Re: Grayed out

Yochanan Friedman wrote:

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>>>>Jay Garcia wrote:
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>>>>>On 07.01.2006 16:26, gwtc wrote:
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>>>>>>Jay Garcia wrote:
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>>>>>>>On 07.01.2006 11:06, Jay Garcia wrote:
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>>>>>>>>On 07.01.2006 10:21, John Henderson wrote:
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>>>>>>>>>Jay Garcia wrote:
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>>>>>>>>>>On 07.01.2006 03:22, John Henderson wrote:
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>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>How can I get Thunderbird 1.5 to automatically delete all 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>private data upon shutting down?  I always get the box to 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>say "Yes" or "No".  The box to "Ask" is grayed out and I 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>cannot uncheck it.
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>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Tools, Options, Privacy, and down at the bottom right is 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Settings, click on that and make your necessary changes there.
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>>>>>>>>>>>>>There is no "Settings" in that area.  I meant Firefox, btw.
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>>>>>>>>>>>>In FF 1.5, yes there is. At the bottom, it says, The Clear 
>>>>>>>>>>>>Private Data Tool can be used......
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>>>>>>>>>>>>The Setting button is to right of that.  Do you not see it?
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>>>>>>>>>>>>Lee
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>>>>>>>>>>>Hello Lee,
>>>>>>>>>>>Yes, I do see it.  I did check on the "Clear private data when 
>>>>>>>>>>>closing Firefox".  However, the option below it is grayed 
>>>>>>>>>>>out.  I cannot uncheck the "Ask me before clearing private 
>>>>>>>>>>>data".  That is what I am talking about.  Everytime I close 
>>>>>>>>>>>Firefox, I have to approve the deletion of these files by 
>>>>>>>>>>>clicking on "Yes".  I don't want to have to approve it every 
>>>>>>>>>>>time.  Does this make sense?
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>>>>>>>>>>In FF 1.5 => Privacy, there is a "Settings" button for each 
>>>>>>>>>>section. Are
>>>>>>>>>>ALL of the "ask" checkboxes grayed out or just one or two?
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>>>>>>>>>In the "Setting", there are several things that can be chosen, 
>>>>>>>>>"Browsing History", "Saved Form Information", "Saved Passwords", 
>>>>>>>>>etc.  At the bottom of these choices is "Clear Private data when 
>>>>>>>>>closing Firefox". All of these are checked, but can be unchecked 
>>>>>>>>>by me.  But the last item in the list is "Ask me before clearing 
>>>>>>>>>private data", and it is checked but grayed out.  I cannot 
>>>>>>>>>uncheck this but would LOVE too.  I don't want it to ask me each 
>>>>>>>>>time ... just do it.
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>>>>>>>>Cannot duplicate this here, the selection isn't grayed out. And I 
>>>>>>>>don't
>>>>>>>>see anything in about:config to change this, which makes this 
>>>>>>>>even more
>>>>>>>>puzzling. Maybe switching themes would help? Dunno at this point.
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>>>>>>>>Last resort, IMHO, would be to create a new profile to see if 
>>>>>>>>that fixes it.
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>>>>>>>Aha ... got it!!
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>>>>>>>Check and uncheck "Saved Passwords". The "ask" box will gray and 
>>>>>>>ungray ...
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>>>>>>the config setting you want is: privacy.sanitize.promptOnSanitize 
>>>>>>and change it to false
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>>>>>Doesn't change the behavior of the gray/un-gray problem when
>>>>>checking/un-checking the "saved passwords" box.
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>>>>I didn't say it would.  You said you couldn't find the config 
>>>>setting, and I pointed it to you.
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>>>I think there is confusion here who is who!  I am the one who needed 
>>>the help in the first place.  I was helped by a couple of you.  I am 
>>>grateful to you for it.  I was able to uncheck the box and it does not 
>>>prompt me each time, just as long as I don't check the remove 
>>>passords.   Which I think is strange and maybe a security risk.  
>>>However, thanks agin for your help.
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>>Confusion.  There was no confusion.  My posting wasn't directed to you.  
>>It was directed at another poster within your thread.
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> Okay, I just know I was the first to ask about this issue so I thought 
> you thought it was me saying that.  Sorry.
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> Let me ask you this though, don't you think it could be a security risk 
> by not being able to do away with passwords?  Seems strange to me.
it depends.  On my machine, I'm the only one that accesses this 
computer.  Therefore No.  If my computer was stolen or something, then 
maybe.  But I still wouldn't worry.  If its stolen, then its stolen.

Furthermore, I make a backup of my password file and bookmark file so 
I can get access to these sites again, and change everything.