Stored User Names & Passwords problem

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I have a home network using Microsoft Windows Networking and a USRobotics
8200 Secure Storage Router that is both a file and print server. I am using a
workgroup, NOT a domain. I am able to set up my two WinXP Home machines to
access the network resources with no problem, but my WinXP Pro machine is
giving me a headache. In order to access the network resources (printers,
file servers) with it, of course, I first have to connect with the user
password and dialog box. The problem is that there is no "Remember my
password" checkbox available in the dialog box like there is on the WinXP
Home machines. According to a number of KnowledgeBase articles (e.g., KB
306541) this checkbox should be present, even in WinXP Pro. In addition,
there is no "Stored User Names and Passwords" tool listed in Control Panel as
referred to in KB 281660. Nor is there an "Advanced" tab under "User
Accounts" as referred to in that same article in order to manually create a
key. Finally, if I try to use the "Manage my network accounts" dialog under
"Control Panel-User Accounts-What do you want to change about your
accounts?-Related Tasks", there is no option to add a new entry. So is my
WinXP Pro configured in some strange way (and, more importantly, if so how do
I get it back to the default configuration with the checkboxes, etc.), or is
there some other way to have it remember my network user name/password that I
haven't been able to find?

 

[Guest]

I have a home network using Microsoft Windows Networking and a USRobotics
8200 Secure Storage Router that is both a file and print server. I am using a
workgroup, NOT a domain. I am able to set up my two WinXP Home machines to
access the network resources with no problem, but my WinXP Pro machine is
giving me a headache. In order to access the network resources (printers,
file servers) with it, of course, I first have to connect with the user
password and dialog box. The problem is that there is no "Remember my
password" checkbox available in the dialog box like there is on the WinXP
Home machines. According to a number of KnowledgeBase articles (e.g., KB
306541) this checkbox should be present, even in WinXP Pro. In addition,
there is no "Stored User Names and Passwords" tool listed in Control Panel as
referred to in KB 281660. Nor is there an "Advanced" tab under "User
Accounts" as referred to in that same article in order to manually create a
key. Finally, if I try to use the "Manage my network accounts" dialog under
"Control Panel-User Accounts-What do you want to change about your
accounts?-Related Tasks", there is no option to add a new entry. So is my
WinXP Pro configured in some strange way (and, more importantly, if so how do
I get it back to the default configuration with the checkboxes, etc.), or is
there some other way to have it remember my network user name/password that I
haven't been able to find?

Regarding the missing checkbox, you may already have logon credentials
stored for that connection, in which case the box will not come up. As far
as adding a new set of credentials, you have to click on "Manage my network
passwords" under "Related Tasks" on the affected user account in order to do
this. You can add, delete, and edit all the stored information. I fought
with this issue for a good while. Ref KB article #306541 for more info.