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IE8 won't remember passwords after purge

J

Jim Wood

Flightless Bird
I'm running IE8 under Vista/64. I navigated to: Tools/Internet
Options/Content/AutoComplete/Settings/Delete Browsing History and dumped
EVERYTHING. Then I unchecked the delete selection boxes so I couldn't do this
again inadvertantly, made sure the Use AutoComplete for: boxes were all
checked, and went to the Web. IE no longer asks me if I want it to save
usernames and passwords on sites such as eBay, Amazon, etc.; I have to type
them in manually each time. What did I do wrong and can it be fixed, please?
 
R

rob^_^

Flightless Bird
Tools>Internet Options - Contents tab, Autocomplete Settings button, check
"User names and passwords" and "Ask me before saving passwords"
Regards.

"Jim Wood" <JimWood@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:243D2E73-2B91-424C-85A0-F0CAE4C5DD1A@microsoft.com...
> I'm running IE8 under Vista/64. I navigated to: Tools/Internet
> Options/Content/AutoComplete/Settings/Delete Browsing History and dumped
> EVERYTHING. Then I unchecked the delete selection boxes so I couldn't do
> this
> again inadvertantly, made sure the Use AutoComplete for: boxes were all
> checked, and went to the Web. IE no longer asks me if I want it to save
> usernames and passwords on sites such as eBay, Amazon, etc.; I have to
> type
> them in manually each time. What did I do wrong and can it be fixed,
> please?
>
 
P

PA Bear [MS MVP]

Flightless Bird
See...

Forcing Internet Explorer To Forget To Not Remember [sic]
http://blogs.msdn.com/ieinternals/a...et-Explorer-Password-AutoComplete-Prompt.aspx


Jim Wood wrote:
> I'm running IE8 under Vista/64. I navigated to: Tools/Internet
> Options/Content/AutoComplete/Settings/Delete Browsing History and dumped
> EVERYTHING. Then I unchecked the delete selection boxes so I couldn't do
> this again inadvertantly, made sure the Use AutoComplete for: boxes were
> all
> checked, and went to the Web. IE no longer asks me if I want it to save
> usernames and passwords on sites such as eBay, Amazon, etc.; I have to
> type
> them in manually each time. What did I do wrong and can it be fixed,
> please?
 
J

Jim Wood

Flightless Bird
Thanks, Rob;

Silly oversight, didn't realize I needed to check the "Ask me..." box. That
did the trick!

"rob^_^" wrote:

> Tools>Internet Options - Contents tab, Autocomplete Settings button, check
> "User names and passwords" and "Ask me before saving passwords"
> Regards.
>
> "Jim Wood" <JimWood@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:243D2E73-2B91-424C-85A0-F0CAE4C5DD1A@microsoft.com...
> > I'm running IE8 under Vista/64. I navigated to: Tools/Internet
> > Options/Content/AutoComplete/Settings/Delete Browsing History and dumped
> > EVERYTHING. Then I unchecked the delete selection boxes so I couldn't do
> > this
> > again inadvertantly, made sure the Use AutoComplete for: boxes were all
> > checked, and went to the Web. IE no longer asks me if I want it to save
> > usernames and passwords on sites such as eBay, Amazon, etc.; I have to
> > type
> > them in manually each time. What did I do wrong and can it be fixed,
> > please?
> >
 
J

Jim Wood

Flightless Bird
Thanks PA Bear,

I'd simply overlooked checking the "Ask me..." box; that fixed it. I did
download the utility you pointed me to but it doesn't seem to find my
already-saved passwords. I let the guy on that site know.

"PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote:

> See...
>
> Forcing Internet Explorer To Forget To Not Remember [sic]
> http://blogs.msdn.com/ieinternals/a...et-Explorer-Password-AutoComplete-Prompt.aspx
>
>
> Jim Wood wrote:
> > I'm running IE8 under Vista/64. I navigated to: Tools/Internet
> > Options/Content/AutoComplete/Settings/Delete Browsing History and dumped
> > EVERYTHING. Then I unchecked the delete selection boxes so I couldn't do
> > this again inadvertantly, made sure the Use AutoComplete for: boxes were
> > all
> > checked, and went to the Web. IE no longer asks me if I want it to save
> > usernames and passwords on sites such as eBay, Amazon, etc.; I have to
> > type
> > them in manually each time. What did I do wrong and can it be fixed,
> > please?

>
> .
>
 
P

PA Bear [MS MVP]

Flightless Bird
The "guy on that site" is Eric Lawrence, the IE team's "security nerd"
(according to some MS wags).


Jim Wood wrote:
> Thanks PA Bear,
>
> I'd simply overlooked checking the "Ask me..." box; that fixed it. I did
> download the utility you pointed me to but it doesn't seem to find my
> already-saved passwords. I let the guy on that site know.
>
> "PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote:
>
>> See...
>>
>> Forcing Internet Explorer To Forget To Not Remember [sic]
>> http://blogs.msdn.com/ieinternals/a...et-Explorer-Password-AutoComplete-Prompt.aspx
>>
>>
>> Jim Wood wrote:
>>> I'm running IE8 under Vista/64. I navigated to: Tools/Internet
>>> Options/Content/AutoComplete/Settings/Delete Browsing History and dumped
>>> EVERYTHING. Then I unchecked the delete selection boxes so I couldn't do
>>> this again inadvertantly, made sure the Use AutoComplete for: boxes were
>>> all
>>> checked, and went to the Web. IE no longer asks me if I want it to save
>>> usernames and passwords on sites such as eBay, Amazon, etc.; I have to
>>> type
>>> them in manually each time. What did I do wrong and can it be fixed,
>>> please?

>>
>> .
 
J

Jim Wood

Flightless Bird
Ah, yes,

"Security Nerds®." You gotta love 'em, wags or not. (But, of course, I
didn't say that 'on the record.')

Jim

"PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote:

> The "guy on that site" is Eric Lawrence, the IE team's "security nerd"
> (according to some MS wags).
>
>
> Jim Wood wrote:
> > Thanks PA Bear,
> >
> > I'd simply overlooked checking the "Ask me..." box; that fixed it. I did
> > download the utility you pointed me to but it doesn't seem to find my
> > already-saved passwords. I let the guy on that site know.
> >
> > "PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote:
> >
> >> See...
> >>
> >> Forcing Internet Explorer To Forget To Not Remember [sic]
> >> http://blogs.msdn.com/ieinternals/a...et-Explorer-Password-AutoComplete-Prompt.aspx
> >>
> >>
> >> Jim Wood wrote:
> >>> I'm running IE8 under Vista/64. I navigated to: Tools/Internet
> >>> Options/Content/AutoComplete/Settings/Delete Browsing History and dumped
> >>> EVERYTHING. Then I unchecked the delete selection boxes so I couldn't do
> >>> this again inadvertantly, made sure the Use AutoComplete for: boxes were
> >>> all
> >>> checked, and went to the Web. IE no longer asks me if I want it to save
> >>> usernames and passwords on sites such as eBay, Amazon, etc.; I have to
> >>> type
> >>> them in manually each time. What did I do wrong and can it be fixed,
> >>> please?
> >>
> >> .

>
> .
>
 
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