happens.
:)

I don't ever recall a Firefox upgrade deleting my saved passwords or any other user data before.

It's possible it might have deleted them if it detected there was some corruption or such, but as far as I have seen deleting them is not the normal behaviour of the updater.
Agent_24 (57)
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