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How can I change the password for my access to using firefox?

gene.james
gene.james
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Answers deny there is any password -- however, now and then I am asked to confirm that I am the person identified on the MY Yahoo -- I am asked for a username and password.

An example is when I change computers and Yahoo or Mozilla does not recognize the new computer.

I do not understand -- yes normally, I simply open the browser and use it. BUT!!!

I am probably using the wrong jargon for what I want to change.

Answers deny there is any password -- however, now and then I am asked to confirm that I am the person identified on the MY Yahoo -- I am asked for a username and password. An example is when I change computers and Yahoo or Mozilla does not recognize the new computer. I do not understand -- yes normally, I simply open the browser and use it. BUT!!! I am probably using the wrong jargon for what I want to change.

Chosen solution

OK -- I now understand that the password I want to change is internal to Firefox and used to protect my privacy when I try to open mail or other personal areas.

I think I can find the place to do this.

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  • Question details
    Product Firefox
    Topic Privacy and security settings
    System Details
    • Windows XP
    • Firefox 17.0

Additional System Details

Installed Plug-ins

  • Garmin Communicator Plug-In 4.0.4.0
  • Next Generation Java Plug-in 1.6.0_31 for Mozilla browsers
  • NPRuntime Script Plug-in Library for Java(TM) Deploy
  • Shockwave Flash 11.1 r102
  • Coupons, Inc. Coupon Printer Plugin
  • Coupons, Inc. Coupon Printer DLL
  • BrowserPlus -- Improve your browser! -- http://browserplus.yahoo.com/
  • Foxit Reader Plug-In For Firefox and Netscape
  • The QuickTime Plugin allows you to view a wide variety of multimedia content in Web pages. For more information, visit the QuickTime Web site.
  • iTunes Detector Plug-in
  • DRM Netscape Network Object
  • Npdsplay dll
  • DRM Store Netscape Plugin
  • RealJukebox Netscape Plugin
  • RealPlayer(tm) LiveConnect-Enabled Plug-In
  • 6.0.12.1483
  • npunagi2
  • Macromedia Shockwave for Director Netscape plug-in, version 10.1

Application

  • User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:17.0) Gecko/17.0 Firefox/17.0

More Information

Operating system is Microsoft XP on one of our computers and Win7 on the other.

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philipp
philipp
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hello, yahoo will log you out after 2 weeks for security purposes - it might also recognize when you access your yahoo account through a different device & ask for authentication again. this is all determined on the server-side by yahoo, so firefox can't influence such behaviour...

http://help.yahoo.com/kb/index?locale=en_US&page=content&y=PROD_GRPS&id=SLN2660&impressions=false

if you have the impression that these log-outs happen to often or are inconvenient you can also try to contact yahoo's support...

hello, yahoo will log you out after 2 weeks for security purposes - it might also recognize when you access your yahoo account through a different device & ask for authentication again. this is all determined on the server-side by yahoo, so firefox can't influence such behaviour... http://help.yahoo.com/kb/index?locale=en_US&page=content&y=PROD_GRPS&id=SLN2660&impressions=false if you have the impression that these log-outs happen to often or are inconvenient you can also try to [http://io.help.yahoo.com/contact/index?locale=en_US&y=PROD_ACCT&page=contact contact yahoo's support]...
gene.james
gene.james
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Chosen Solution

OK -- I now understand that the password I want to change is internal to Firefox and used to protect my privacy when I try to open mail or other personal areas.

I think I can find the place to do this.

OK -- I now understand that the password I want to change is internal to Firefox and used to protect my privacy when I try to open mail or other personal areas. I think I can find the place to do this.
philipp
philipp
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Posted

maybe you're referring to the master password...

maybe you're referring to the [[Use a Master Password to protect stored logins and passwords|master password]]...