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Resolved IE8 cannot get password save prompt

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    Fitz

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    On my PCs at work and at home, both using Windows XP and Internet Explorer 8, I do not get the prompt that asks me if I would like to save my password.
    I have the Ask me before saving passwords option checked in Tools/Internet Options/Content/ Settings, and, as far as I can recall, I have never seen this prompt since switching to IE8, so have not indicated a No to the prompt, which I understand deactivates its appearance thereafter.
    Is there some other setting in Internet Options or some Registry setting I can tweak to activate the prompt?
     
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    Usernames and passwords are generally stored in cookies....Clearing them will usually cause you to have to enter the info.
     

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    Fitz

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    Hi and thanks for your reply.
    I've tried clearing out cookies, but this does not seem to activate the password prompt when I next go and log in onto a site with a password...
    I didn't have this problem on previous versions of IE.
     
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    What does happen/doesn't happen when you go to one of the sites? Are you automatically logged in? Can you give an example or two of the sites you're talking about?

    A site like this one (windowsbbs) has a LOG OFF feature that will clear the cookies.
     
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    Any site that requires a password used to trigger the appearance of a screen in IE6 and IE7 asking if you wanted to save this password, but that doesn't happen in IE8 for some reason, or doesn't on my PCs.
     
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    Many thanks for that. Actually this is one of the first articles I saw when I put the problem through Google (as we are all tempted to do) and it's excellent but does not seem to provide a solution as I've already followed the advice suggested.
     
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    Well, as noted, Issues #2 to #5 are out of your control.
     
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    That's true, but if option 1 is the case, ie:-
    1.You have disabled autocomplete in your browser by checking the “Don’t offer to remember any more passwords” box
    the key question is how do you restore the facility?
    Is there maybe some setting in the registry to restore it?
     
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    Fitz

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    Thanks for posting those articles both of which have some very interesting points and highlight issues about lost passwords or a malfunctioning autocomplete function.

    What I'm really looking to do however is to restore the prompt that appears when you key in a password that invites you to save it.
     
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    The microsoft link I gave should clear out any saved passwords which in turn will show the prompt again. The software will show you all the sites that passwords are saved for and allow deletion.

    Using these two processes should make sure that all saved passwords have gone, the prompt should then start to appear again.

    I'll keep looking for some other solution but if the above does not work and all your settings are correct I suspect something has been corrupted. The only solution may then be to re-install IE8.


    Just found this but not sure it will work with IE8.It is something like this that you need.

    http://www.dougknox.com/utility/scripts_desc/ie_password_prompt.htm

    Have a look here there may be something similar for IE8

    http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm
     
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    I deleted all passwords exactly as the instructions indicate, but it still dopes not prompt me to remember a password
     
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    Ahh. I'm beginning to see that I may have found a possible solution...
    This page talks about "Standard Submit" and the "Java Submit method" and runs a test-page
    whereby if you put a username and password using the former, then the password prompt appears, but not when using the latter.
    Now the question is ...how can I make my PC always use the Standard Submit method instead of the Java Submit method when filling forms?
     
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    Well, I have hit a wall with this. I've tried all the solutions suggested on my own PC and IE8 just remembers passwords without asking. I seem to recall I clicked the option not to ask me again so it is doing it automatically, how to re-enable this is a mystery but I am quite happy not to be asked all the time. Clearing all saved passwords works OK but the prompt does not return to ask if you want to save them IE8 just remembers them.

    It will be interesting to see if anybody can solve this one.

    Fitz, just to be sure, this is the same as your problem? or do you have to enter the password for sites on every visit?
     
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    Fitz

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    You have outlined the problem clearly, ie I have to type in the password on each visit in IE8, which is a pain, and there is no prompt to ask to remember my password.
    However, take a look at my last posting concerning the use of Java.
    On the test page in that website, I did see the prompt for the first time, so it does appear to have something to do with "Simple" and "Jave" entry when logging onto websites requiring passwords.
     
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    markmadras

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    Yup, this is a strange little problem with IE8, I just signed in to a site I haven't visited for a while and got that pop up asking if I wanted to save my password. Maybe something to do with me deleting all the saved passwords earlier, but still not sure why.
     
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    Fitz

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    I refer you to my earlier posting:

     

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