Firefox won't forget passwords on restart in v. 23

I recently allowed my XP SP3 computer to upgrade from v16 to v23 (most recent beta version that Firefox forces you to have). Now, all passwords are remembered despite what I have set for them.
In all previous versions, if I did not choose to Remember Password, then Firefox would not - I did not have to set an exception. On restart, I would just have to log in again. Now after having upgraded, I cannot get Firefox to stop remembering my passwords after restart. I have cleared all cookies and cache. I have even set the exception, but it still just logs me in to my gmail and facebook.
What is wrong with the newer versions of Firefox that you can't just chose to not remember the passwords and it won't?

Sorry - I accidentally chose your answer as the solution, when I don't think it is. While what you say makes sense, I never had this problem with older versions. Once you restart Firefox, it is supposed to start a new session, even if you open the previous tabs from the last one. That is what is going wrong in this version. I should be able to restart FF, and it start a new session with previous tabs, but maybe it is not starting a new session.

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* https://support.mozilla.com/kb/Private+Browsing
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'''bold text'''hi there,
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