upgrade firefox 2 to firefox3 help

Hi
i want to upgrade firefox 2 to firefox 3
i have the utility MozBackup

but yesterday i did upgrade my friend's firefox
i had ff2
i installed ff3

he lost every password , the brose i guess lost cookies , he had to re-enter every password

is there a way to upgrade firefox safe?
is there a procedure?

i did in the past , and i lost everything too
before i exported my password with the password explorer
installed ff3 and import the password
but no way , i have to re-enter every password

i would appreciate any advises

thanks

 

Provided coding hasn't altered functionality between versioning - http://ffextensionguru.wordpress.com/2009/07/03/importing-saved-passwords-into-firefox-3-5/

 

but
is there a tip to update ff2 to the last firefox without problem?

i did in past and firefox did not autofill or remember password

 

http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Profiles

 

Nothing wrong with the method there - same as described here. Can't be that complicated Mantra ....

 

thanks
i did it
upgraded and firefox not login , and i have to log in and no auto fill

 

i did it on windows xp
firefox 3 doesn't autofill and i'm log off in every site

 

password exporter extension https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/2848

 

Gotta watch the typo's Mantra ... Now, which FF3 version you install? Were your passwds picked up by the new signons.sqlite?

PS - I'm not sure whether autofills been disabled in the latest incarnation, perhaps you'll need an extension or two?

And personally, I'd distance myself from allowing the browsers functionality to control passwds.

 

You're ever so right!

 

thanks Global

i installed firefox 3.5.7
in my profile i have

signons2.txt
signons3.txt
urlclassifierkey3.txt
cookies.sqlite
signons.sqlite​

and other files

i read that some sites can steal password from firefox , don't know which firefox version

what do you mean ?
the built in password manager(firefox) is not secure

 

I mean - you're not the Easter bunny, no need to put all your eggs in one basket.
How secure's for you to gauge. Use NoScript and mind who you white list.

Now, you have your passwds ... autofill work? Where are we?

 

well
i installed ff 3.5.7 ,impoted the passwords , i did log in to allmost every site i'm registered

the component autofill work doesn't work for me ,don't know why

i gonna to install noscript right now

 

Probably OK for seven - http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Form autocomplete

 

thanks Global

do you run linux ubuntu?
i mean do run ff under linux?

 

I gave ya the wrong page me thinks. See here - http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Remembering passwords

This thread'll mimic what follows - http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/forum/1/532724?s=password autocomplete

'Nother idea, check the script - http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/forum/1/262518?s=password autocomplete

Posted twelve-O-nine, this might work too - https://www.squarefree.com/bookmarklets/forms.html#remember_password

PS - Yes aboard Nix. Mostly financial and investigative purposes.

 

thanks Global very kind


is there a white list to import to noscript ?

 

Not practical since they're user / site specific - usually built as you go. I would however make the occasional export.