How to block other WiFi Network signals on your Windows PC

You usually connect to your router’s WiFi Daily and use internet until and unless you have evil intentions to use someone else’s WiFi. If you use daily one or two WiFi only, it will be a better idea to block all other WiFi networks from appearing in your available WiFi network’s list.

Here, i will tell you how to block all other wifi network names from appearing and show and use only your frequently used WiFi network.

How To Block Other WiFi Network Signals

(1.) Open Command prompt as admin.

(2.) Now, write the command given below and hit enter.

netsh wlan add filter permission=allow ssid="WIFI SIGNAL NAME" networktype=infrastructure

Note: – Just replace your WiFi signal name in place of WIFI SIGNAL NAME.

Similarly , run more commands to add few more wifi signals which you want to allow on your windows PC and which you regularly connect on your PC.

3 – Once you have added all the allowed wifi networks in the list, run the following command given below to block all other wifi signals.

netsh wlan add filter permission=denyall networktype=infrastructure

That is it. Now , you have blocked all other WiFi signals on your PC. 

How To Undo Filtering And Blocking Of WiFi Signals

You may want to undo this operation in future due to travelling or some other reason. To undo above operation and make everything back again to default, just run the commands given below.

netsh wlan delete filter permission=denyall networktype=infrastructure

Remove also the allowed wifi signal from the whitelist.

netsh wlan delete filter permission=allow ssid="YOUR WIFI SIGNAL NAME" networktype=infrastructure

Just replace your wifi name in “YOUR WIFI SIGNAL NAME” in the command.

How To View Your Current Filters

To view active filters you’ve created, run the following command:

netsh wlan show filters

How To Block A Particular WiFi Signal Only

To block a particular WiFi signal only, just run the command given below.

netsh wlan delete filter permission=block ssid=”WIFI SIGNAL YOU WANT TO BLOCK” networktype=infrastructure

How To View Your WiFi Current Filter List

To view your WiFi filter list, just type the following command.

netsh wlan show filters

That is it. Now, only your desired wifi signals will appear in the list.

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How to Remove Ads on Google Chrome Using AdBlock

There are many Google Chrome extensions that block ads, but AdBlock and Adblock Plus are by far the most popular, and are both free and effective. While they have confusingly similar names, they are run by different people. Which one you use comes down to personal preference.

If the ads appear in popups or on every website, you may need to remove adware infecting your computer.

Steps:-

1. Install AdBlock. Click this link in the Chrome browser, then click the blue +FREE to install AdBlock. A new tab should open and quickly install the extension.

    If this does not work, you can try AdBlock Plus instead using the section below. The two services are made by different people, but are almost identical apart from their business model. AdBlock is run entirely from donations, and blocks all ads by default.

2.  Click the AdBlock icon to open the controls. A new icon should appear to the right of Chrome's address bar: a red octagon with a hand in the center. Click it to access the controls described in the steps below.

    The number on the icon shows how many ads are disabled on the site you are currently viewing. You can disable this at the options by unchecking "Show on AdBlock button."

3.  Block an ad that slips through. Adblock is now automatically enabled on all pages, and should catch almost all ads. If you see an ad, or if you want to block something on a page to speed up load times, you can block it immediately by following these instructions:

1.     Click the icon and select "Block an ad on this page" or right click the ad and select "AdBlock" → "Block this ad."
2.     Move your mouse until the ad is highlighted in blue, then click (unless you already selected a specific ad).
3.     Move the slider until the ad disappears. This slider appears on a pop-up window, which can be dragged around the screen if you need to see beneath it.
4.     Click "Looks good" to permanently block that ad.

4. Change miscellaneous options. Click the icon to bring up the options menu again, then click "Options" to open a new tab. You can change several options from here. Some are self-explanatory, while the more complex options are described below:

1.     To support specific YouTube channels, enable the YouTube whitelist option, visit any video on that YouTube channel, click the AdBlock icon, and select "Whitelist."
2.     Check "advanced options" for a list of features that are not fully functional, such as bypassing Hulu.com ad-blocking detection, and synching your settings to other computers with Dropbox.

