# How come I have to sign in every time?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-come-i-have-to-sign-in-every-time/914556>\
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**Created:** [July 7, 2020, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-come-i-have-to-sign-in-every-time/914556 "2020-07-07T00:53:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![Backwater\_UnderDuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b782af/32.png) [@Backwater\_UnderDuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Backwater_UnderDuck)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2020, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-come-i-have-to-sign-in-every-time/914556/1 "2020-07-07T00:53:45Z")

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It calls up a box with my old user name, which I have to change, and I can’t tell what password it’s trying to get me to use, but if I use it it doesn’t work, so I have to type it in, every single time, but there is no feature to save this workload. I’m not stupid. I’ve been here forever. Where’s the button, Max?

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**Author:** ![jnglmassiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f07891/32.png) [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2020, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-come-i-have-to-sign-in-every-time/914556/2 "2020-07-07T01:42:45Z")

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I don’t know but I haven’t had to log in manually since Migration 1st and that’s across two devices. It’s probably a browser thing more than an SDMB thing.

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**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2020, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-come-i-have-to-sign-in-every-time/914556/3 "2020-07-07T02:22:58Z")

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Try logging in, and then re-saving that as your bookmark.

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**Author:** ![The\_Librarian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_librarian/32/402_2.png) [@The\_Librarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Librarian)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2020, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-come-i-have-to-sign-in-every-time/914556/4 "2020-07-07T05:51:37Z")

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Popular options:

- You are browsing in “private” mode.
- You are disallowing all cookies.

Further than that there are myriad options that can have the same result. Try installing a new browser and see if the behavior persists.

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**Author:** ![PlaceboTarget](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/placebotarget/32/1073_2.png) [@PlaceboTarget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlaceboTarget)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2020, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-come-i-have-to-sign-in-every-time/914556/5 "2020-07-07T07:16:44Z")

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> [@The\_Librarian](#):
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> You are disallowing all cookies.

That’s what happens to me, for example.