DU and Firefox browser

[Rude Horner]

Anybody else have an issue with the Firefox browser, as far as DU is concerned. By this I mean, when I log into DU using Firefox, it's hit and miss whether or not my user account will be recognized. I'm assuming DU leaves a cookie on my system for my user name. Anyway, like I said, it's 50-50 whether or not I'll be logged in. The other half of the time it says "First time visitor?" on DU's site. What I end up doing is closing down the browser and starting it back up again. Then it's another 50-50 shot again. If I get too frustrated, I go over to Internet Explorer and my cookie is ALWAYS recognized when I use IE.

Anyway, anybody else experiencing this issue?

[Crazy Guggenheim]

1. First. Welcome to DU. What firewall are you using?

[Rude Horner]

3. I have a Linksys Wireless-G router

that I use for my firewall. Windows XP firewall is turned off.

[Crazy Guggenheim]

9. THE ROUTER IS NOT GOOD ENOUGH!!

Sorry about the loudness. PM me for any questions on security. Let me take a look a Firefox and see what I can get.

[Rude Horner]

12. Hmmm...I always thought the hardware router was good enough

and better than the XP firewall. After doing a little Googling, I see that a lot of people use both.

Well, per your suggestion I turned on my Windows XP firewall. We'll see what happens. That, combined with NAV 2005 Professional, Adaware, spybot, and Microsoft's Beta spyware program, and I should be fairly safe.

I actually build and service PC's for a living, but the security end isn't my specialty.

[Crazy Guggenheim]

13. Turn off the XP Firewall and only use one.

[Wickerman]

2. nope

been using Mozilla or Firefox for over a year and no trouble like that. I've used it on other machines and no trouble either. Odd.

[KitchenWitch]

4. I wish I knew how to help you

I have been using Firefox on DU for a long time now, and have not had any problems with the cookies.

Are you clearing your cookies out often? That might be the issue...I would go in and find the DU cookie, and save it somewhere else, so when you clear cookies, you can put it back in.

[LSK]

5. i use Firefox on DU 100% of the time - no problems.

[Skinner]

6. I use Firefox.

I had this problem when I first tried it on DU, but I don't anymore.

Try this:

Log out of DU.

Delete all your cookies from DU.

Shut down Firefox, then start it back up again.

Log back into DU, and select the "remain logged in" box when you log in.

[Rude Horner]

7. I will try this...

...and thank you for your help and time, everyone. I appreciate it.

[Rude Horner]

11. This seems to have worked

Thanks again

[Roland99]

8. Works for me.

[Mick Knox]

10. use firefox

no problems. Still using older version though.

[starroute]

14. There's an extension called Cookie Culller

It lets you control your cookies -- mark some to be saved between sessions, have the rest deleted automatically, or any other setup that suits you.

[lavenderdiva]

15. how do you get this starroute?

is this something that's downloadable, or is it already on my computer and I just don't know about it?