Constantly being asked to enter my password on Yahoo

Hey there,
My hard drive recently hit the three year mark and died on me so I replaced it and reinstalled OS X and all my software. Before this happened, I could click the "keep me signed in" checkbox on Yahoo and I would stay signed in most of the time. (I'm using Safari, by the way.)
Now for some reason clicking that box is completely ineffective. I'm sure it's just some Safari setting that was reset but I can't for the life of me figure out what it is. I've tried going through all my Preferences trying to figure it out and nothing seems to work.
It's frustrating, because I don't even close my browser. I'll be in my e-mail, then I'll decide to go to facebook (which stays logged in,) then I'll come back to yahoo, and it's already asking me for my password again. I didn't even close the browser! Although I miss my old settings where even if I did close my browser I could still open it up again and I would still be logged in. I'm not worried about security because I'm the only person who uses this computer and it's a pain in the butt to log in over and over and over and over.
Any help would be appreciated!! Thanks.

Hi and welcome....
From your Safari menu bar click Safari / Preferences - Autofill. Make sure user names and passwords is selected.
Now quit Safari (Comman + Q) Open the Keychain Access app (Applications/Utilities) Select Passwords on the left.
Delete the Yahoo keychain.
Relaunch Safari. Login to Yahoo as usual with your user name and password. You will be prompted to save that data, click Yes.
If you still have problems logging into Yahoo, quit Safari then delete the "Safari Forms Autofill" keychain (Keychain Access again).
Relaunch Safari and login to Yahoo.
And go to Safari / Preferences - Security. Click: Show Cookies. Remove all Yahoo related cookies.
Carolyn

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