5.  Add more filter lists. If many ads are getting through, you probably need to update your filters, or list of ads that AdBlock uses to identify what to block. Click the icon and select "Options," then click "Filter Lists" at the top of the screen. You can click "update now" to use the recommended filters, or check additional filter lists for "above and beyond" blocking.

1.     Extra filters include "Antisocial" to block social media buttons, "Fanboy's Annoyances" to block social media buttons, in-page popups, and other non-ad "clutter," and others.[3] Look up a description of the filter list before you use it, as it may block something you use or (slightly) slow down your browsing.
2.     The "Customize" link at the top of the screen lets you add your own filters yourself. Do not do this before reading the instructions in the section on filters, or the adblock plus tutorial (which uses the same syntax).

6. Enable ads. Click the icon and select "Pause AdBlock" to turn the extension off until you click the icon again. To permanently enable ads on a site you regularly visit, instead select "Don't run on this page" (for a specific URL) or "Don't run on pages in this domain" (for all web pages on the same site). 

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How to Change Your Browser's Language

Six Methods:  Internet Explorer 6  Internet Explorer 7   Firefox 3.5 on Windows  Chrome 4 on Windows  Safari on Mac  Firefox 3.5 on Mac

This article describes how to change your browser language (also called locale). Changing your browser locale will cause some web pages to be displayed in a different language. Also, some web applications are written with a particular language in mind and may not work if you use another language.

Thus, changing your browser locale may be necessary to get a web application to load correctly. The instructions vary depending on the browser you are using, so please be sure to use the correct instructions for your browser. Scroll past the jump to learn how to get started.

# Method 1 of 6: Internet Explorer 6

1. Go to the "Tools" menu and choose "Internet Options..."



2. Click on the "General" tab.



3. Click on the "Languages" button.



4. Click on the "Add... " button to display a list of languages.



5. Choose the language you would like to add from the list and click "Add".



6. Use the "Move Up" and "Move Down" buttons as appropriate so that the language you want to use is the first one in the list.



7. Click "OK".



8. Click "OK" again.



9. If you are on a website, press the "Refresh" button.  If you are in a web application, log out and log back in again.

# Method 2 of 6: Internet Explorer 7

1. Go to the "Tools" menu and choose "Internet Options"


2. Click on the "General" tab



3. Click on the "Languages..." button.



4. Click on the "Add..." button to display a list of languages



5. Choose the language you would like to add from the list and click "OK".



6. Use the "Move Up" and "Move Down" buttons as appropriate so that the language you want to use is the first one in the list.



7. Click "OK".



8. Click "OK" again.



9. If you are on a website, press the "Refresh" button.  If you are in a web application, log out and log back in again.

# Method 3 of 6: Firefox 3.5 on Windows

1. Go to the "Tools" menu and choose "Options..."



2. Click on the "Content" button.



3. In the "Languages section" at the bottom of the dialog box, click the "Choose..." button.



4. At the bottom of the dialog box, click on the "Select a language to add..." dropdown and choose the language you would like to add.



5. Click on the Add button.



6. Use the "Move Up" and "Move Down" buttons as appropriate so that the language you want to use is the first one in the list.



7. Click "OK".



8. Click "OK" again.



9. If you are on a website, press the "Refresh" button.  If you are in a web application, log out and log back in again.

# Method 4 of 6: Chrome 4 on Windows

1. Click on the wrench icon to the right of the address bar and choose "Options..."

2. Click on the "Under the Hood" tab and scroll down to the "Web Content" section.

3. Click on the "Change font and language settings" button

4. Click on the "Languages" tab

5. Click on the "Add" button.

6. Choose the language you would like to use and click OK.

7. Use the "Move Up" and "Move Down" buttons as appropriate so that the language you want to use is the first one in the list.

