Digital Doctor
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Disclaimer: This involves making changes to the Windows Registry. You follow these steps at your own risk - it is recommended that you backup your registry before carrying out the following:
1. Save these instructions and close all instances of Chrome
2. Open the Windows Registry Editor by going to Start > Run (or searching for Run from the Start menu)
3. In the box that appears, type "regedit.exe" (without quotes)
4. Navigate to:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies
5. Right click on Policies and select New > Key
6. Enter "Google" (without quotes) and press OK
7. Right click on the "Google" key you just created
8. Select New > Key
9. Enter "Chrome" (without quotes) and press OK
You should know be at the path:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Google\Chrome
10. Right click on the "Chrome" key you just created
11. Select New > DWORD (32-bit) Value
12. Name the value, "PasswordManagerAllowShowPasswords" (without quotes) and press OK
13. Right click the DWORD value you just created
14. Select Modify
15. Enter "0" into the Value data box and press OK
16. Close the Windows Registry Editor
Now open Chrome and press Chrome Menu > Settings, you should now see a yellow bar that reads, "Some settings are managed by your administrator." Press Show advanced settings > Passwords and forms > Manage saved passwords. You should now notice that you can no longer click on any passwords to show them - they are no longer shown in clear text.
1. Save these instructions and close all instances of Chrome
2. Open the Windows Registry Editor by going to Start > Run (or searching for Run from the Start menu)
3. In the box that appears, type "regedit.exe" (without quotes)
4. Navigate to:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies
5. Right click on Policies and select New > Key
6. Enter "Google" (without quotes) and press OK
7. Right click on the "Google" key you just created
8. Select New > Key
9. Enter "Chrome" (without quotes) and press OK
You should know be at the path:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Google\Chrome
10. Right click on the "Chrome" key you just created
11. Select New > DWORD (32-bit) Value
12. Name the value, "PasswordManagerAllowShowPasswords" (without quotes) and press OK
13. Right click the DWORD value you just created
14. Select Modify
15. Enter "0" into the Value data box and press OK
16. Close the Windows Registry Editor
Now open Chrome and press Chrome Menu > Settings, you should now see a yellow bar that reads, "Some settings are managed by your administrator." Press Show advanced settings > Passwords and forms > Manage saved passwords. You should now notice that you can no longer click on any passwords to show them - they are no longer shown in clear text.