A website I use, brings up a Captcha window whenever I try to login.
No matter how many times I click the correct images, it never allows me in.
Both SWMBO and I have a weird problem on our respective Win 10 Pro
machines, and wondered what the answer/solution might be.
Using the latest Firefox 152.0.4 or earlier versions...
A website I use, brings up a Captcha window whenever I try to login.
No matter how many times I click the correct images, it never allows me in.
But...
Privately I've contacted on of the site owners, who advises...
"...there should be no captcha on our website."
We have an ongoing discussion about it, but I though asking here might
throw up a few new ideas.
The old cookies for that site have been deleted, Firefox quit and re-run, visited the site and tried to login again.
Same old an infinite Captcha where one should not exist.
I've been to the Firefox history and deleted all references to that site.
No change.
Any useful thoughts please?
Thanks
D.
Nb: I've also tried with ABP and uBlock Origin switched off for that site. Same result.
D.
Any useful thoughts please?
Good day. :-)
Both SWMBO and I have a weird problem on our respective Win 10 Pro
machines, and wondered what the answer/solution might be.
Using the latest Firefox 152.0.4 or earlier versions...
A website I use, brings up a Captcha window whenever I try to login.
No matter how many times I click the correct images, it never allows me in.
But...
Privately I've contacted on of the site owners, who advises...
"...there should be no captcha on our website."
We have an ongoing discussion about it, but I though asking here might
throw up a few new ideas.
The old cookies for that site have been deleted, Firefox quit and re-run, visited the site and tried to login again.
Same old an infinite Captcha where one should not exist.
I've been to the Firefox history and deleted all references to that site.
No change.
Any useful thoughts please?
Thanks
D.
Nb: I've also tried with ABP and uBlock Origin switched off for that site. Same result.
Dnews wrote:
A website I use, brings up a Captcha window whenever I try to login.
tried ctrl-F5 ?
No matter how many times I click the correct images, it never allows
me in.
Ignoring whether it should, or should not, have a captcha, sometimes the audio version seems easier to "solve"
On 2026-07-02 11:59, Dnews wrote:
Any useful thoughts please?
Try with a new FFx profile
Try with another browser.
A website I use, brings up a Captcha window whenever I try to login.
No matter how many times I click the correct images, it never allows me in.
Privately I've contacted on of the site owners, who advises...
"...there should be no captcha on our website."
We have an ongoing discussion about it, but I though asking here might
throw up a few new ideas.
The old cookies for that site have been deleted, Firefox quit and re-run, visited the site and tried to login again.
Same old an infinite Captcha where one should not exist.
I've been to the Firefox history and deleted all references to that site.
No change.
Nb: I've also tried with ABP and uBlock Origin switched off for that site. Same result.
On 7/2/2026 5:59 PM, Dnews wrote:
A website I use, brings up a Captcha window whenever I try to login.
No matter how many times I click the correct images, it never allows
me in.
What is the website's URL?
Some web-forums program (and routers)
have use captcha to deter repeated
login attempts.
Does that website use Cloudflare
or alike as firewall frontend?
In article <namu66F46ppU1@mid.individual.net>,
Carlos E. R. <robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote:
On 2026-07-02 11:59, Dnews wrote:
Any useful thoughts please?
Try with a new FFx profile
Tried that with my test profile, no change.
Try with another browser.
Done that with MS-Edge, no change.
Additionally MS-Edges is so little used, I've never been to the particular site in question using that browser.
D.
On 2026-07-02 16:57, Dnews wrote:
In article <namu66F46ppU1@mid.individual.net>,
Carlos E. R. <robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote:
On 2026-07-02 11:59, Dnews wrote:
Any useful thoughts please?
Try with a new FFx profile
Tried that with my test profile, no change.
Try with another browser.
Done that with MS-Edge, no change.
Additionally MS-Edges is so little used, I've never been to the particular >> site in question using that browser.
Typically, when a site behaves strange or badly in FFx, I try with
Chrome, because chances are the designers only tested that one.
