Gmail sign in problems when using Firefox in Windows 8

I haven't quite figured out under what circumstances this does or does not happen, but many times when I boot up my new Windows 8 computer, launch Firefox (in 'desktop' mode, not 'metro,' if that makes a difference(, and go to http://gmail.com, I cannot sign in to my gmail account. After entering the username and password, the sign in simply 'hangs' or freezes. There is a sign in progress bar that normally disappears in a blink of the eye, but instead it just stays there, empty, and the sign in process is never completed. Clearing the cache and cookies resolves this problem, but it is annoying to have to do this every time I boot up my computer. Has anyone else had this problem, and is there a known solution?

Thanks, iamjayakumars. It was clearly something in one particular user account on the computer (there are several, and only one user seemed to have the problem). Since it's a new computer, I just wiped that user from Windows 8 and started from scratch. Problem seems to be solved. So, as your help file suggests, there probably was something in that user profile's setting folder causing issues, and a clean start as a new user (hopefully) resolved it.

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