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    Google: Is there a way to automatically log in when visiting a site?

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by JWBlue, Mar 25, 2011.

  1. JWBlue

    JWBlue Notebook Deity

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    I am sick of typing in the username and password to a site I am visiting.

    Google won't save the username/password for this site.

    Is there an extension for Google that will do this?
     
    JWBlue, Mar 25, 2011
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  2. hakira

    hakira <3 xkcd

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    You mean... like cookies? Enable cookies and uncheck 'clear private data after session' in your browser, then click the 'remember me' checkbox when logging in...
     
    hakira, Mar 25, 2011
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  3. lbohn

    lbohn Notebook Consultant

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    Enable "Offer to save passwords" here - chrome://settings/personal (You should be able to click the link; if not just drag it to your Omnibar or the tab area.)

    You'll then need to click "Save Password" on the light blue bar which appears just under the Omnibar after you first sign into a website.

    Unlike Firefox, the Save Password bar doesn't appear immediately but waits until the page is 100% loaded. Furthermore if you click a link on the landing page or the website redirects you with a interstitial page, the bar often doesn't continue to persist while on that domain, as it does in Firefox.

    --L.
     
    lbohn, Mar 25, 2011
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  4. Texanman

    Texanman Master of all things Cake

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    The Lastpass password manager for chrome or firefox DOES automatically log you in when you visit a webpage... plus it is more secure then using the built in managers since it is aes encypted and stored offsite
     
    Texanman, Mar 28, 2011
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