How to enable form autocomplete and password remember

[Ben]

Sharon,

Thanks for your reply. The problem is not based on the web
site. Eg., I log on to my AT&T wireless accounts on a
windows 2000 account at work and Windows XP at home. At
work, on going to the login page, I just double click in
the log in name field. I can see my login name. When I
select it, my password field picks up the related
password. On the windows XP machine, it never remembers
any log in names or passwords, even though I have
autocomplete for forms switched on.
thanks!
Ben
>-----Original Message-----
>Hutch,
>thanks for taking the time to post a reply. I tried what
>you wrote, this is the same window that I used to enable
>autocomplete from my IE -Tools-Internet options- content-
>personal information to check the boxes for all of the
>auotcomplete feature.
>
>My problem is that Windows XP allows the web address
>autocomplet but not web forms and passwords due to some
>security feature.
>
>I am wondering if any one has been able to use "remember
>password" feature in Windows XP?
>
>regards
>Ben
>>-----Original Message-----
>>
>>you might try this - ie
>>go start/control panel/network and internet connections/
>>internet options/content tab/
>>go personal information section/
>>go autocomplete.../
>>go use autocomplete for/
>>note
>>click on - to activate - any of the avail options - ie
>>web addresses/
>>forms/
>>user names and passwords on forms/
>>....prompt to save passwords on forms/
>>and
>>take it fr there
>>
>>hth
>>God Bless
>>hutch
>>
>>
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>Hi,
>>>I have been trying for weeks now to make my internet
>>>explorer remember my passwords and autocomplete for
>>forms.
>>>Even though I have enabled it in IE, some security
>>setting
>>>somewhere is over riding this feature. I would
>>appreciate
>>>if some one could please put me out this misery of
>>having
>>>to type in my passwords!
>>>thanks
>>>Ben
>>>.
>>>
>>.
>>
>.
>

[Sharon F]

Thanks for the extra info Ben. One more question. Is the login page for the
AT&T service a web page? If yes....

I have SBC's DSL service setup with a wireless router. The PPPOE
authentication is setup in the router's configuration and internet access is
immediate. However, on occasion when I go to the SBC home page, I am
challenged with a login request for user name/password. The SBC page has
boxes to check for the info to be remembered but yet the challenge still
appears every once in a while. Remembering passwords works consistently at
other sites, so I feel that the inconsitency at SBC is a forced login
initiated by their server on occasion or it is a glitch in their
authentication.

Does that sound similar to what happens with your home machine? Suggestion:
try removing the cookies for the AT&T sites. I find that if I remove the
cookies from the SBC site and let it create a new one that the login window
doesn't appear for a few days.

If on the other hand your AT&T logon is a network connections item, take a
look in Adminstrative Tools> Services. Change the startup type for Protected
Storage to Automatic (this tip from MVP Kelly Theriot's website).

--
Sharon F
Microsoft MVP, Windows - Shell/User

Ben wrote:
> Sharon,
>
> Thanks for your reply. The problem is not based on the web
> site. Eg., I log on to my AT&T wireless accounts on a
> windows 2000 account at work and Windows XP at home. At
> work, on going to the login page, I just double click in
> the log in name field. I can see my login name. When I
> select it, my password field picks up the related
> password. On the windows XP machine, it never remembers
> any log in names or passwords, even though I have
> autocomplete for forms switched on.
> thanks!
> Ben
>> -----Original Message-----
>> Hutch,
>> thanks for taking the time to post a reply. I tried what
>> you wrote, this is the same window that I used to enable
>> autocomplete from my IE -Tools-Internet options- content-
>> personal information to check the boxes for all of the
>> auotcomplete feature.
>>
>> My problem is that Windows XP allows the web address
>> autocomplet but not web forms and passwords due to some
>> security feature.
>>
>> I am wondering if any one has been able to use "remember
>> password" feature in Windows XP?
>>
>> regards
>> Ben
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>
>>> you might try this - ie
>>> go start/control panel/network and internet connections/
>>> internet options/content tab/
>>> go personal information section/
>>> go autocomplete.../
>>> go use autocomplete for/
>>> note
>>> click on - to activate - any of the avail options - ie
>>> web addresses/
>>> forms/
>>> user names and passwords on forms/
>>> ....prompt to save passwords on forms/
>>> and
>>> take it fr there
>>>
>>> hth
>>> God Bless
>>> hutch
>>>
>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> Hi,
>>>> I have been trying for weeks now to make my internet
>>>> explorer remember my passwords and autocomplete for forms.
>>>> Even though I have enabled it in IE, some security setting
>>>> somewhere is over riding this feature. I would appreciate
>>>> if some one could please put me out this misery of having
>>>> to type in my passwords!
>>>> thanks
>>>> Ben
>>>> .
>>>>
>>> .
>>>
>> .

