How to stop being logged out of everything automatically when I turn off my laptop

Anonymous
2020-07-02T14:45:34+00:00

Can anyone help me please?  I installed a Windows 10 update on 23 June 2020 and, ever since then, whenever I turn my laptop on (after it being shut down) I find that have been logged off from everything.  This didn't happen prior to the update and it is happening every time I turn my laptop back on.  So it looks like when I shut down my laptop it is automatically logging me out of every application so when I turn it back on I have to log in to everything all over again (Outlook, OneDrive etc.)  Is there anything I can do to stop this?  It's infuriating!  Also, info that is usually remembered on websites that I use frequently e.g. ID numbers, passwords etc are also cleared whenever I shut down my laptop, even though I am checking the 'keep me logged in' boxes.  Any advice would be much appreciated.

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  1. Anonymous
    2021-01-23T05:50:26+00:00

    I did try hopping on one foot and facing North, but nothing. I'm going to try the other directions now! :D

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  2. Anonymous
    2021-01-22T14:45:22+00:00

    On another thread I posted confirmation that this problem can definitely be caused (on my PC, at least) by the Google Chrome Elevation Service. See https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/signed-out-of-everything-on-reboot/4abe91e9-d351-4b45-b79d-bd9a1dc85f45?page=9

    The downside is that this Elevation service is part of Google's mechanism for updating its software. It would need to be periodically re-enabled to update Chrome (and possibly other Google software).

    While I am 99.9999% sure from my testing that this does cause the problem, there could be other causes.

    Many software providers are going to automatic updates these days. It is part of the SaaS model. It may be that deleting login cookies is thought to be a necessary part of the process in some instances for technical or security reasons.

    Thanks to Iootin for alerting me to this thread.

    As you suggested in the thread you linked, I installed firefox and am using that instead of edge/chrome/opera, and that seems to have completely solved the problem! Thanks so much!

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  3. Anonymous
    2020-11-18T16:56:27+00:00

    Nope.  No response from Microsoft and no resolution.

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  4. Anonymous
    2020-11-18T16:43:27+00:00

    I too am having issues... each and every time I reboot I have to re-login to absolutely everything.  Google account is "paused", I get a message that I need to "fix" my Microsoft account, in addition to re-logging in to each and every application/website I touch.  Is Microsoft ever going to address this issue?

    Did you fix it yet?

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  5. Anonymous
    2020-11-16T11:54:58+00:00

    I have been having the same exact problems! So annoying!! When will this be fixed? Any updates?

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