Help! My Windows 7 will not retain my passwords!

[SunshineD]

please forgive me if this has been posted before, i'm a newbie on here. The problem is when i create a password, say on email etc. my pc does not retain it and i have to log in with my password every time! it used to work a few months ago then it wont work at all. Could anybody shed any light on it? thank you for any responses. im not very good with pcs. thank you.

 

[archer]

Hi, Welcome to Seven forums.

Which browser are you using? If you are using Internet Explorer, try this

 

[SunshineD]

hiya thanks for the reply. I use Firefox, but ill try that, thank you

 

[archer]

Some web sites, including many banks and a few other sites, tell browsers not to remember passwords for visitors by using autocomplete="off".
Which is what that page does, Firefox respects the web page author's coding in pages like that.

This bookmarklet makes the browser ignore autocomplete="off" temporarily, allowing you to save passwords even on sites that use autocomplete="off".

Remember Password bookmarklet:
https://www.squarefree.com/bookmarklets/forms.html#remember_password

Or, you can use the Saved Passwords Editor extension for web sites where Firefox doesn't offer to save the Username/Password.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/60265/

 

[SunshineD]

Wow! thanks very much for that!

 

[archer]

Try the addon and keep us posted.

 

[SunshineD]

will do, thanks again!

 

[SunshineD]

hiya, still no joy! it must be something i'm doing wrong!

 

[ignatzatsonic]

Saved Passwords Editor works very well for me on Firefox.

Does it show as a choice under your Tools menu in Firefox? If not, you may not have it installed correctly.

 

[SunshineD]

thank you for replying so fast! what a great forum this is! yes it does show on the tools! but im unsure how to use it!

 

[archer]

This small article will explain how to use the addon.