8. Click "OK".

9. Click "Close".

10. If you are on a website, press the "Refresh" button. If you are in a web application, log out and log back in again.

# Method 5 of 6: Safari on Mac

There is no option to change the language/locale in Safari on a Macintosh computer. To change the locale you have to change the locale of the entire computer. This is not recommended because it will be difficult to change the locale for your computer back to its original locale because everything will be displayed in a different language! If you need to use a different locale, you would probably be better served by downloading a copy of Firefox.

# Method 6 of 6: Firefox 3.5 on Mac

1. Go to the "Firefox" menu and choose "Preferences..."

2. Click on the "Content" button.

3. In the "Languages section" at the bottom of the dialog box, click the "Choose..." button.

4. At the bottom of the dialog box, click on the "Select a language to add..." dropdown and choose the language you would like to add.

5. Click on the Add button.

6. Use the "Move Up" and "Move Down" buttons as appropriate so that the language you want to use is the first one in the list.

7. Click "OK".

8. Close the dialog box by pressing the "esc" key or by clicking on the red dot in the upper left corner of the dialog box.

9. If you are on a website, press the "Refresh" button. If you are in a web application, log out and log back in again.

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How to Capture Screenshots in Google Chrome without using Extensions

Good Evening Friends., There are umpteen ways to capture screenshots of web pages in your Google Chrome browser. You can use the good-old Print Screen key (or Cmd+Shift+4 on a Mac), get a snapshot utility like SnagIt or the Windows Snipping Tool, or even better, get a dedicated Google Chrome extension like Smartshot that lets you capture the screen and annotate it.

What some may not know is that the newer versions of Google Chrome have a built-in screenshot capabilities allowing to perform screen captures without install any extensions. The more interesting part is that you can even add device frames to your captured images for more realistic mobile screenshots.

How to Screen Capture in Google Chrome

To get started, open any web page inside Google Chrome and choose Settings -> Tools -> Developer Tools. Alternatively, press F12 on Windows or Cmd+Opt+I on a Mac to directly open the Chrome Dev Tools window.

 

Next, toggle the Device Toolbar button so that it turns blue. Now select any mobile device from the built-in list of device presets. Set the zoom to 100% and click the Rotate icon to change the orientation (default is portrait mode).

The stage is set. Click the 3-dot menu in the right and enable device frame. Next, choose Capture Screenshot from the same menu to save a device screenshot in PNG format.

Capture Screenshots in Firefox

You can capture screenshots of web pages in Firefox as well without installing any add-ons. Unlike Chrome which can only capture visible region, Firefox developer tools can take a snapshot of the entire web page and automatically saves it in your default downloads folder.

Open Web Developer tools inside Firefox and, under Settings, enable the option – Take a screenshot of the entire page. Firefox will add a camera icon to the developer toolbar letting you capture screenshots with one-click.

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Turn On Click-to-Play and Make your Google Chrome More Stable

You are watching a video in Google Chrome and suddenly a yellow notification bar pops-up saying that the Shockwave Flash plug-in isn’t responding. While Chrome may have come a long way, these frequent Flash Player crashes still remain the most annoying thing about Google’s browser.

FIXING SHOCKWAVE FLASH CRASHES IN CHROME

The easiest solution to the problem would be that you completely disable the Shockwave Flash plug-in inside Chrome. Go to the Chrome address bar, type chrome://plugins and find the entry that says “Adobe Flash Player /Shockwave Flash.” Click Disable.

While this certainly resolves the crashing behavior, it creates another problem.

YouTube is probably the biggest reason why we need the Flash Player in our browser and once we disable the Shockwave Flash plugin, some of the videos won’t play. YouTube does offer an HTML5 video player but videos that are enabled for advertising (most professional content on YouTube display ads) still require the Flash Player. Also, the YouTube video player served with Flash seems to offer more features.

