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After recent FF update, sites now see me as a new user every time I connect. What happened?

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Seattle PI provides access to many puzzles, including Crickler, and Parker's Universal Crossword. While using past versions Firefox, these puzzle sites kept metrics on my performance and adjusted puzzle difficulty or kept historical data based upon that performance. After updating to the most recent version, these sites don't recognize any of my past interactions with the site. I changed none of my setup info with Fire fox. What's happening?

Seattle PI provides access to many puzzles, including Crickler, and Parker's Universal Crossword. While using past versions Firefox, these puzzle sites kept metrics on my performance and adjusted puzzle difficulty or kept historical data based upon that performance. After updating to the most recent version, these sites don't recognize any of my past interactions with the site. I changed none of my setup info with Fire fox. What's happening?

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Try clearing your Cookies for the affected websites.
Tools > Options -> Privacy - Cookies = Show Cookies button
Enter the domain in the Search bar at the top and all the Cookies for that URL will appear. Unless you can figure out which Cookie is for "remember me", you'll need to delete them all.

Hold the {Ctrl} key while you click on each Cookie in the small window. When that list is all highlighted, click the Remove Cookie button in the lower left. When you are done click Close.

Or you can right-click the page, choose View Page Info > Security > "View Cookies" and delete them there, for each different website as you get to it.


If that problem persists, you might need to delete the cookies.sqlite file in your Profile folder. http://support.mozilla.com/en-us/kb/Profiles#How_to_find_your_profile You might need to unhide your "Hidden files and folders" thru Folder Options in the Windows Control Panel