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Why won't XP remember passwords?

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Name: Tom
Date: January 28, 2003 at 16:05:24 Pacific
OS: Win XP
CPU/Ram: AMD/512MB
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My WinXP won't remember any passwords, and it's driving me nuts!! (It's a short drive, but I still don't want to got there.)

I enter the password for my email account, check Remember Password, finish, go back into the account setup and it's blank. If I enter the password when Outlook sends mail, it will retain it for about half the day, then my email fails to send and I have to into account setup and enter it again.

If I go to a website that requires a password, I enter my logon and password, check Remember Password, but it doesn't. I have to enter it every time.

I've looked through help for some setting but haven't found anything. Anyone have an ideas on this??

thanks
tom




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Response Number 1
Name: AlphaOmega19
Date: January 28, 2003 at 16:21:00 Pacific
Reply:

the same thing happens to me, but this is what i do, so i'll suggest it to you. just remember your password and forget about the "remember password" button.


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Response Number 2
Name: XPose
Date: January 29, 2003 at 01:46:39 Pacific
Reply:

In IE go to Tools/Internet Options/Content tab/AutoComplete button/Prompt to save passwords checkbox.


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Response Number 3
Name: Tufenuf
Date: January 29, 2003 at 04:28:53 Pacific
Reply:

Tom & AlphaOmega19, Go to the XP Password Problems link below my name (Homepage:)and follow Microsoft's instructions which work as many others had the same problem.

HTH
Tufenuf


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Response Number 4
Name: Tom
Date: January 29, 2003 at 09:56:45 Pacific
Reply:

WOW! That worked, thank you so much for removing a real pain in the a** problem.

tom


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Response Number 5
Name: Tufenuf
Date: January 29, 2003 at 13:50:04 Pacific
Reply:

Tom, Glad to see that it corrected the problem and Thanks for posting back with the result.

Tufenuf


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