Safari 4 Won't Save Passwords

Now, let me start off with the fact that I did a search, and others had the same problem, but were told, it was them, not Safari. Again, new passwords will not save, and old ones(From Safari 3)are gone. From every site, not just high security places like banks. I'm using 10.5.8, and everything is checked in autofill. Since the second I upgraded(4.0.2), it stopped working. Any help is appreciated.

HI,
Safari/Keychain fix:
Sounds like your Keychain preference files are corrupted. Locate this file:
com.apple.keychainaccess.plist
~/Library/Preferences. Drag that file from your Preferences folder to the Trash and restart your Mac.
If that doesn't help...
1) Quit Safari
2) Open Keychain Access. (Applications/Utilities) Find the "Safari AutoFill" item. Delete it.
3) Relaunch Safari. Next time it asks for authorization, click "Always Allow".
Carolyn

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Hello,
I noticed recently that Safari is not asking anymore to save passwords. It still uses the one I have in Keychain but doesn't see, to care about new one. In Safari preferences under auto-fill, everything is checked. I tried to trash the preference file, verivy keychain but nothing work.
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Please read this whole message before doing anything.
This procedure is a test, not a solution. Don’t be disappointed when you find that nothing has changed after you complete it.
Step 1
The purpose of this step is to determine whether the problem is localized to your user account.
Enable guest logins* and log in as Guest. For instructions, launch the System Preferences application, select Help from the menu bar, and enter “Set up guest users” (without the quotes) in the search box. Don't use the Safari-only “Guest User” login created by “Find My Mac.”
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Test while logged in as Guest. Same problem(s)?
After testing, log out of the guest account and, in your own account, disable it if you wish. Any files you created in the guest account will be deleted automatically when you log out of it.
*Note: If you’ve activated “Find My Mac” or FileVault, then you can’t enable the Guest account. The “Guest User” login created by “Find My Mac” is not the same. Create a new account in which to test, and delete it, including its home folder, after testing.
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The purpose of this step is to determine whether the problem is caused by third-party system modifications that load automatically at startup or login.
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HI,
Sounds like your Keychain preference files are corrupted. Locate this file:
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