RUN THE FLASH PLAYER ON-DEMAND INSIDE CHROME

A better alternative is that instead of completely blocking the Flash plugin, you configure Chrome such that the plugin loads only when required.

In this case, the plugin stays inactive by default but if you happen to visit a web page that requires Flash, you can load the plugin on-demand.

Go to the address bar and type chrome://settings to open the Chrome Settings windows. Choose Show Advanced Settings -> Content Settings (under Privacy) and then choose “Click to Play” under the Plug-ins group.

If a YouTube video or an audio clip on the Soundcloud requires Flash, you can click the plug-in icon to temporarily enable the Flash Player for that page. This obviously isn’t a permanent fix but just a workaround to deal with a very frustrating and common problem of Google Chrome.

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Browse the Web Faster on a Slow Internet Connection

If your current Internet speed is very slow and you are living in an area where broadband connections are still not available, here are some ideas to help you download web pages faster on your computer. You may use the same tips to  improve your web browsing experience on a sluggish USB modem.

SURF THE WEB FASTER ON SLOW INTERNET

1. Turn off web images, the Adobe Flash plug-in, Java Applets and JavaScript from your browser settings as these files are often the bulkiest elements of any web page.

2. Increase the size of your browser cache. If the static parts of a site (like background graphics, CSS, etc) are stored in the local cache, your browser can safely skip downloading these files when you re-visit the site in future thus improving speed.

3. Sometimes the slow DNS server of your ISP can be a bottleneck so switch to OpenDNS as it can resolve website URLs into IP addresses more quickly. If you aren’t too happy about OpenDNS redirecting your Google queries.

4. Finch can serve a light-weight version of any website in real-time that is free of all bells and whistles. For instance, the New York Times homepage with all external resources can weigh more than a MB but Finch trims down the size by 90% so the site loads more quickly on a slow web connection.

5. Finch (mentioned at #4) is good for reading regular websites but if you just need to check the latest articles published on your favorite blogs, use BareSite. This service will automatically detect the associated feed of a website and render content quickly inside a minimalist interface.

6. The Google Transcoder service at google.com/gwt/n can split large web pages into smaller chunks that will download more quickly on your computer (or mobile phone).

7. Monitor your Internet speed to determine hours when you get the maximum download speed from the ISP. Maybe you can then change your surfing schedule a bit and browse more during these “off peak” hours.

8. You can use a text browser like Lynx or Elinks for even faster browsing. It downloads only the HTML version of web pages thus reducing the overall bandwidth required to render websites.

9. When searching for web pages on Google, you can click the “Cache” link to view the text version of a web page stored in the Google Cache.

10. Move your web activities offline as far as possible. You can send & receive emails, write blogs and even read feeds in an offline environment. 

11.  You can interact with websites like Flickr, Google Docs, Slideshare, etc. using simple email messages. Uploading a new document to Google Docs via email would require less bandwidth than doing it in the browser because you are avoiding a trip to the Google Docs website.

12. Applying the same logic, you may also consider using tools like Web In Mail or Email The Web as they help you browse websites via email. Just put the URL of a page (e.g., cnn.com) in the subject field of your email message and these services will send you the actual page in the reply.

13. Bookmarklets are like shortcuts to your favorite web services. You neither have to open the Gmail Inbox for composing a new email message nor do you have to visit Google Translate for translating a paragraph of text. Add relevant bookmarklets to your browser bar and reduce the number of steps required to accomplish a task.

14. Use the netstat command to determine processes, other than web browsers, that may be secretly connecting to Internet in the background. Some of these processes could be consuming precious bandwidth but you can block them using the Firewall.

15. Use URL Snooper to determine non-essential host names that a website is trying to connect while downloading a web page. You may block them in future via the hosts file or use Adblock Plus to filter out advertising banners on web pages.

