Saved passwords are stored in cookies. And yes you will loose those if you clean out cookies. When you return to a site which asks for a password, when you re-enter it, it will be stored until you clear cookies again.

There is a (freeware) cleaner which does an effective job of cleaning up your system, and lets you selectively keep certain cookies so they are not removed. CCleaner;

http://www.majorgeeks.com/download4191.html

Once loaded and opened, survey the elements on the left which will be removed. (Default settings are good.) You can uncheck anything you don't want touched.

On the extreme left, click on Options, then click Cookies. Find the sites you trust and where you have password access on the left. Click/highlight the sites you want and then click the arrowhead in the centre to send them to the "Cookies to keep" on the right.

Then click on Advanced (still under Options). Remove the checkmark from the box for: "Only delete files in Windows Temp folders older than 48 hours"

Then click on Cleaner (top, extreme left). Click on Run Cleaner (bottom right corner).

(Some files will not be deleted until a restart is performed.)

Saved passwords are stored in cookies. And yes you will loose those if you clean out cookies. When you return to a site which asks for a password, when you re-enter it, it will be stored until you clear cookies again.

Saved passwords are not stored in cookies, they are stored as autocomplete infomation!
login sessions are stored in cookies.

"Saved passwords are not stored in cookies, ..."

Password information is indeed stored in cookies;

http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/C/cookie.html

and

http://www.theallineed.com/computers/05072901.htm
(Excerpt below)

Read this from "Microsoft" it tells you that the autocomplete function in IE (Internet Explorer) remembers the passwords in IE so you dont have to type it in again.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/217148

Please refer to http://www.microsoft.com/info/cookies.mspx for infomation on cookies.

Originally Posted by http://palisade.plynt.com/issues/2006Mar/remember-me-security/

Internet Explorer remembers passwords through the Autocomplete feature. If a user chooses "Yes", when the browser prompts with a dialog to save password, the browser stores these usernames and passwords in Microsoft Protected Storage. Microsoft Protected Storage stores the usernames and passwords in a set of registry keys. The password is stored at the SPW key which stands for Saved PassWords . The location is:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\IntelliForms\SPW

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Granted, I should have said "password information" or "password direction" the first time around. I do not dispute what you've stated. I do stand corrected on my wording.

My entire point is that, irregardless of this, the fact remains that if you remove the cookie, you will be prompted for your password when you return to such a site.

Originally Posted by Dan Penny

Granted, I should have said "password information" or "password direction" the first time around. I do not dispute what you've stated. I do stand corrected on my wording.

My entire point is that, irregardless of this, the fact remains that if you remove the cookie, you will be prompted for your password when you return to such a site.

no offence, but you made it sound as if i was giving incorrect infomation, so i wanted to prove a point.

"... you made it sound as if i was giving incorrect infomation ..."

No offence here as well. This was not my intent. I understand how it may be perceived as such, and I apologize for my wording and any misconstruing of that wording. I simply wanted the cookie deletion/password related issue made clear.

confused,so what should i do i havent done anything yet i dont want to lose all my passwords, i also feel its slow cos there is spyware, virus running in the background, please advice.

i do have alot of emails in outlook express would i help to clear them.

Follow the instructions in my # 11 post. (Leave all settings at the defaults, with the exceptions of Options, Cookies, and Options, Advanced as I noted in post # 11.)

Once you've told CCleaner what cookies to keep, then run the cleaner. When it's finished and reports/lists the amount of MB's it's removing, close it and restart your machine.

For emails, enter your mail utility (Outlook Express) and manually delete any emails you don't need to keep. From all folders. (Inbox, outbox, sent items, etc.)

Post back with your results.