I can't log into any of my accounts it seems with the exception of this one. Gmail, newegg, ebay, delicious, facebook, etc. all wont log in on firefox. I go to the home pages and then click the login button but then it does nothing and just sits there and acts like its constantly loading. I never actually get to the log in screen. I have tried the trick of typing about:config and changing the "network.http.sendRefererHeader" to 1, mine was set at 2, and that still didn't do anything. Surely sombody out there knows how to solve this because people log into the accounts from firefox all the time. Can anyone help me?
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Maybe some "helpful" software is blocking you? Or maybe some not so helpful software. Perhaps it's time to run a few malware/virus scans.
I have done this from multiple computers in multiple locations so i doubt it is software, the only way that could be is if it was on my usb and the only thing on my usb is the portbale apps suite.
So you can't log into those sites from anywhere, using FirefoxPortable? Assuming that you can log into those sites using other browsers and from multiple locations, then the only possible answer is that your portableapps are the cause of the problem. Try downloading a different browser like GoogleChromePortable or SeaMonkeyPortable, and see if you still have the same problem.
Funny you should mention that, i have another support post on google chrome, i can't install it, everytime i download it (from multiple locations on different computers) and try to install it, in the middle of the install i get the message "The Downloaded copy of Google Chrome is not valid and cannot be installed". Now my other question is if it is FirefoxPortable that is the problem, how come nobody else has this problem, other people are downloading this from the same site i am and they have no problems. This makes absolutely no sense.
Because it's become corrupt, possibly due to drive failure, which also explain why GoogleChrome won't install either. Maybe your flash drive is about ready to go to that great USB Hub in the sky.
You could always try installing FirefoxPortable or GoogleChromePortable to an actual computer hard drive and see if it works that way.
The problem is not with the files on this site, as you say, hundreds if not thousands of users are using them daily without issue. The problem is specifically with your setup/configuration, and as stated above perhaps your flash is about to die.
Flash drive is brand new, literally got it last week. And i have tried this on another usb thinking maybe it was the usb, different brand completely blank, and still get the same problems as stated. And i guess i don't know what you mean by my setup/configuration, i have these problems with it straight out of install on all the default configurations, the only changes i have made have been ones suggested to get things to work.
Are you sure something like McAfee isn't trying to be "helpful" and blocking your flash drive activities?
Otherwise I'm at a complete loss. The only thing left is government conspiracy specifically against you, alien abduction... nothing really useful beyond this point. Sorry.
btw, just because something is brand new doesn't mean it isn't faulty, but since you've tried another drive I guess we can rule this out.
Well i hope somebody else can help, there is a common element here, it's signing into a website: newegg, amazon, gmail, delicious, ebay, etc. I can't login to these. There has got to be something common between all of these that is preventing firefox from letting me login, but letting me login from IE. I hope somebody has an idea.
What addons do you have? Also, do you have cookies disabled? Some sites do that endless-loop thing if you've got cookies turned off, and addons like AdBlock Plus or NoScript can occasionally trigger something like this, too.
If you start Firefox in Safe Mode, does anything change?
"The question I would like to know, is the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe and Everything. All we know about it is that the Answer is Forty-two, which is a little aggravating."
No addons, cookies enable, java enabled, have tried clearing cookies and cache and restarting.
Any saved passwords?
Does a clean install fix the problem?
"The question I would like to know, is the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe and Everything. All we know about it is that the Answer is Forty-two, which is a little aggravating."
No and NO
Try installing it to your hard drive and see if that fixes the problem.
EDIT: you haven't mentioned your system specs. Could you tell me what OS you've got, how much RAM, and what kind & size of USB drive you're using?
"The question I would like to know, is the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe and Everything. All we know about it is that the Answer is Forty-two, which is a little aggravating."
I see lots of circles going on here... I made this suggestion myself.
Perhaps a checklist should be compiled to ensure that we've covered all the bases:
Beyond that and without going in to painful detail you've pretty much eliminated software and hardware failure, so the only thing left is Internet or user. And when I was talking about "setup/configuration" earlier, I'm talking about everything related to your computer... from the actual hardware you're using to everything you've got installed on the operating system. Something, somewhere about your setup/configuration is different from everyone else on this site because nobody else is having this problem.
As ComputerFreaker suggested.. you might want to post as much information about your computer as possible.
To anyone else, feel free to add to the checklist anything else you think I've missed, I kinda reeled this off in a hurry.