Cloudflare can be configured to require Capchas, and...
doing and the Capchas were a mistake by Cloudflare.
On 7/3/2026 1:20 AM, R Daneel Olivaw wrote:
Cloudflare can be configured to require Capchas, and...
doing and the Capchas were a mistake by Cloudflare.
Don't forget about government intervention!!
All governments might suddenly wanna kill U!
Some captchas are completely invisible to FF. You click on a 'submit'
or equivalent and nothing happens. Works with chrome, except chrome
(old, I can't install a newer one on my old hardware) will do something
that grabs the CPU and crashes the system unless I choose the untweaked profile. IMDB won't work at all on FF and is iffy on Chrome.
Life used to be a lot simpler.
On 7/2/26 13:44, Carlos E. R. wrote:
On 2026-07-02 16:57, Dnews wrote:
In article <namu66F46ppU1@mid.individual.net>,
Carlos E. R. <robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote:
On 2026-07-02 11:59, Dnews wrote:
Any useful thoughts please?
Try with a new FFx profile
Tried that with my test profile, no change.
Try with another browser.
Done that with MS-Edge, no change.
Additionally MS-Edges is so little used, I've never been to the particular >>> site in question using that browser.
Typically, when a site behaves strange or badly in FFx, I try with
Chrome, because chances are the designers only tested that one.
Some captchas are completely invisible to FF. You click on a 'submit'
or equivalent and nothing happens. Works with chrome, except chrome
(old, I can't install a newer one on my old hardware) will do something
that grabs the CPU and crashes the system unless I choose the untweaked profile. IMDB won't work at all on FF and is iffy on Chrome.
Life used to be a lot simpler.
On 7/2/2026 10:24 PM, The Real Bev wrote:
On 7/2/26 13:44, Carlos E. R. wrote:I have no problem getting to IMDB with the latest FF. However, I get
On 2026-07-02 16:57, Dnews wrote:
In article <namu66F46ppU1@mid.individual.net>,
Carlos E. R. <robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote:
On 2026-07-02 11:59, Dnews wrote:
Any useful thoughts please?
Try with a new FFx profile
Tried that with my test profile, no change.
Try with another browser.
Done that with MS-Edge, no change.
Additionally MS-Edges is so little used, I've never been to the particular >>>> site in question using that browser.
Typically, when a site behaves strange or badly in FFx, I try with
Chrome, because chances are the designers only tested that one.
Some captchas are completely invisible to FF. You click on a 'submit'
or equivalent and nothing happens. Works with chrome, except chrome
(old, I can't install a newer one on my old hardware) will do something
that grabs the CPU and crashes the system unless I choose the untweaked
profile. IMDB won't work at all on FF and is iffy on Chrome.
Life used to be a lot simpler.
there indirectly. I have IMDB in my list of search engines in the appropriate location in FF settings. I generally know which film I want
to search on so I put the name of that film in the search bar, select
IMDB from the drop down search choices, and no problem!
On 7/3/26 06:58, Retirednoguilt wrote:
On 7/2/2026 10:24 PM, The Real Bev wrote:
On 7/2/26 13:44, Carlos E. R. wrote:I have no problem getting to IMDB with the latest FF. However, I get
On 2026-07-02 16:57, Dnews wrote:
In article <namu66F46ppU1@mid.individual.net>,
Carlos E. R. <robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote:
On 2026-07-02 11:59, Dnews wrote:
Any useful thoughts please?
Try with a new FFx profile
Tried that with my test profile, no change.
Try with another browser.
Done that with MS-Edge, no change.
Additionally MS-Edges is so little used, I've never been to the particular
site in question using that browser.
Typically, when a site behaves strange or badly in FFx, I try with
Chrome, because chances are the designers only tested that one.
Some captchas are completely invisible to FF. You click on a 'submit'
or equivalent and nothing happens. Works with chrome, except chrome
(old, I can't install a newer one on my old hardware) will do something >>> that grabs the CPU and crashes the system unless I choose the untweaked >>> profile. IMDB won't work at all on FF and is iffy on Chrome.