16. If you don’t want to spoil your web surfing experience by stripping images and other graphic elements from  a web page, get Opera Turbo. It will first fetch the requested web page on to its own server and then send it to your machine in a compressed format. Opera Turbo won’t change the layout of a web site but can lower the image resolution so that they load faster on slow Internet.

17. Change the user agent of your desktop browser to that of a mobile phone like Apple’s iPhone or Windows Mobile. This will help you browse certain web sites like Google News, WSJ, etc. much faster because they’ll serve you a light-weight and less cluttered mobile version of their sites thinking you’re on a mobile phone.

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How to Install Extensions from outside the Chrome Web Store

Google wants your Chrome browser safe and therefore discourages users from installing any web apps and extensions that aren’t available in the official Chrome Web Store.

If someone tries to add an unapproved extension (CRX file) or a user-script (*.user.js) in Chrome, the browser will throw a yellow warning message as shown in the above screenshot.

There’s however an easy workaround to this problem.

First download the CRX file of any Chrome extension /web-app to your computer. Then click the Settings icon in Chrome (previously a Wrench icon) and go to Tools -> Extensions. Drag and drop the CRX file on this page and Chrome will gladly install the add-on.

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How to Accept That Your Computer Is Slow

Do you have DSL or dial-up internet but just don't have the patience or time to let your computer run so slow? Sometimes you just have to face the facts and accept that your computer just isn't the fastest in the world.

1. Be patient. Don't click anything too fast or try to refresh the page. This will just confuse the computer and it will run even slower. Don't overreact; just leave the computer alone, don't click anything, the best thing to do is just to let it load.

2. Clear your computer of all unnecessary documents. The more documents you get rid of, the more empty space you will have on the computer. Having more space on your computer will allow everything to run faster. Clear your recycle bin every once in a while to delete unnecessary files.

3. Avoid opening up several tabs at once. Opening up more than two or three of those aforementioned tabs will discombobulate your computer. Clicking back and forth between several tabs probably won't happen either.

* Save everything you work on several times. Everything! The last thing you want is to have your computer crash as you top off that 10-page essay.

4. Consider using the internet when everyone in your household is asleep, or essentially not using the internet.

5. Forget videos. If you have dial-up internet, it can take up to half an hour to load one to two-minute video. Unless you can leave your computer alone for hours to let it load, just forget about it. You can live without online videos!

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How to Test for Bandwidth Limiting by Your ISP

Two Methods:  Using Measurement Lab Testing Tools   Using the Switzerland Network Testing Tool

Ever notice that your "high-speed" internet connection seems to drop off in the middle of a good download? Bandwidth throttling happens when a server attempts to limit the amount of bandwidth that a given service may use. You can easily test if your internet service provider is throttling your speed by downloading a testing tool off of the internet.

 

> Method 1 of 2: Using Measurement Lab Testing Tools

1.) Visit Google’s Measurement Lab.

M-Lab is an open platform designed to enhance internet transparency. It has several tests available for both average and sophisticated internet users.

2.) Click on the “Test your internet connection” link on the lower left.

3.) Chose a network tool to test your connection speed and network traffic diagnosis. Tests include:

• Network Path & Application Diagnostics will diagnose the most common causes of all performance problems on wide-area network paths.
• Network Diagnostic Tool will test your connection speed and receive sophisticated diagnoses of problems limiting speed. This is a good option if you’d like detailed trouble reports sent to your network administrator.
• Glasnost will test whether certain applications or traffic are being blocked or throttled on your broadband connection. Currently, you can test if your ISP is throttling or blocking email, HTTP or SSH transfer, Flash video, and peer-to-peer apps including BitTorrent, eMule and Gnutella.
• Pathload2 will see how much bandwidth your connection provides. The available bandwidth is the maximum bit rate you can send to a network link before it gets congested.
• ShaperProbe will determine whether an ISP is performing traffic shaping by dropping your access rate after you’ve downloaded or uploaded a certain number of bytes.
• WindRider will detect whether your mobile broadband provider is prioritizing or slowing traffic to certain websites, applications, or content.

