Outlook will not save POP3 passwords (Windows Vista)

[Gordie]

I'm running Outlook 2002. It is up to date. It runs great on my XP system. I
replace a system that died a few days ago and have wasted a lot of time
getting things working right. But, I'm not there yet.

Outlook was running okay. But suddenly it will not retain the POP3
passwords. When the window pops up, it doesn't even take the password (yes
the check box is set). Go to properties without Outlook running, set the
passwords, go back and check them and the fields are blank.

This is only happening on the system running Vista Home Premium. It is up to
date, too.

 

[Brian Tillman]

Outlook was running okay. But suddenly it will not retain the POP3
passwords. When the window pops up, it doesn't even take the password
(yes the check box is set). Go to properties without Outlook running,
set the passwords, go back and check them and the fields are blank.

This is only happening on the system running Vista Home Premium. It
is up to date, too.

Outlook 2002 is incompatible with Vista. One of the incompatibilities is
that Vista cannot retain the Outlook password because of registry changes
between XP and Vista.

 

[Matthias Günther]

I'm running Outlook 2002. It is up to date. It runs great on my XP system.
I
replace a system that died a few days ago and have wasted a lot of time
getting things working right. But, I'm not there yet.

Outlook was running okay. But suddenly it will not retain the POP3
passwords. When the window pops up, it doesn't even take the password (yes
the check box is set). Go to properties without Outlook running, set the
passwords, go back and check them and the fields are blank.

This is only happening on the system running Vista Home Premium. It is up
to
date, too.

Try http://www.mgsware.de/index.php/OLAutoPW/138/0/

Matthias

 

[Gordie]

That is SO broken!

Outlook 2002 is incompatible with Vista. One of the incompatibilities is
that Vista cannot retain the Outlook password because of registry changes
between XP and Vista.

 

[Brian Tillman]

That is SO broken!

Sure, but Outlook 2002 was created long before Vista was a gleam in the
dvelopers' eyes.

 

[Brian Tillman]

Try http://www.mgsware.de/index.php/OLAutoPW/138/0/

Ten Euros, plus bank transfer charges? No thanks.

 

[Gordie]

Thunderbird looks like all I need, and the price is right!

 

[Gordie]

If Microsoft cared about customers and backward compatibility, they would
issue a patch for Outlook 2002. I can see not making Office 1997 compatible,
but 2002 is only 5 years old, and they do still provide updates for it.

 

[Brian Tillman]

If Microsoft cared about customers and backward compatibility, they
would issue a patch for Outlook 2002. I can see not making Office
1997 compatible, but 2002 is only 5 years old, and they do still
provide updates for it.

A company that cares is a company that maximizes value to shareholders.
Sometimes that's enhanced by fixing old versions, but not if you release
newer versions that fix the problem.