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JoeOvercoat

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December 14th, 2003 15:00

Dial-Up Save Password Enters Password Twice

Dial-Up "Save Password" feature saves password twice over as "passwordpassword" vice just "password" (going by character count of "****************" vice "********" when Windows auto-enters the password in the dial-up dialog box). 

How can i keep my Dell Dimension Windows (Ver 5.1 Service Pack 1) from remembering my dial-up passwords 'twice'?

JRosenfeld

4.4K Posts

December 14th, 2003 15:00

I think that it may just be putting 16 stars, whatever the length of the password. Does it connect OK?

JoeOvercoat

7 Posts

December 14th, 2003 15:00

No it does not connect okay. My save password feature does not work - it saves the password twice as evidenced by the number of stars - twice the number expected whatever the password is changed to. This applies to all dial-up dialog boxes.

I must enter the password each time.

WillyTee

146 Posts

December 14th, 2003 16:00

The stars mean nothing, it' a security feature to keeping ppl watching you enter your password confused.

It's a detailed procedure to get it to remember them. Follow the instructions close.

http://www.dougknox.com/xp/tips/xp_oe_passwords.htm

You will have to re-enter all your saved system passwords, this will delete them all

 

gryjhnhpe

2K Posts

December 14th, 2003 18:00

@WillyTee wrote:

The stars mean nothing, it' a security feature to keeping ppl watching you enter your password confused.It's a detailed procedure to get it to remember them. Follow the instructions close.

http://www.dougknox.com/xp/tips/xp_oe_passwords.htm

You will have to re-enter all your saved system passwords, this will delete them all

Don't know want its got to do with above link for OE password.
Sometimes I had to enter Password in Dial-up Connection window.
Click Cancel in Dial-up window & re-enter password with Save Password ticked.

JoeOvercoat

7 Posts

December 14th, 2003 21:00

The stars do mean something: the stars represent the characters of the password. If the password is eight characters, there should be eight stars - my machine shows sixteen stars for an eight character password. And my connection is refused for invalid username-password combo. Since there are always twice as many stars autoentered as there are characters in the last saved password (when changed to a six character password and saved for auto-entry then twelve stars are shown upon the next try), it is reasonable to conclude that for some reason windows is entering the password twice.

I followed the procedure at http://www.dougknox.com/xp/tips/xp_oe_passwords.htm. But my password error reappeared when new passwords were saved.

What WindowsXP features might be in conflict here that are 'helping' by entering my password twice: what other WindowsXP feature memorizes and auto-enters passwords? And/or where can i go to access the password directly in any form?

gryjhnhpe

2K Posts

December 14th, 2003 21:00

You seem to be talking about Dial-up ISP Password so the OE Password fix won't work.
For Dial-up even if the Password in entered in Iternet Options & is less than 16 charcters it is allways shown in Dial-up connect  as 16 *  for sercurity.

So if your Dial-up gives Invalid username or password just re-enter Password as I Replyed with before.

JoeOvercoat

7 Posts

December 15th, 2003 13:00

Simply re-entering the password in any sequence does not clear the error. Thank you but I need to know where WindowsXP is retreiving my password from.

gryjhnhpe

2K Posts

December 15th, 2003 19:00

@JoeOvercoat wrote:
Simply re-entering the password in any sequence does not clear the error. Thank you but I need to know where WindowsXP is retreiving my password from.

I assume by "Error" you still get "Invalid username or password" shown by "Dial-up Connection" window.
Don't know what you mean by "any sequence" as there isn't any sequence for entering password just type the password in "Dial-up Connection" window after you click Cancel if it Auto connects.

You could check password with your ISP , I was using my standard password & when I changed ISP's & forgot the new ISP auto allocated a different password so when I entered it the Dial-up Connection worked.

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