I tried all those things and nothing worked. Here's what did (Firefox). Go to tools, options,and then privacy. Click on settings next to the history box at the bottom. Uncheck everything you don't want cleared each time Firefox closes--I only want it to clear my cache so that's the only box I checked. Hope this helps--now when I open Hotmail I not only don't have to sign-in but it also goes straight to my Inbox. Not sure why the settings suddenly changed on me, but they did.
Solution for me: TURN OFF PRIVATE BROWSING! (Tools, Options, Privacy). I did this, visited all my regular sites where I enter username and password, entered them, firefox offered to remember & I accepted. Then if you want private browsing back on you can do so and it will still remember your login details. Job done ;-)
I have windows XP and internet explorer
This is what I did and it worked llike a charm for me.
Go to Tools / Internet options / Open content tab / In Auto complete click on settings and make sure these options are enable with a check mark in the box.
Address bar ...Browsing history...Favorites....Forms and User name passwords on forms.
Hope this help
Jose
Same thing with me. It USED to save all my login credentials to my daily internet sites then one day it stopped autofilling. Now, everytime I log into my sites I have to retype my user name and password. I have full explored Internet Options, set all settings to the lowest. When I lauch my IE browser, it still makes me login liek I ahve never been there before BUT it promts me to save them and I say yes. I then close my browser and relaunch in and guess what, it still makes me login like I never was there. Im ready to scream. Please help
Me too...none of my pws are saving in FF 3.0.11 on my Vista laptop. It is sooo annoying. Neverhad this problem until the past few weeks. My PC uses XP and it's fine. grrrr.
Hi guys,
add me to the list. I have a Mac running XP under Parallels virtual machine and it started losing saved credentials approx 3 or 4 weeks ago.
I tried almost everything peeking in the system registers but came up with nothing.
Only thing I noticed is if I just LOG OUT and then log back in, it WON'T lose username/password.
It's when I REBOOT that all the saved credentials are wiped out.
A nice new virus or just a bug coming with the latest Windows update?
I'm having the exact same problem. Started a couple of months ago. I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling Firefox. Its very annoying and of course you can't get a human to help. I'm hoping its a glitch they will fix. SOON.
Beware that many people reported Raymond's fix as working BUT they lost all their Favourites / Bookmarks. On the same page there is a reply (number 42) where Adam gives a registry fix for the problem that has no side effects.
Sorry Raymond but I cannot trust a downloaded application to fix a problem such as remembering my username/password!! I was a bit skeptical about the fact that your application apparently forces the users computer to shut down once your application has done it's stuff. Perhaps you're making the computer shut down so quickly because you don't want some security application(s) to pick up on the fact that something unsafe has changed and warn the user...!
With thanks to Adam I have attempted the fix he details and I will see how this goes instead...at least this way I know what has been changed because I changed it myself and I know how to undo the change too - where as with Raymond's fix .... well.......god knows what that application does behind the scenes! I wouldn't get a chance to know because my security suite wouldn't get a chance to warn me before the restart occurs.
I suggest EVERYONE tries Adam's fix first, before even considering Raymond's fix!
P.S: Sorry Raymond, nothing personal but I take security very seriously..
Thanks Paul, the fix you details worked perfectly!
Copy & Paste of the fix that Paul detailed very well;
YOU DON’T NEED TO INSTALL THIS APP!!! All you need to do is change a registry setting.
After hours of messing around with RegEdit + Yahoo Messenger + Microsoft’s Virtual PC I’ve found the problem and a solution to why apps like Msn Messenger suddenly can’t remember their passwords anymore.
When Yahoo toolbar gets installed it sets the following registry value:
[HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-796845957-926492609-725345543-1003\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders]
AppData = %AppData%
The problem here is AppData should actually be the following
AppData = %USERPROFILE%\Application Data
So when MSN or other apps that use that registry key go to save their data it gets lost.
So the solution is simple, run regedit and go to
[HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-796845957-926492609-725345543-1003\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders]
and set the value AppData to a data value of %USERPROFILE%\Application Data
Yes, thanks Paul and Anon it works great. I've been looking a tip for 3-4 weeks and that is the answer. I can make a little enhancement : instead of HKU \ S-1-5-21-796845957-926492609-725345543-1003 \Software \ .... ( I don't have that GUID) select HKCU \ Software \ .... the key for current user.
Great job. Thanks again !
I am glad there are smarter people out there, but why doesn't some one contact the company who is providing these programs that mess up our days and tell them to fix this problem? I am not as quick with computers, and if I could understand how to fix this problem, I would do so. I have a disability and I need to do things over and over to get it, plus I don't live on my computer and need to get this fixed. I would thank any help on the process to correct some one else s mess up.
Anon that would help a lot, but for some reason the only thing I have for RegEdit is
S-1-5-21-789336058-2147075695-839522115-1004
S-1-5-21-789336058-2147075695-839522115-1004_Classes
Which mine is different then what you posted and this is with the latest Windows Live Messenger.
It looks as if everyone's big long number is different, so look for the appropriate registry link, use the one without "_Classes" at the end and follow the instructions from there.
Mine needed changing (so I hope this solves my problem), but another computer I just checked didn't.
The MSN Messenger Problem is fixed.
However, the issue with Mozilla and/or IE loginNames and passwords is still here (on my computer) remains. I can not save any password and or LoginName and also can not change any presaved password... I already checked the Option, Tools etc...
Sorry guys I should have added that my "long big number" (as Roka so eloquently described it) was also different than what Paul said it would be however again as Roka says it will be different for everyone. Even so it worked for me so should work for you too as long as you ignore the fact that the "long big number" will be different.
Now then......how do I find this 'Paul' person and buy him a pint as a mark of thanks!
For me %AppData% resolves to %USERPROFILE%\Application Data
And I presume that should be the way for everybody. So not sure how useful is anon's/Paul's fix.
