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I changed my Yahoo password, and now I'm being asked to log in whenever I start Firefox in order to access my Yahoo home page.

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Kashinka
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I downloaded Saved Password Editor and tried to add my new password to my Yahoo home page, but I am still being asked to sign in. Previously, my home page would load automatically, without my having to sign in.

I downloaded Saved Password Editor and tried to add my new password to my Yahoo home page, but I am still being asked to sign in. Previously, my home page would load automatically, without my having to sign in.

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ddawson
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It might be a cookie problem. Try deleting your Yahoo!-related cookies, then signing in with the "Keep me signed in" box checked.

cor-el
cor-el
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  • 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 Delete browsing, search and download history on Firefox to clear the "Cookies" and the "Site Preferences"

Other things that need attention:

Your user agent shows that it has been corrupted by the MEGAUPLOAD Toolbar, Firefox/3.6 instead of Firefox/3.6.12 

Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.0; en-US; rv:1.9.2.12) Gecko/20101026 Firefox/3.6 MEGAUPLOAD 1.0 ( .NET CLR 3.5.30729)

See Web sites or add-ons incorrectly report incompatible browser

Kashinka
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Thank you both for your suggestions. I did everything you said but I'm still having this problem.

One weird feature of this is that I am only having this issue on my home computer. At work I do not use my Yahoo portal as my home page, but I do have it bookmarked, and I am never asked to log in, either to my portal page or my e-mail account.

Perhaps that helps to narrow down the problem?