Life used to be a lot simpler.
there indirectly. I have IMDB in my list of search engines in the
appropriate location in FF settings. I generally know which film I want
to search on so I put the name of that film in the search bar, select
IMDB from the drop down search choices, and no problem!
If I contrul-u, the generated blank page shows that it thinks that javascript is disabled. It's not.
On 7/3/2026 11:08 AM, The Real Bev wrote:
On 7/3/26 06:58, Retirednoguilt wrote:By any chance, have you installed the same ad blocker or privacy
On 7/2/2026 10:24 PM, The Real Bev wrote:
On 7/2/26 13:44, Carlos E. R. wrote:I have no problem getting to IMDB with the latest FF. However, I get
On 2026-07-02 16:57, Dnews wrote:
In article <namu66F46ppU1@mid.individual.net>,
Carlos E. R. <robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote:
On 2026-07-02 11:59, Dnews wrote:
Any useful thoughts please?
Try with a new FFx profile
Tried that with my test profile, no change.
Try with another browser.
Done that with MS-Edge, no change.
Additionally MS-Edges is so little used, I've never been to the particular
site in question using that browser.
Typically, when a site behaves strange or badly in FFx, I try with
Chrome, because chances are the designers only tested that one.
Some captchas are completely invisible to FF. You click on a 'submit' >>>> or equivalent and nothing happens. Works with chrome, except chrome
(old, I can't install a newer one on my old hardware) will do something >>>> that grabs the CPU and crashes the system unless I choose the untweaked >>>> profile. IMDB won't work at all on FF and is iffy on Chrome.
Life used to be a lot simpler.
there indirectly. I have IMDB in my list of search engines in the
appropriate location in FF settings. I generally know which film I want >>> to search on so I put the name of that film in the search bar, select
IMDB from the drop down search choices, and no problem!
If I contrul-u, the generated blank page shows that it thinks that
javascript is disabled. It's not.
protector add-on to both FF and Edge? Have you tried using FF in the "troubleshoot" mode (Help -> Troubleshoot mode)?
On 7/4/26 07:11, Retirednoguilt wrote:
On 7/3/2026 11:08 AM, The Real Bev wrote:
On 7/3/26 06:58, Retirednoguilt wrote:By any chance, have you installed the same ad blocker or privacy
On 7/2/2026 10:24 PM, The Real Bev wrote:
On 7/2/26 13:44, Carlos E. R. wrote:I have no problem getting to IMDB with the latest FF. However, I get
On 2026-07-02 16:57, Dnews wrote:
In article <namu66F46ppU1@mid.individual.net>,
Carlos E. R. <robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote:
On 2026-07-02 11:59, Dnews wrote:
Any useful thoughts please?
Try with a new FFx profile
Tried that with my test profile, no change.
Try with another browser.
Done that with MS-Edge, no change.
Additionally MS-Edges is so little used, I've never been to the particular
site in question using that browser.
Typically, when a site behaves strange or badly in FFx, I try with >>>>>> Chrome, because chances are the designers only tested that one.
Some captchas are completely invisible to FF. You click on a 'submit' >>>>> or equivalent and nothing happens. Works with chrome, except chrome >>>>> (old, I can't install a newer one on my old hardware) will do something >>>>> that grabs the CPU and crashes the system unless I choose the untweaked >>>>> profile. IMDB won't work at all on FF and is iffy on Chrome.
Life used to be a lot simpler.
there indirectly. I have IMDB in my list of search engines in the
appropriate location in FF settings. I generally know which film I want >>>> to search on so I put the name of that film in the search bar, select
IMDB from the drop down search choices, and no problem!
If I contrul-u, the generated blank page shows that it thinks that
javascript is disabled. It's not.
protector add-on to both FF and Edge? Have you tried using FF in the
"troubleshoot" mode (Help -> Troubleshoot mode)?
No, but I will. Generally the first-level 'help' anywhere is only of
use to people who didn't read the instructions so I rarely use it.
