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Related: About this forumAm I the only one having to log in every time they open DU?
I am using Microsoft Edge and suddenly developed problems on this website and another that are both supposed to remember my computer.
I am going to try logging in with another browser and will edit if that works.
ON EDIT-Logged on using Chrome, closed DU and was remembered when I returned. I had the same result last night when I switched from Edge to Chrome.
cherokee56
(2 posts)Nope, not the only one. I had to log in three times!
rzemanfl
(29,589 posts)gopiscrap
(23,769 posts)BlueGreenLady
(2,824 posts)rzemanfl
(29,589 posts)underpants
(183,169 posts)My phone auto fills for me. Its been a long time since I had to enter the password. I think I still know what it is.
snowybirdie
(5,261 posts)Check the "stay logged in box" when you sign up. That should do the trick.
rzemanfl
(29,589 posts)usonian
(10,080 posts)Sounds like your cookies are being deleted often. I know, because I use a cookie auto-delete extension and have to white-list DU and a few others.
YMMV, but deleted cookies, for WHATEVER reason, sounds like your problem.
Others have this experience?
HTH
rzemanfl
(29,589 posts)I have not changed any settings.
usonian
(10,080 posts)So you might do a web search on "disappearing cookies"
In my case, it's deliberate, with exceptions.
Good luck tracking it down!!!
rzemanfl
(29,589 posts)Disgusted. Manually telling Edge not to delete DU cookies seems to have worked. I am not looking forward to dealing with this mess.
usonian
(10,080 posts)unless it's some startup/quit thing with Edge. My wild guess is that browsers delete as little as possible unless they are privacy focused.
If you only have to do this ones, it's OK.
I *do* notice that almost always, if I have a problem, someone else has found it first.These might help.
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/122619/edge-work-profile-keeps-losing-cookies-on-browser.html
Edge work profile keeps losing cookies on browser close
https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoftedge/forum/all/protecting-some-cookies-from-deletion-in-edge/b7e95b2d-5a31-468c-8932-ef68974de2bd
Protecting some cookies from deletion in Edge
rzemanfl
(29,589 posts)sdfernando
(4,971 posts)Its a security issue....it also forces me to remember my username and password. I've known too many people who forget their passwords because they don't type them any longer. I also set browsers to delete history and cookies when I shut them down...and usually I use the "private" or "incognito" windows to be even safer.
mitch96
(13,955 posts)rzemanfl
(29,589 posts)I get a message saying to enable cookies. I have. All the sites I "fixed" manually are not working again. Chrome seems to work.
mitch96
(13,955 posts)rzemanfl
(29,589 posts)I did make some changes to my settings, but for a while they didn't work, then did.
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