Re: XP doesn't ask to remember ID & PW for Certain Sites

From: Don MI <> (d7macm8_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 01/25/05 

Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2005 15:23:13 -0500

".@." <.@.net> wrote in message
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> On Tue, 25 Jan 2005 14:13:20 -0500, "Don MI <>" <d7macm8@hotmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>>A site can choose not to allow automatic full-in of password and/or ID.
>>Are
>>you sure the sites you question have not disabled this function for
>>security
>>reasons?
>
> Well, there you go Don, I had no idea that a site could control my
> XP's autocomplete ability. Thus.... I assume that is what is going
> on. I thought it was something I had done. As I mentioned before,
> one of the sites where I get no autocomplete option is where you sign
> into Yahoo's Groups: http://groups.yahoo.com/
>
> Regards,
> T

In the case of your Yahoo link, when I click on Registered Users, the
sign-in window has a check box to remember me on this computer. So it does
not appear that Yahoo is blocking automatic sign-in. A site such as Yahoo
enables automatic sign-in by placing cookie on your computer. You may have
a bad cookie. Suggest you try the following:

    Go to Internet Options and click on Delete Files to clear your Temporary
Internet Files.
    The click on Settings and then click on View Files to see a list of your
cookies. Try deleting any from Yahoo.

Sites that disable automatic sign-in by not placing a cookie on your
computer are typically financial institutions and such where they do not
want anyone using your computer to have access to your account.

Don

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