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    Chrome not offering to save passwords

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by fred2028, Jun 23, 2011.

  1. fred2028

    fred2028 Sexy member

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    I'm having a weird problem where Chrome is not offering to save passwords. I have Offer to save passwords checked and my Exceptions list for sites is empty. I am going to various vBulletin forums and testing out logins, but Chrome does not ask whether or not I wanna save the password like it used to, and does not save passwords at all. Passwords I saved from before still work, however new ones do not save or ask to be saved. I'm thinking this might be due to a setting not changed from the Options menu. How can I fix this?
     
    fred2028, Jun 23, 2011
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    Are you in incognito mode? Doesn't seem to offer to save passwords for me in it.
     
    Fe ®, Jun 23, 2011
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    fred2028 Sexy member

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    No i am not
     
    fred2028, Jun 23, 2011
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  4. Gregory

    Gregory disassemble?

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    Navigate to:

    chrome://settings/personal

    Is 'offer to save passwords' selected?
     
    Gregory, Jun 24, 2011
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  5. fred2028

    fred2028 Sexy member

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    Like I siad in my original post, yes
     
    fred2028, Jun 24, 2011
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    davepermen Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    reinstalled? synced and locally erased, then resynced your profile? all those kind of cleanup tasks done? if not, you know your mission.. if yes, well.. hmm..
    you on dev build? or beta? or ordinary?
     
    davepermen, Jun 25, 2011
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    fred2028 Sexy member

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    I'm on Chrome 14 ... That's beta for sure, but is this a beta only issue?
     
    fred2028, Jun 25, 2011
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    davepermen Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    well it might..
    it's a) the beta or b) your profile that got messed up (maybe because of the beta). i know i had some issues like this from time to time. i'm on the dev build.
     
    davepermen, Jun 25, 2011
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    Thanks, I just tried removing Chrome, deleting my profile, and reinstalling Chrome, then cleared all browsing data. Working so far, it's just that some sites that used to ask to save my credentials no longer do
     
    fred2028, Jun 25, 2011
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    davepermen Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    i have a few that don't, too.. but they are some clumsy javascript ui's that can't do a simple postback (twitter is one of those).

    but for forii, it normally always works. any page to test?
     
    davepermen, Jun 25, 2011
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  11. fred2028

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    Well the page I am testing it on is for my university so I doubt you will be able to get in
     
    fred2028, Jun 25, 2011
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    @OP

    The password save behavior you experienced on some sites is normal. It is a security feature implemented through the use of either the webpage's HTML header or through a Java script. You can remove the HTML header or the Java script, but this has to be done when the webpage is fetched. Once removed Chrome will offer to save the password only for that webpage and only during that instance. However, once the password is saved and as long as the webpage is in Chrome's password database, Chrome will autofill the password and other necessary fields.

    I did this for my university account. If you Google for "enable save password in browser", you will come across some bookmarklets that have a simple JavaScript that will enable password saving on webpages where it is disabled.

    Saving passwords in the browser is a security risk. Make sure you take other precautions to protect your passwords and privacy.
     
    metril, Jun 26, 2011
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    Interesting, didn't knew that one.
     
    davepermen, Jun 26, 2011
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