Do you mean names and passwords in the Password Manager or do you mean that you are no longer logged on to (remembered by) websites after closing and restarting Firefox? * Websites remembering you and automatically log you in is stored in a cookie. * You need an allow cookie exception (Tools > Options > Privacy > Cookies: Exceptions) to keep that cookie, especially for secure websites and if you let cookies expire when Firefox closes * Make sure that you do not use [[Clear Recent History]] to clear the "Cookies" and the "Site Preferences" See also: * http://kb.mozillazine.org/Cookies * [[Remembering passwords]]