Autofill disabled on new Microsoft login page. ANNOYING!!!

I add two more observations;

1. **Outlook UserVoice**, is not a Microsoft site. It is a Microsoft endorsed, third-party subscriber site.     Yuck!
2. support.microsoft.com chat finally offered a link to report this issue to the programmers. 

If you wish you add your voice try visiting here:

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/getsupport?oaspworkflow=start\_1.0.0.0&wfname=capsub&productkey=wolmain&locale=en-us&selectedproduct=Windows+Live+ID&selectedissue=I+am+having+trouble+signing+in&Service%3a=General+Issue&ccsid=635984542072945652&wa=wsignin1.0

Maybe we can squeak loud enough to be heard?

This obviously isn't a bug but rather a security decision by Microsoft.  I disagree with the decision, but it's still just that.  As far as "fixing" the code, the code that blocks autofill is pretty much just 2 words (autocomplete = "off") and if you remove the words it allows autofill without affecting anything else.  So it is really a pretty simple thing they have done.  I've taken care of this on my Mac using Tampermonkey with Chrome (Greasemonkey with Firefox) and an extremely short script.  The first part is just the basic script header.  The actual script is literally 2 short lines which remove the part of the code that turns off autofill:

// ==UserScript==

// @name         Microsoft Autofill

// @namespace    http://tampermonkey.net/

// @version      1.0

// @description  Fix Hotmail

// @author       Schmactor

// @match        https://login.live.com/\*

// @grant        none

// ==/UserScript==

var elmLink = document.getElementById('i0281');

elmLink.removeAttribute('autocomplete');

Cynicidal Couchpotato,

Good points.

This bug has been going on since the new Sign On page was deployed around March 24.

I have reported the bug here (in Microsoft Community), on the UserVoice site, and on the Answer Desk site.

Microsoft has acknowledged that the behavior in the new Sign On page (lack of support for auto-complete) is a bug, but all they will say is "we are working on it".

As you said, the old Sign On page supported auto-complete ... so Microsoft already has code to fix this bug .... how long can it take to put the old code back in, test it, and deploy it  .... or better yet, just restore the old Sign On page.

**Outlook UserVoice**,  is an open forum for you to share feedback, recommend features, and vote for the ideas you like best.  ...

If you’d like to see and vote on other ideas, you can always visit Outlook.UserVoice.com and sign-in with your Microsoft account.

>>FAIL<< This is misleading. 

https://outlook.uservoice.com/forums/284136-outlook-com demands a brand new PASSWORD!

That is not how I interpret, "sign-in with your Microsoft account."

That is just one MORE way to ALIENATE a legacy user community.

It seems your objective is;

Unnecessarily complicate the feedback/complaint process so users give up in frustration. Now you no longer need to be accountable to the community who has abandoned your uselessly isolated service.

It was bad enough when you only wrote code to justify your jobs.

Now you create multiple, isolated(not interlinked), redundant forums.

Tracking threads for a single issue has become antagonistic, cumbersome, and repetitive.

Your team remains NON-responsive.  This is just another distraction - NOT A SOLUTION.

The Solution:

1. RESTORE THE EARLIER, WORKING CODE.
2. FIX THE BAD CODE.
3. TEST IT.
4. ANNOUNCE IT.
5. UPLOAD THE CORRECTED CODE.

I fear this idea will never leave this page.

I regret my loss of trust, but your "service paradigm" has guaranteed the loss.

This is sort-of useful. But many of us don't have time to waste on these things.

With all the other new problems in Hotmail, Outlook etc... it has become easier to leave Outlook and Microsoft altogether.