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leo9902 | 11:37 Sun 01st Jun 2008 | Internet
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hi, for some reason my yahoo, ebay accounts etc are asking me to sign in every time i go on them and they ve always remembered me before, have ticked the box for remember me after signing in but still no joy. cant think why this is happening after all this time of never being a problem previously ?
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did do something in cookies as was advised to but as a newby not sure what it was so sounds like that, what do i need to alter it back ?
Firefox: Tools - options - privacy

Untick 'clear my private data every time I close Firefox'

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thanks will try that .

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