On 7/4/26 10:09, The Real Bev wrote:Nope, but I created a virgin profile so I can just keep that version of
On 7/4/26 07:11, Retirednoguilt wrote:
On 7/3/2026 11:08 AM, The Real Bev wrote:
On 7/3/26 06:58, Retirednoguilt wrote:By any chance, have you installed the same ad blocker or privacy
On 7/2/2026 10:24 PM, The Real Bev wrote:
On 7/2/26 13:44, Carlos E. R. wrote:I have no problem getting to IMDB with the latest FF. However, I get >>>>> there indirectly. I have IMDB in my list of search engines in the
On 2026-07-02 16:57, Dnews wrote:
In article <namu66F46ppU1@mid.individual.net>,
Carlos E. R. <robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote:
On 2026-07-02 11:59, Dnews wrote:
Any useful thoughts please?
Try with a new FFx profile
Tried that with my test profile, no change.
Try with another browser.
Done that with MS-Edge, no change.
Additionally MS-Edges is so little used, I've never been to the particular
site in question using that browser.
Typically, when a site behaves strange or badly in FFx, I try with >>>>>>> Chrome, because chances are the designers only tested that one.
Some captchas are completely invisible to FF. You click on a 'submit' >>>>>> or equivalent and nothing happens. Works with chrome, except chrome >>>>>> (old, I can't install a newer one on my old hardware) will do something >>>>>> that grabs the CPU and crashes the system unless I choose the untweaked >>>>>> profile. IMDB won't work at all on FF and is iffy on Chrome.
Life used to be a lot simpler.
appropriate location in FF settings. I generally know which film I want >>>>> to search on so I put the name of that film in the search bar, select >>>>> IMDB from the drop down search choices, and no problem!
If I contrul-u, the generated blank page shows that it thinks that
javascript is disabled. It's not.
protector add-on to both FF and Edge? Have you tried using FF in the
"troubleshoot" mode (Help -> Troubleshoot mode)?
No, but I will. Generally the first-level 'help' anywhere is only of
use to people who didn't read the instructions so I rarely use it.
OK, I just tried that with IMDB and it seemed to work. The problem is
that it requires a restart -- not a deal-killer, just an annoyance, especially since it kills my tabs-at-the-side thing and the first time
that happened I couldn't remember how to get it back. Perhaps there's
an extension that throws up a new "virgin" window...
In article <11276gh$33328$1@dont-email.me>,
The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> wrote:
[Snip]
Some captchas are completely invisible to FF. You click on a 'submit'
or equivalent and nothing happens. Works with chrome, except chrome
(old, I can't install a newer one on my old hardware) will do
something that grabs the CPU and crashes the system unless I choose
the untweaked profile. IMDB won't work at all on FF and is iffy on
Chrome.
Life used to be a lot simpler.
That is so true. :-)
The boss man of the site is asking his Tech bods to have a looksee... So
I'm just gonna get on with life and leave it to them.
D.
the site is not supposed to have a Captcha... but it appearsThe thing that bugs me about captchas, if you're meant to be clicking on
anyway... I can now process the Captcha crap and get in okay.
Dnews wrote:
the site is not supposed to have a Captcha... but it appears
anyway... I can now process the Captcha crap and get in okay.
The thing that bugs me about captchas, if you're meant to be clicking on e.g. bicycles, what if part of the rider's body is in a square, should
you still click it, what if just a few pixels of bicycle cross into a square?
Dnews wrote:
The thing that bugs me about captchas, if you're meant to be clicking on
e.g. bicycles, what if part of the rider's body is in a square, should
you still click it, what if just a few pixels of bicycle cross into a
square?
Dnews wrote:I wouldn't for any body part. The other is a crap shoot.
the site is not supposed to have a Captcha... but it appearsThe thing that bugs me about captchas, if you're meant to be clicking on >e.g. bicycles, what if part of the rider's body is in a square, should
anyway... I can now process the Captcha crap and get in okay.
you still click it, what if just a few pixels of bicycle cross into a >square?
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