http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;264672
OLEXP: Your Outlook Express Password Is Not Retained in Windows 2000 or XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;259416
OL2000: (IMO) Your Password Is Not Retained in Windows 2000 or Windows XP
For a trimmed down version:
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/tips/xp_oe_passwords.htm
The above also applies to Internet Explorer and other applications that use
the Protected Storage System Provider registry key to store passwords.
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Doug Knox, MS-MVP Windows XP/ Windows Smart Display
Win 95/98/Me/XP Tweaks and Fixes
http://www.dougknox.com
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"Cyndi" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:115201c372b0$d82f87b0$(E-Mail Removed)...
> I can't get my Auto-complete to save anything from
> screennames,addresses,or passwords. Anywhere I need to
> type info in on a website or offline nothing gets stored.
> Even after it asks me if I want windows to remember it,
> it still fails to remember it. Everything including
> Outlook Express I have to retype in the info just to read
> mail including windows messenger and msn messengers. Its
> getting old... having to retype this crap everytime over
> and over again... I have down everything I can come up
> with except throw the computer in the trash... It's a new
> computer with all the updates and auto-complete is turned
> on... in every area that I know of... even in the command
> prompt folder. Why won't it work?