Passwords lost from IE11

Win7 IE11

For some reason the stored passwords in IE11 have disappeared. All
the options in Tools|Internet Options|Content|Auto complete/Settings
are ticked.

Peter

Peter Jason wrote:
Win7 IE11

For some reason the stored passwords in IE11 have disappeared. All
the options in Tools|Internet Options|Content|Auto complete/Settings
are ticked.

Peter


Have you cleared IE's entire History (IE/Tools/internet Options/General
tab/Browsing History/Delete or use a 3rd party tool (e.g. CCleaner) ??

--
....winston
msft mvp consumer apps

On Thu, 23 Oct 2014 21:26:16 -0700, ...winston?
wrote:

Peter Jason wrote:
Win7 IE11

For some reason the stored passwords in IE11 have disappeared. All
the options in Tools|Internet Options|Content|Auto complete/Settings
are ticked.

Peter


Have you cleared IE's entire History (IE/Tools/internet Options/General
tab/Browsing History/Delete or use a 3rd party tool (e.g. CCleaner) ??

I used the "Privacy Guard" of East-Tec eraser as a routine cleanup,
and this possibly erased the passwords. I have made the necessary
adjustment to "Privacy Guard" to ignore the IE11 "Autocomplete" but
there seems no way to re-enter the IE11 passwords. IE11 no longer
asks about saving passwords. Should I re-install IE11?

Peter Jason wrote:
On Thu, 23 Oct 2014 21:26:16 -0700, ...winston?
wrote:

Peter Jason wrote:
Win7 IE11

For some reason the stored passwords in IE11 have disappeared. All
the options in Tools|Internet Options|Content|Auto complete/Settings
are ticked.

Peter

Have you cleared IE's entire History (IE/Tools/internet Options/General
tab/Browsing History/Delete or use a 3rd party tool (e.g. CCleaner) ??

I used the "Privacy Guard" of East-Tec eraser as a routine cleanup,
and this possibly erased the passwords. I have made the necessary
adjustment to "Privacy Guard" to ignore the IE11 "Autocomplete" but
there seems no way to re-enter the IE11 passwords. IE11 no longer
asks about saving passwords. Should I re-install IE11?

It would be pretty magical software, if it erased your
preferences on a reinstall. I see this as a fundamental flaw
with the uninstaller options in Programs and Features. It
should have options like

Uninstall and keep all my preferences
Uninstall and remove my preferences, clean the registry etc.

The latter option just doesn't exist and is why re-installing
doesn't help. Only the former method is offered. Some companies
offer "cleaner" utilities, which removes every entry with
their corporate name associated with it. Which is fine, if it
works.

*******

There is a page here, with some ideas.

http://www.eightforums.com/tutorials...-turn-off.html

And this page shows the section of registry that Privacy Guard
probably erased.

http://www.sevenforums.com/browsers-...ssword-ie.html

And this article contributes...

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/834489

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\
FeatureControl\FEATURE_HTTP_USERNAME_PASSWORD_DISA BLE DWORD 0

But some other pages I've visited, give the impression
that IE is "flaky pastry" and will do whatever
it feels like. A reason for this, is interference from
third party software.

http://www.sevenforums.com/browsers-...assword-2.html

"uninstalling HP SimplePass"

HTH,
Paul

On 24/10/2014 06:14, Peter Jason wrote:
I have made the necessary adjustment to "Privacy Guard" to ignore the
IE11 "Autocomplete" but there seems no way to re-enter the IE11
passwords. IE11 no longer asks about saving passwords. Should I
re-install IE11?

Have you checked how your autocomplete looks like? Mine looks like this:

Autocomplete http://s28.postimg.org/r2gpealgt/2014_10_25_0311.png

If you are going to insert all the passwords again then the best thing
is to clear everything before doing it again. This gives you a clean
start and avoids any corruptions.

On Sat, 25 Oct 2014 03:18:05 +0100, Good Guy
wrote:

On 24/10/2014 06:14, Peter Jason wrote:
I have made the necessary adjustment to "Privacy Guard" to ignore the
IE11 "Autocomplete" but there seems no way to re-enter the IE11
passwords. IE11 no longer asks about saving passwords. Should I
re-install IE11?

Have you checked how your autocomplete looks like? Mine looks like this:

Autocomplete http://s28.postimg.org/r2gpealgt/2014_10_25_0311.png

If you are going to insert all the passwords again then the best thing
is to clear everything before doing it again. This gives you a clean
start and avoids any corruptions.

Thanks, I tried deleting all the saved history but still the passwords
are no longer saved.

The yellow bar at the bottom of the page asking if storing passwords
no longer appears.

On Fri, 24 Oct 2014 02:54:49 -0400, Paul wrote:

Peter Jason wrote:
On Thu, 23 Oct 2014 21:26:16 -0700, ...winston?
wrote:

Peter Jason wrote:
Win7 IE11

For some reason the stored passwords in IE11 have disappeared. All
the options in Tools|Internet Options|Content|Auto complete/Settings
are ticked.

Peter

Have you cleared IE's entire History (IE/Tools/internet Options/General
tab/Browsing History/Delete or use a 3rd party tool (e.g. CCleaner) ??

I used the "Privacy Guard" of East-Tec eraser as a routine cleanup,
and this possibly erased the passwords. I have made the necessary
adjustment to "Privacy Guard" to ignore the IE11 "Autocomplete" but
there seems no way to re-enter the IE11 passwords. IE11 no longer
asks about saving passwords. Should I re-install IE11?

It would be pretty magical software, if it erased your
preferences on a reinstall. I see this as a fundamental flaw
with the uninstaller options in Programs and Features. It
should have options like

Uninstall and keep all my preferences
Uninstall and remove my preferences, clean the registry etc.

The latter option just doesn't exist and is why re-installing
doesn't help. Only the former method is offered. Some companies
offer "cleaner" utilities, which removes every entry with
their corporate name associated with it. Which is fine, if it
works.

*******

There is a page here, with some ideas.

http://www.eightforums.com/tutorials...-turn-off.html

And this page shows the section of registry that Privacy Guard
probably erased.

http://www.sevenforums.com/browsers-...ssword-ie.html

And this article contributes...

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/834489

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\
FeatureControl\FEATURE_HTTP_USERNAME_PASSWORD_DISA BLE DWORD 0

But some other pages I've visited, give the impression
that IE is "flaky pastry" and will do whatever
it feels like. A reason for this, is interference from
third party software.

http://www.sevenforums.com/browsers-...assword-2.html

"uninstalling HP SimplePass"

HTH,

Paul


Thanks Paul, I fixed it by applying the "reset" in the tools/advanced
and then rebooting. Curiously an uninstall/Reinstall of IE11 didn't
work.