Firefox has detected that the server is redirecting the request for this address in a way that will never complete.
Just this week (10/1/12) I signed out of youtube and now I cannot log back in there or in my gmail account. I have tried every single fix-it/remedy offered on the FF forum but nothing works.
Everything else works, all websites I frequent load fine, is youtube doing something on purpose to FF users? I can get to the youtube page and view videos, but I cannot log in, every time I click the sign in button I get:
"The page isn't redirecting properly
Firefox has detected that the server is redirecting the request for this address in a way that will never complete.
This problem can sometimes be caused by disabling or refusing to accept cookies."
I hate to be a conspiracy theorist, but I can log in to youtube with no problem on IE, but I hate that browser. I am using windows 7 and FF 15. Can anybody figure this one out?
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Seems like this is a firefox issue since that has never happened on IE, Safari or Opera on me. Do you guys not think a simple patch can fix this problem. I have to delete individual cookies every few days.
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This can be caused by corrupted cookies or cookies that aren't send or otherwise blocked.
Clear the cache and the cookies from sites that cause problems.
"Clear the Cache":
- Tools > Options > Advanced > Network > Cached Web Content: "Clear Now"
"Remove Cookies" from sites causing problems:
- Tools > Options > Privacy > Cookies: "Show Cookies"
Another user reported that updating Adobe plugins mysteriously helped with Gmail login. Why can't I access gmail using Firefox?
Perhaps the issue there was "Flash cookies"? In order to clear Flash cookies, you can use the Website Storage Settings panel on the following page:
http://www.macromedia.com/support/documentation/en/flashplayer/help/settings_manager07.html
To solve this problem there is no need to delete all of your cookies, simply delete the ones associated with your google and youtube accounts. Here's how:
- Click Tools/Options/Privacy
- Click "Remove Individual Cookies"
- In the Cookies Window type "accounts" (no quotes) into the Search box
- Select all the cookie names starting with: accounts.google.com and accounts.youtube.com
- Click Remove Cookie
You should now be able to reach your Gmail or Youtube login page as usual. This is how I was able to solve my problem. Deleting other google.com and youtube.com cookies did not help, only after I deleted the account cookies I was able to get back to the login page.
Modified by RayNA
Yes to delete the cookies for the google accounts solved everything, i'm not a techie but the accounts information must have blocked the web address from redirecting and when you delete them the block dissapears.
A BIG THANX to YOU RayNA!
I am glad it helped, you're very welcome.
Thank goodness, it worked....Thanks to all involved....you are much appreciated by people like myself, old & non-techie!
Sylvia x
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Seems like this is a firefox issue since that has never happened on IE, Safari or Opera on me. Do you guys not think a simple patch can fix this problem. I have to delete individual cookies every few days.
I have not had this issue with chrome, IE, and even normal firefox, but with Waterfox only. I hope you can fix this soon, since it has been there for about a month!