Chromium & Chrome Will Not Save Passwords After 2004 Update

Anonymous
2020-06-15T20:37:45+00:00

Edge Chromium will not save passwords I have imported from Firefox after the 2004 update and that goes for Chrome as well. They are removed after a restart, or wake from sleep and now I have discovered that after I import passwords from Firefox and I verify they are there then close Edge wait several minutes then open it they are removed again.  This is ridiculous to have to deal with and it did not happen until I installed the buggy 2004 update. Thank god my Firefox was not screwed up with this update.

Update: The only resolution I have found to solve this problem was to make a new admin user profile for myself on my desktop computer and I made a new admin user profile for my wife on her laptop. Once I did this the problem with Edge not showing passwords that I had imported from my Firefox browser was solved. I now do not need to sign in to my MS account in Edge to see or use my saved passwords. I have since uninstalled Google Chrome from my browser as I see no need to clutter my computer with two chromium browsers. I use Firefox as my default browser and Edge as my backup browser.

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  1. Anonymous
    2020-09-07T07:22:03+00:00

    Opera, Opera Beta and Goggle Chrome Canary are the same.

    I also have to sign in to OneDrive and Microsoft Teams after a reboot.

    Who knows what MS does anymore.

    It looks like MS is not the only player involved in your case ...

    ... I get 50 GB of cloud storage in Norton 360 if I want it. 

    Problems with retaining sensitive data written to disk are often caused by third-party security software, which has to be adapted to every change in the operating system. Providers of this sort of software are not always quick to adapt their offerings in response to major platform updates. Since only some users are affected by the problem you're facing, its cause must lie with the hardware or (most probably) software configuration of the affected machines.

    I would start by disabling Norton (or any other third-party security programs) to see if there's any improvement, followed by complete uninstallation if things don't get better.

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  2. Anonymous
    2020-09-07T06:31:39+00:00

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  3. Anonymous
    2020-09-07T06:26:00+00:00

    Thank you Don for your reply. Yes I forgot to mention the issue exists with Firefox also losing sync settings. 

    I do use all the 4 browsers I mentioned and OneDrive so uninstalling them is not an option.

    I'm also not about to sign in to sync on Firefox, Opera, Opera Beta, Google Chrome, Google Chrome Canary and OneDrive and then sign in to Facebook etc.. in all the browsers after every reboot.

    You may be happy to stay on 2004 and sign in to Firefox each time you want to sync. I would not be and am not happy with that so I have gone back to 1909 which is supported till May 2021.

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  4. Anonymous
    2020-09-07T06:13:57+00:00

    I believe I have the same issue. I can sign in again to sync on Chrome and Edge and they will work. But when I reboot Sync is paused/stopped on both. So I have to sign in to sync each time I reboot.

    Opera, Opera Beta and Goggle Chrome Canary are the same.

    I also have to sign in to OneDrive and Microsoft Teams after a reboot.

    They all work fine on 1909 and retain their sign ins after reboot. But on 2004 they have to be signed in again after each reboot. 

    This was the case with me as well with browsers especially chromium based browsers. Firefox which is my default browser and always has been was not effected by the 2004 update but I do sign in to my Firefox account at least once a day to sync my settings in case I lose it for whatever reason. I also use IceDragon 64 bit as my backup browser and I still have Edge which I sometimes use. I got rid of Chrome as it is a resource hog and I particularly do not like Google spying on what I do on the web. OneDrive I have no use for at all and I removed it from my computer. I have heard of to many users getting screwed over with OneDrive like losing files, deleting files and the little bit of free storage they offer is not worth the problems and besides I get 50 GB of cloud storage in Norton 360 if I want it. If I need to share a file I will use Dropbox.  I backup all my personal files like doc, pics, videos on a weekly basis on two thumb drives in case one fails I have a duplicate. I do a complete system back up to an external hard drive monthly. I also have sync turned on in Settings and I create system a restore point every three days and I have 20 GB allocated on my SSD for that. It is first in first out and system restore points are your friend.

    Now for some odd reason my saved passwords in Edge are staying visible even after a restart and I do not need to sign in to my MS account anymore to see them. I do not know if it is because of an update from MS which I keep up with all updates or it could have been from the fact that back in early August I had had to create a new user account on my computer as my other one got corrupted somehow. I frankly believe that either the 2004 update or some update post 2004 installation did something to existing user accounts. Who knows what MS does anymore.

    Cheers

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  5. Anonymous
    2020-09-07T04:57:06+00:00

    I believe I have the same issue. I can sign in again to sync on Chrome and Edge and they will work. But when I reboot Sync is paused/stopped on both. So I have to sign in to sync each time I reboot.

    Opera, Opera Beta and Goggle Chrome Canary are the same.

    I also have to sign in to OneDrive and Microsoft Teams after a reboot.

    They all work fine on 1909 and retain their sign ins after reboot. But on 2004 they have to be signed in again after each reboot.

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