[Ben]

Sharon,

I checked what your recommended. I already have
the "automatic" choice in the services.
This is definitely not a web page related problem. I never
have problems retrieving information on web forms where
the field names are the same. (e.g., best buy store
locator - entering post code). My problem is that in the
windows XP environment autocomplete feature for web forms
is not enabled in spite of enabling it from the internet
explorer tools-internet options-content-- ... route.
thanks anyway.
Ben
>-----Original Message-----
>Thanks for the extra info Ben. One more question. Is the
login page for the
>AT&T service a web page? If yes....
>
>I have SBC's DSL service setup with a wireless router.
The PPPOE
>authentication is setup in the router's configuration and
internet access is
>immediate. However, on occasion when I go to the SBC home
page, I am
>challenged with a login request for user name/password.
The SBC page has
>boxes to check for the info to be remembered but yet the
challenge still
>appears every once in a while. Remembering passwords
works consistently at
>other sites, so I feel that the inconsitency at SBC is a
forced login
>initiated by their server on occasion or it is a glitch
in their
>authentication.
>
>Does that sound similar to what happens with your home
machine? Suggestion:
>try removing the cookies for the AT&T sites. I find that
if I remove the
>cookies from the SBC site and let it create a new one
that the login window
>doesn't appear for a few days.
>
>If on the other hand your AT&T logon is a network
connections item, take a
>look in Adminstrative Tools> Services. Change the startup
type for Protected
>Storage to Automatic (this tip from MVP Kelly Theriot's
website).
>
>--
>Sharon F
>Microsoft MVP, Windows - Shell/User
>
>Ben wrote:
>> Sharon,
>>
>> Thanks for your reply. The problem is not based on the
web
>> site. Eg., I log on to my AT&T wireless accounts on a
>> windows 2000 account at work and Windows XP at home. At
>> work, on going to the login page, I just double click in
>> the log in name field. I can see my login name. When I
>> select it, my password field picks up the related
>> password. On the windows XP machine, it never remembers
>> any log in names or passwords, even though I have
>> autocomplete for forms switched on.
>> thanks!
>> Ben
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> Hutch,
>>> thanks for taking the time to post a reply. I tried
what
>>> you wrote, this is the same window that I used to
enable
>>> autocomplete from my IE -Tools-Internet options-
content-
>>> personal information to check the boxes for all of the
>>> auotcomplete feature.
>>>
>>> My problem is that Windows XP allows the web address
>>> autocomplet but not web forms and passwords due to some
>>> security feature.
>>>
>>> I am wondering if any one has been able to
use "remember
>>> password" feature in Windows XP?
>>>
>>> regards
>>> Ben
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>
>>>> you might try this - ie
>>>> go start/control panel/network and internet
connections/
>>>> internet options/content tab/
>>>> go personal information section/
>>>> go autocomplete.../
>>>> go use autocomplete for/
>>>> note
>>>> click on - to activate - any of the avail options - ie
>>>> web addresses/
>>>> forms/
>>>> user names and passwords on forms/
>>>> ....prompt to save passwords on forms/
>>>> and
>>>> take it fr there
>>>>
>>>> hth
>>>> God Bless
>>>> hutch
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>> I have been trying for weeks now to make my internet
>>>>> explorer remember my passwords and autocomplete for
forms.
>>>>> Even though I have enabled it in IE, some security
setting
>>>>> somewhere is over riding this feature. I would
appreciate
>>>>> if some one could please put me out this misery of
having
>>>>> to type in my passwords!
>>>>> thanks
>>>>> Ben
>>>>> .
>>>>>
>>>> .
>>>>
>>> .
>
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