Make Internet Explorer Prompt You To Save Passwords After Being Disabled
After reading the article on Forcing IE To Save Passwords For Web Sites After Answering No, many readers have emailed me saying they now realize, Internet Explorer no longer prompts them to save passwords anymore and how can they enable this feature.
This is a good question, since they want to enable password prompting, but have no idea how it became disabled (let alone how to enable).
While Firefox password management can be found in one location, Internet Explorer is a little more obscure and is actually part of the AutoComplete feature.
First let's solve the mystery of how IE asking to save passwords become disabled.
The most likely cause is checking the box "Don't offer to remember any more passwords". Once checked, even if you answered Yes or No, IE will no longer prompt you to save passwords.
The other method (of disabling), is actually where we'll enable password prompting, by clicking on Tools \ Internet Options and select the Content tab. Then click on the Settings button next to AutoComplete in IE 7…
…or click on AutoComplete button in IE6.
Now you just need to click on "Prompt me to save passwords" and click OK.
Next time you visit a web site that you need to logon, you should see the prompt to save passwords.
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Comments on Make Internet Explorer Prompt You To Save Passwords After Being Disabled
tq… its simple and work!
Does not work in IE7
@Sunit
Sure does…and tested with IE7
boxes for both User Names & Passwords On Forms and Promt Me To Save Passwords are grayed out. In Regedit, I don't have a Storage2, only a Storage1. Now what?
Hi ,
I am still not getting the save password option i tried in internet explore 7 , and tried various option for getting the save password option it didnt work .
Then i upgraded to internet explore 8 even after that i am not getting the save password option ,
kinldly help me some one
I have the same problem … I tried following your instructions in these link
>>>http://www.watchingthenet.com/how-to-force-internet-explorer-7-to-save-web-site-password-after-answering-no.html <<<
but I cant find storage 2 or storage 1 at regedit. Maybe because I clear and deleted browsing history and all that! I also tried resetting my IE7 at internet options advance tab but still nothing happens.
Pls. Help!
Malvin
worked. nice…
I have IE8 and I follow all the step mention above, and I still have the same problem on not been able to get the question on save password option. Can you please help me on how to fix this problem? I tryed the autocoplete, and still don't work
this is not working for me. i hate IE8 and as far as i can tell i cant even get rid of IE8 or i would. i didnt have this problem with IE7 and i had the box checked to delete history and still i had no such problems with passwords as with IE8 !!
i hate IE8 … this is not working. i never had such troubles with IE7 and i even had it checked to delete history!! i cant even tell there is a way to go back to IE7 and i have tried!!
delete or ignore one of these cuz it didnt seem to show up so i did it again.
Thanks for soulution…………..
IE will not prompt you to save your password on some secure sites, i.e., those beginning with 'https:'.
Great I saved the password, and since I use my computer to access the information I'm fine…Now I decided to use another computer and I don't remember the password, and can not change it on the website unless I have the old password.
Where do I find the password I originally set in the website?
Firefox has the capabilitiy to see the password introduced to every website, does IE 8 does too? I can not find where the login and password is saved and I could see them, please advice.
Best regards, Carlos J.
I am using I.E. 8 on Vista. I made the mistake of telling a new website to not save the password (because I wasn't sure of the password). The next time I tried to log in, it did not offer to save the password – even though I did not tell it to never ask again for that website. I have tried the solution of going to Tools>Internet Options>Content>Auto Complete>Settings and checking the box, "Ask Me Before Saving Passwords." But it was already checked! NOW WHAT???
how do i get autocomplete to save passwords without being prompted everytime?
Great tutorial! Thank you.
Nice Tutorial Thank u
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i am 11
I too would like to know how to fix IE8 to save or hold usernames as passwords as IE7 does. I took 8 off and put 7 back on using defaults and didn't have to change a setting. All I did is check the "yes" box when asked and next time to that site they both were saved fine. I know curiosity got the cat but I want it to get me too!!!!
This is really simple if using IE8. Follow these instructions….
On the internet explorer tool bar click…TOOLS
Scroll to the bottom and select 'INTERNET OPTIONS'
Select the CONTENT tab (4th one)
Select the AutoComplete SETTINGS tab
Ensure the 'ask me before saving password' checkbox is ticked, click OK and close.
Done !!
@Iain:
It is not that simple and it doesn't work. So many people have this problem. Also, once you have selected 'No' to the question offering to save password, there is no simple way by which you can reverse it.
I dont know it worked for other or not but it worked for me
Thank you for advice.
Try Clearing the History in that same box that you select "ask me before" there is a button to clear the history, once you click on it you can select to delete any saved password. once i did that, the popup came back for me.
Good work……