Password mask

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EM.Bateman

At some point I was exploring some of the more obscure menues on my
account and I found one that allowed me to stop displaying all
password masks (so that even after the password is typed in it still
appears as an empty box). It was kind of cool for a minute but now
I'm finding it very inconvenient as I cannot tell when a password has
been automatically filled. Now I can't find where I changed this
setting. Does anyone else happen to know where to find it?

I'm running Windows XP Home with SP2 and there are five other user
accounts. This does not happen to them - it's obviously a personal
setting, I just can't find it.
 
On Run, typre regedit enter.
Locate the following key in the registry and set the value as suggested below:

Settings:
User Key:
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\
Network]
System Key:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\
Network]
Name: HideSharePwds
Type: REG_DWORD (DWORD Value)
Value: (0 = disabled, 1=enabled)

-Nitin
 
At some point I was exploring some of the more obscure menues on my
account and I found one that allowed me to stop displaying all
password masks (so that even after the password is typed in it still
appears as an empty box). It was kind of cool for a minute but now
I'm finding it very inconvenient as I cannot tell when a password has
been automatically filled. Now I can't find where I changed this
setting. Does anyone else happen to know where to find it?

I'm running Windows XP Home with SP2 and there are five other user
accounts. This does not happen to them - it's obviously a personal
setting, I just can't find it.
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After checking out Nitin's prompt reply, think about documenting
all system changes so that you can back out from any modifications
you make.
 
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