4.) Follow the on-screen instructions to complete each individual test.

Note that some of the tests are hosted on third-party websites.

> Method 2 of 2: Using the Switzerland Network Testing Tool

1.) Visit the Electronic Frontier Foundation’s website.

This organization is focused on promoting net-neutrality and offers a bandwidth tester for sophisticated internet users.

2.) Go to Our Work > Transparency > Other and click on Switzerland Network Testing Tool.

This will test the integrity of data sent over your network to see if your ISP is limiting your bandwidth. For example:

• If you want to test whether BitTorrent downloads are working correctly, you can go to that page and find some torrents that others are seeding from test machines.
• If you want to test if your ISP is interfering with BitTorrent seeding, you can post a link to a torrent file on the wiki and seed that torrent while running a Switzerland client so that other people can find it on the wiki and try to download it while running a Switzerland client.

3.) Download the latest release.  This is indicated in bold letters.

4.) Select the file format you would like to download.  You can choose between either .zip or .tgz.

5.) Extract the files and follow the instructions. You can find the instructions within the INSTALL.txt file specific to your platform.

Tips:-

• If this is something that you are passionate about, you may consider joining one of the various net-neutrality groups around the internet. Again, a quick search for "net neutrality" will return some great resources and groups to help you get involved in fighting things like ISP throttling.
• There are other methods of testing for bandwidth throttling. Run "bandwidth throttling" through your favorite search engine to see additional options.

Warnings:-

• Some internet service providers may be able to detect the nature of the test site and provide false results by boosting the speed to the test site. Use a number of different tests for the most accurate reading possible.

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How to Resume Failed Download | Continue failed download in browser

Good evening Friends., Google Chrome is one of the most popular web browser for Windows PC only behind Mozilla Firefox web browser. It is fast, it is easier to use, yet it lacks some basic functionalities like the ability to pause download and resume it. Here is a tutorial on how to resume failed download in Google Chrome browser.

Inability to pause and resume download in Google Chrome must be the most asked feature, but seems like Google development team is yet to give any value to users demand. On the other hand, Mozilla Firefox browser has one of the best downloading manager with pause and resume capability for downloads.

Coming back to Google Chrome, the download manager of Google chrome is not as good as the its competitors, but it also lacks basic functionalities like the ability to pause and resume downloads. Suppose if you accidently close Google Chrome while downloading in progress, by default you will not able to resume that failed download. All you can do is, restart the download from the scratch.

Fortunately, here is a simple work around which allows you to resume failed download in Google Chrome.  To do this you need  Firefox, as we will be using Firefox download manager to resume the failed download in Google Chrome. Follow these steps to know how to do it.

Step of Resume Failed Download in Chrome :-

Step 1: Locate your failed download file in your Google Chrome folder.

Step 2: Press Ctrl + J, click on Open downloads folders.

Step 3: Find your download failed file. It should be with CRDOWNLOAD extension.

Example : faileddownload.CRDOWNLOAD

Step 4: Keep that folder open we will come back there.

Step 5: Now copy the failed download link from download page in Chrome.

Step 6: Now open Firefox and paste the copied download link in the address bar.

Step 7: When the download begins, right click on it and pause the download.

Step 8:  Right click on Paused download and select open containing folder.

Step 9: Find your paused download file, copy name of your file including the extension (.part).

Example : If your file name is pauseddownload.part then copy full pasueddownlaod.part (name only).

Step 10: Now go to the chrome download folder (see step 3).

Step 11: Change or Rename filename failddownlaod.CRDOWNLOAD to

 pauseddownlaod.part.

Step 12: If you see any corrupt message go ahead with it as it is normal whenever you change file name.

Step 13: Once you have renamed the file, copy the renamed file from Google Chrome download folder.

Step 14: Go to your Firefox download folder, delete pausedownload.part and paste your copied file there.

Step 15: Now in Firefox find your paused download, right click on it and select resume.

