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secure web page will noy load

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I've been using my company website for many years without issue. Now all of a sudden the sign in page won't load. If it does and I do sign in, I have sign in issues with all sites under the main login. I use this almost every day so it's a major problem for me.

I've been using my company website for many years without issue. Now all of a sudden the sign in page won't load. If it does and I do sign in, I have sign in issues with all sites under the main login. I use this almost every day so it's a major problem for me.

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Could you describe (or copy/paste) the specific errors you're getting? For example, do you get a full error page indicating that Firefox did not connect, or is there a problem with a rectangular area (embedded page) on the site, etc.

For reference:


More generally: If a site is known to work in Firefox most of the time, these are standard suggestions to try when it stops working normally:

Double-check content blockers: Firefox's Tracking Protection feature, and extensions that counter ads and tracking, may break websites that embed third party content (meaning, from a secondary server).

(A) The shield icon toward the left end of the address bar usually turns a bit purplish when content is blocked. Click the icon to learn more or make an exception. See: Enhanced Tracking Protection in Firefox for desktop.

(B) Extensions such as Adblock Plus, Blur, Disconnect, DuckDuckGo Privacy Essentials, Ghostery, NoScript, Privacy Badger, uBlock Origin or uMatrix may block required elements on a site. Usually you can find a toolbar button for each add-on to manage blocked content in a page. There may or may not be a number on the icon indicating the number of blocked items; you sometimes need to click the button to see what's going on and test whether you need to make an exception for this site.

Cache and Cookies: When you have a problem with one particular site, a good "first thing to try" is clearing your Firefox cache and deleting your saved cookies for the site.

(1) Clear Firefox's Cache

See: How to clear the Firefox cache (only select Cached web content, don't clear all cookies and site data)

If you have a large hard drive, this might take a few minutes.

(2) Remove the site's cookies (save any pending work first). While viewing a page on the site, click the lock icon at the left end of the address bar. After a moment, a "Clear Cookies and Site Data" button should appear at the bottom. Go ahead and click that. Firefox will ask you to confirm; go ahead and confirm.

Then try reloading the page. Does that help?

Testing in Firefox's Troubleshoot Mode: In this mode, Firefox temporarily deactivates extensions, hardware acceleration, any userChrome.css/userContent.css files, and some other advanced features to help you assess whether these are causing the problem.

If Firefox is running:

You can restart Firefox in Troubleshoot Mode using either:

  • "3-bar" menu button > Help > Troubleshoot Mode... (before Fx88: Restart with Add-ons Disabled)
  • (menu bar) Help menu > Troubleshoot Mode... (before Fx88: Restart with Add-ons Disabled)

and OK the restart. A small dialog should appear. Click the Open button (before Fx88: "Start in Safe Mode" button).

If Firefox is not running:

Hold down the Shift key when starting Firefox. (On Mac, hold down the option/alt key instead of the Shift key.) A small dialog should appear. Click the Open button (before Fx88: "Start in Safe Mode" button).

Note: Don't use the Refresh without first reviewing this article to understand what will be deleted: Refresh Firefox - reset add-ons and settings.

Any improvement?

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web site works using chrome and edge. I never get any error messages just no response or partially loaded pages. Tried trouble shooting mode and clearing web content with no help. When I do get it to work it always takes two or more attempts to log in. It seems it just times out and nothing happens most of the time.

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disabling total cookie protection allows sign in page to load but I can't sign in unless I enable it again. Also other pages on the web site won't load correctly even after I log in. They are requiring additional log ins which I never had to do before.

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Click on Privacy & Security. Click the Clear History button located under the History category. Select the Everything to clear all your Firefox browser history. Click the Details button to expand them.

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techguy150 said

Click on Privacy & Security. Click the Clear History button located under the History category. Select the Everything to clear all your Firefox browser history. Click the Details button to expand them.

Why remove so much? It seems a bit drastic when you have alternatives that take only a bit more work:

Cache and Cookies: When you have a problem with one particular site, a good "first thing to try" is clearing your Firefox cache and deleting your saved cookies for the site.

(1) Clear Firefox's Cache

See: How to clear the Firefox cache (only select Cached web content, don't clear all cookies and site data)

If you have a large hard drive, this might take a few minutes.

(2) Remove the site's cookies (save any pending work first). While viewing a page on the site, click the lock icon at the left end of the address bar. After a moment, a "Clear Cookies and Site Data" button should appear at the bottom. Go ahead and click that. Firefox will ask you to confirm; go ahead and confirm.

Then try reloading the page to see whether this had any effect.

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I Tried clearing the cache and cookies and I also cleared the history. That seemed to work for a about three log ins. I had some trouble with internal log ins under the main account. might take several attempts but would eventually load. After a couple more log ins it's right back to the same issue. I get a partially loaded log in page and everything just stops. This is a company web site, and after initial log in I need to go to other pages which require log in as well. I never really noticed all the log ins before the main log in issue.