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Firefox importing from Mozilla

Apr 21, 2005 11:08AM PDT

Hello all!

I installed Firefox (1.0.2) after having used Mozilla (1.Cool for some time. I used the Password Manager in Mozilla quite a bit. When installing Firefox I imported my profile from Mozilla. It did a good job on the bookmarks, and transfered some of the passwords, but for some, it asks "do you want to save this", then asks me for a password to the Software Security Device. What is this? I didn't configure any master password for the Firefox browser!

TIA, Evie Happy

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password manager
Apr 22, 2005 12:28AM PDT

well did you enable encryption in mozilla?
if so disbale it and try again

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Thanks for the reply
Apr 25, 2005 4:42AM PDT

I didn't do anything in Mozilla that I recall. Wouldn't the "software password" Firefox is prompting me for be for the Firefox browser anyway?

Evie Happy

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just thinking
May 10, 2005 12:56AM PDT

that maybe firefox might be trying to decrypt mozilla passwords
trying to help