List of Passwords in Dashlane Chrome Plugin and Desktop are Different? Here's the Fix!

If you're like me and have encountered an issue while using the password manager, Dashlane, where the list of passwords you have stored in your desktop account somehow isn't appearing on your Chrome plugin, then this fix is for you!

First, you should eliminate the "Sync" issue by manually Syncing your passwords... just in case.

To do this, you just need to

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1. Log into your Dashlane account on your browser or the app (desktop program) and click on "My Account"
2. Click Sync Now
3. Refresh the website you want to log into and check if the issue has been resolved.

If not, this is what you need to do next.

Secondly, check if your Dashlane plugin is actually/properly linked to your Dashlane account. 

It is also very possible that, for some reason, a Chrome or browser update may mess up your Dashlane plugin settings which will cause the issues I've mentioned at the very top of this blog post.

However, before you do this, you should confirm that
1. The Dashlane plugin, minus the missing passwords, has a coloured icon on your browser. Coloured = active/working. However, the login fields on the website you want to login show a greyed out Dashlane icon and cannot be clicked, due to the missing passwords in the plugin.

2. You have the desktop version of Dashlane installed on your computer and that when logged in, you can see the entire list of passwords you should have in your account via the desktop app.

To solve this issue, you need to

1. Right click on your Dashlane plugin and select Options. This will open up your browser extensions page - Note that I'm using Chrome here.

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2. Select "Extension Options" (click on the "box with the arrow" icon)

3. This is the crucial part - switch your plugin from "Standalone" to "Desktop"

4. Click "Save and Restart Extension"

5. Refresh the website you want to log into and the Dashlane plugin should now work - it did for me!


Hope this helps! :)

Fix for ERR_TIMED_OUT for only certain websites (Chrome/Firefox) - Windows 10

This isn't the first time this happened to me and it probably wouldn't be the last.

The Problem

Certain websites aren't loading for me on both Chrome AND Firefox despite having excellent internet connection.

The odd thing was these websites were running smoothly just a few hours before and I've also checked the website URLs here https://downforeveryoneorjustme.com/ just in case the websites are down, and the result came back - It's just me.

The Solution (The Step-by-Step) - Works for Windows 10

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1. Go to your Search bar and type in "services.msc"
2. Click on the Services.msc app to open. There's no need to run it as an administrator.

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3. Find "Cryptographic Services", right click and then choose Properties

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4. In the Properties menu, click the "Log on" tab

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5. Check both "Local System Account" and "Allow service to interact with desktop", and then click "OK".

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6. Click the "Restart the service" link or you could also right click on "Cryptographic Services" again and select "Restart"

7. Voila! Problem solved. Note that the affected websites will still load a bit slowly than usual, but at least they are loading!

The Cause

For those of you who are interested, apparently, it's an issue that only affects users who are logged into their Microsoft account, as you'll do if you use Windows 10. Not sure if this issue is ever going to be fixed but this solution should help whenever the problem rears its ugly head again.



Hope this helped you! :)


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