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

they [Microsoft] have said this is NOT something that currently needs addressing. 

ZigZag3143,

At this point, I tend to agree with you .... it looks like Microsoft has no intention of bringing back the auto-complete function in the Sign On Page.

The "fix" for this issue is trivial ... all Microsoft would have to do is change autocomplete="off" to autocomplete="on" in the HTML for the Sign On page. If Microsoft was going to restore the auto-complete function to the Sign On Page, they would have done so by now.

Perhaps you could ask your higher contacts in Microsoft to explain why we customers are being lied to (by Microsoft engaged moderators) ... why doesn't Microsoft just tell us the truth: that they have purposely removed the auto-complete function from the Sign On Page (and what was their rationale)?

The following are just some of the misleading replies I have received to the Service Request I opened with the Microsoft Answer Desk [my comments are in brackets after each response]:

• Microsoft acknowledge that the issue is a bug it is not a system design. We are aware of this and rest assured that we will rectify the issue soon.[it now appears that you are correct ... removing auto-complete from the Sign On page IS a system design]
• Please be informed that Microsoft is already aware of this and a fix will be deployed soon.[a fix will NOT be deployed soon or ever]
• Please be informed that I am going to escalate your issue to our higher level Support for further investigation.[no further investigation is necessary if Microsoft has decided not to address this issue]

If Microsoft has decided that this issue is not something that needs addressing, then perhaps your higher contacts can explain why Microsoft engaged moderators are posting misleading responses like the ones above? Why not just tell us the truth???

@Schmactor:

I finally got my Greasemonkey version of your script to run (and enable autocomplete in the Sign On page).

I had to add this metadata key:

// @run-at         document-idle

The above metadata key causes the script to run after the page and all resources (images, style sheets, etc.) are loaded and page scripts have run.

I no longer have to wait for Microsoft to "investigate the problem", (as you know) the script re-enables autocomplete in the Sign On page. THANKS AGAIN!!!

@To all others who would like to have auto-complete enabled in the Microsoft Sign On page ....

If you are willing to install a free browser extension that runs user scripts, then you can easily enable the auto-complete function in the Microsoft Sign On page.

For Chrome, search for and install the Tampermonkey extension, then install the script that Schmactor described in his post (in this thread) of May 9, 2016.

F or Firefox, search for and install the Greasemonkey extension, then install the following script ...

// ==UserScript==

// @author         langware

// @version        1.0.0

// @name           Enable auto-complete in MS Sign-on page

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

// @date           May 9, 2016

// @run-at         document-idle

// @grant          none

// ==/UserScript==

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

if (elmLink != null)

    {

    elmLink.removeAttribute("autocomplete");

    }

It is obvious that Microsoft couldn't care less about customer satisfaction. 

Maybe I will have to do what others have suggested. Go to another service.

Kjshanahann,

I agree with you, Microsoft does not seem to care about customer satisfaction.

It would be  very easy for Microsoft to enable auto-complete in the sign on page by setting autocomplete="on" ... but it appears they are not going to do that ... and they are not going to admit that they have purposely disabled auto-complete (in the sign on page).

At the very least, they could provide an explanation for why they have disabled auto-complete ... but it appears that they are not going to do that either.

Poor customer service.

If you feel comfortable installing user scripts,  you can run one of the scripts I referred to in my previous post in this thread. Those scripts will enable auto-complete in the sign on page.

If you would rather not run user scripts, then (as you said) using a non-Microsift mail service is an option. I would recommend gmail.

I think the explanation is they are trying to convert us all into paying customers by making the free service difficult - but I think all they are achieving is angry, frustrated customers who are rushing to Google.