If you have done everything correctly then your failed download in Google chrome will resume in Firefox now. Wait until the download completes and there you have your file.

This method may not be the easiest way, but currently this is the only method through which you could resume failed download. From next time onwards don’t let Google Chrome to handle your downloads untill it gets download resume feature. 

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New Screen Sharing Apps Do Not Require Plugins

The newer versions of Google Chrome desktop browser and Chrome for Android include support for WebRTC (Web Real Time Communications), an emerging web standard that enables developers to add real-time audio and video capabilities to their web applications without the need for plug-ins or proprietary codecs.

With WebRTC, developers can build web apps that include capabilities like voice calling, audio & video conferencing, video broadcasting, screencasting and screen sharing in the browser via simple JavaScript without requiring plugins. Read this article on HTML5Rocks to gain a better understanding of WebRTC.

SCREEN SHARING APPS NEED NO PLUGINS

While WebRTC is still not supported by other popular browsers like IE and Safari (see IsWebRTCReadyYet.com), there are web apps already – same.io, talky.io and appear.in to name a few – that are using this technology to offer one-click screen sharing in the browser without you having to install or download anything. All you need is the latest Chrome browser.

There’s a little setting in Chrome that you need to enable though. Type chrome://flags in your Chrome’s address bar, find the setting that says “Enable screen capture support in getUserMedia()”, click the Enable button and restart your Chrome browser.

Same.io and Talky.io allow you to share your desktop screen with anyone though the Chrome browser. You open the website, allow the Chrome browser to access your web camera and microphone and hit the “Share my Screen” button. When you initiate a screen sharing session, you get a unique web URL and anyone who knows that URL can view your desktop screen live in their own Chrome browser.

The advantage with Talky.io is that it also allows private sessions so you can protect your screen sharing URLs with a password.

Appear.in is primarily an app for video meetings that also allows you to share your desktop screen with all the other meeting participants. You can invite up to 8 people in the video chat room and invitees can join the room by simply entering a unique URL. The developers have written a technical guide on how the app was implemented using WebRTC and HTML5.

The quality of streaming video is acceptable and because these screen sharing apps work directly in the browser, they can be used on all platforms where Chrome is available (including Chrome OS). That said, there’s still work to be done, especially on the WebRTC end, before these apps can be considered as true replacements of dedicated screen sharing software programs like TeamViewer, Join.me or even Skype.

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How to Force the Browser to Remember the Username and Password

The password-saving feature is available in all modern browsers but some websites, maybe for security reasons, disable this option for their login forms. For instance, the PayPal website doesn’t allow the browser to remember your password and thus you are forced to enter the password every time you open PayPal. Some banks websites do that as well.

Use the Remember Password extension for Chrome and it will force the browser to remember passwords even if the site has disabled the option.

HOW WEBSITES DISABLE PASSWORD SAVING

Websites can easily disable the auto-fill option for login forms by setting autocomplete=off for the password field. For instance, if the login form is written as below, the browser will never prompt the user to save the password field because form autocompletion is turned off.

<form>
 <input type="text" name="username">
 <input type="password" name="password" autocomplete="off">
</form>

FORCE THE BROWSER TO REMEMBER PASSWORD

Now that you know how websites turn off the option to remember passwords, getting around this problem is simple.

You can set the autocomplete attribute of the password fields on a web page to on (if they are off) and you’ll be able to save passwords. Here’s a piece of JavaScript that will automatically turn on autocomplete for all password fields on a web page.

 var fields = document.querySelectorAll('input[type="password"]');
  for (var i = 0; i < fields.length; i++) {
    fields[i].autocomplete="on";   
  }

No, you don’t have to worry about the code as there’s a simple extension for Chrome – Remember Password – that does it automatically for you.

Install the Remember Password extension and then open a site like PayPal that does not allow you to save passwords. Login with your username & password and the browser will now prompt you to remember the password.

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