Dial up networking rembering password (W2K)

[andyhalsall]

I have a dial up account on windows 2000 Pro SP2 even though I tick remeber password it keeps defaulting back to some other password. Internet Explorer kees defaulting back to this other password also. So I was wondering is there a reg line I put some where to specify the password or something??????? I have tried reinstalling dial up networking as well

[7ate9]

In Windows 2000, its somewhat of a security feature for the password in Dial Up networking to look MUCH longer than it really is. For example, if my password is 5 characters long, the saved password in DUN will still look like its 15 characters long, and will work just fine. Was this what you meant?



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[andyhalsall]

Yeah I know about the security feature but it dosnt save the password anyway any idea's?

[Taffy]

I'm new to all this but it seems that you need to uninstall the p/words that are affecting your DUN. Try this ....... Start/Serch/Find Files, then type in *.pwl Search the "C" drive and you should see all the pass words windows uses, then just deleat the offending one.
Hope this works.


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