2 Users, 2 logins, one computer...

[Tog]

I'm wondering if anyone knows how to do this...

Let's say my Girlfriend and I both visit a site on a regular basis. This one for example. Is there a way to set it up so that there is one shortcut that goes to my saved login info, and a second one that goes to hers? I don't want to have to set up a new windows user just to do this, but I can't seem to find a wat to do it. Is it even possible?

[hadi]

Do you have windows XP. If you have this windows, it's very easy to set 2 users or more for one computer system.

[Moose]

Let's say my Girlfriend and I both visit a site on a regular basis. This one for example. Is there a way to set it up so that there is one shortcut that goes to my saved login info, and a second one that goes to hers? I don't want to have to set up a new windows user just to do this, but I can't seem to find a wat to do it. Is it even possible?

Firefox has profiles as well. You may be able to do what you wish that way, but the windows users is the intended (and probably most correct) way for you to do what you're asking.

[Nicholas_Bostaph]

First, I'll second (uhm...third) the above suggestion of WinXP's built in functionality. However, if that's not an option and you're stuck with IE...

It is possible to do this exactly as you suggested for most sites, but you'll have to dig into the code. I wouldn't advise this unless you are at least somewhat familiar with HTML though. Login forms usually just do a simple post operation with the username and password you enter. This is the equivalent of pointing your browser to a dynamic web page, with a couple of variables along for the ride. Basically, these are the steps you would need to follow.


1. Find the "target" attribute of the login form in question. This will usually appear in the code in a line similar to FORM TARGET="login.pl" METHOD="POST". This will be the first part of where you shortcut is going to point to. For BAUT, for instance, this would be login.php, but we have to attach the site's address to it, so it becomes http://bautforum.com/login.php.

2. Variables can be passed in the url instead of via a post operation, so we need to find the variable names. Look for lines that look similar to INPUT NAME="uname". There should be two of these, one for the username and one for the password. The username field for BAUT, for instance, is vb_login_username.

3. Now you need to place each variable in turn at the end of your initial target, tied together with an ampersand. This will look something like login.pl?uname=Nicholas&pword=IAmCool. You will also need to include any hidden input tags that are listed. For BAUT, for instance, the resultant string would be http://bautforum.com/login.php?vb_lo...5password_utf=

4. Finally, you would make that entire string into a shortcut or a favorite, and use that to access said site.


Ironically, none of this works with BAUT because it uses some funky javascript on form submission to secure the username and password and drop the secured version into two of those hidden fields. Very few other sites do this, however, unless they're banking services or something similar so you should be fine on other forums, games, news sites, etc. It's a bit of a pain, but if you were only asking for one or two specific sites, it might be a worthwhile technique.