It seems like for at least a couple of years now, I’ve had problems when trying to login to newegg.com with Firefox. Across different installs of Firefox, on Windows, OS X, and Linux, etc.. no matter what I tried, Firefox just didn’t work at all. Today after my typical google search session, I did find a couple of solutions which took quite awhile to track down. If you’re having problems logging into to Newegg, give these a try:
Easy solution:
In the address bar of Firefox, type:
- about:config
Search or scroll down to the section called “network.http.sendRefererHeader” and change this value to 1.
For some reason, this was set to 2 on my machine.
Annoying solution:
Something is probably corrupt in your Firefox profile. Given that you’re the type of person who shops at newegg, AND uses firefox, you can probably figure out how to create a new profile on your own.
Anyhow, give those a try and see if they work. It’s nice to be able to shop on Newegg again with Firefox!
By kmurray March 4, 2008 - 5:36 am
Thanks for the tip.
I was having no luck with newegg, and yes, it was because I had set the referrer to 0 (no referrer data is sent).
Anyway, all fixed now
By Brandon Harper March 4, 2008 - 12:00 pm
No problem! It drove me crazy for months and figured some other people out there would also find it useful.
By Dan March 19, 2008 - 2:40 pm
You are the AWESOMEST person ever. I am eternally grateful.
By Brandon Harper March 19, 2008 - 4:21 pm
No problem Dan-- glad I could help.
By Sauce April 20, 2008 - 2:31 pm
WOW i will NEVER know why or how that value was changed.. but it worked like a charm! thank you sir!
By bill joe April 27, 2008 - 12:26 pm
thanks so much I was getting really annoyed with that
By Elistuy October 15, 2008 - 10:43 pm
thank you! danke! merci! gracias! grazie! gratia! obrigado! xie xie! arigatou! spasiba! mamnoon! tak! kamsa hamnida! touch fingertips to chin, then move away and down (ALS)!
GREAT JOB!!
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By James February 25, 2010 - 7:48 am
I did this, mine was set to 2 so i changed it to 1and i still cannot log into newegg. I have the same problem with many of my accounts including delcious.com, ebay, facebook, etc. Firefox wont let me log into any of them.
By Larry Hall June 10, 2011 - 10:25 pm
I had this problem for 3 days. I built a new computer, Phenom 6x, Windows 7, 64 bit, Home, Could NOT login to NEWEGG in Firefox,IE8 or Chrome. I tried all sorts of setting changes, secruity changes, Norton chages, trusted site changes. Evertually, i was going through the control pannel options and came to time settings! I saw time zone settings and changed the setting to east coast USA, I was set on West coast USA, Pacific TIME! Bang, Newegg started working, I was able to log in! So there ya go check yer time ZONE! LOL
By Bill August 31, 2011 - 6:26 pm
Larry...bless you for posting!! I had the same problem getting to Newegg on any browser and after reading your post, went digging to find that my date was set off by one day. Changed it and bam, I was in! Thanks a ton...I fought with this for hours!!