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re: The password that will not go away Friday, August 30, 2002 at 8:54 am Posted by Pierre R (2 messages posted) I have the same problem, never seen anything like this in 10 years, the password simply comes back. So if you find a solution , let me know On Thursday, August 29, 2002 at 4:56 pm, Michelle Kountz wrote: >I have a question about a password problem in XP. I set up the Dial-up connection >with no problem, but my brother(in whose name the account is held), changed his password. >I've had no problem changing it in the connection before, but this time, the program >insists on saving the OLD password and not the New password. I've hit the "Remember >this password" button when the login screen comes up; I've deleted the account completely >and set up a new Dialup connection (twice); I've gone into Control Panel to set up >a new Dialup connection, but when I restart the program to connect to the Internet, >there's that stupid wrong password again. It does this with any program I use on >the Internet. (Right now, I use Eudora4.2-love it!; and Opera), but it wouldn't change >for MS programs either. I have anti-virus programs that can update themselves, but >I can't use this feature because I have to manually enter the right password each >time I log on. Can anyone help me? Thank you! > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: The password that will not go away Friday, August 30, 2002 at 10:39 am Posted by WOLF21 (12 messages posted) My suggestion would be to create another dialup connection to the ISP, LEAVING the one that is wrong in there for now, and creating a 2nd one. Setup all the information, including the correct username and password. Connect using that dialup connection. Once you have connected with the new one, remove the old one. That should take care of the issue. Please let me know if that took care of your problem. Thanx and Good Luck. On Friday, August 30, 2002 at 8:54 am, Pierre R wrote: >I have the same problem, never seen anything like this in 10 years, the password >simply comes back. So if you find a solution , let me know > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: The password that will not go away Friday, August 30, 2002 at 10:45 am Posted by Pierre R (2 messages posted) I tried that , didn't work. I think its because the pwl file where passwords are kept are entered by username , which can't be changed without a lot of trouble, so thank you very much, I'll keep looking and hoping On Friday, August 30, 2002 at 10:39 am, WOLF21 wrote: >My suggestion would be to create another dialup connection to the ISP, LEAVING the >one that is wrong in there for now, and creating a 2nd one. Setup all the information, >including the correct username and password. Connect using that dialup connection. >Once you have connected with the new one, remove the old one. That should take care >of the issue. Please let me know if that took care of your problem. >Thanx and Good Luck. > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: The password that will not go away Thursday, October 3, 2002 at 7:14 pm Posted by jimpok (1 messages posted) I have the same problem with win2k professional. just made another connection and deleted the first one On Friday, August 30, 2002 at 10:45 am, Pierre R wrote: >I tried that , didn't work. I think its because the pwl file where passwords are >kept are entered by username , which can't be changed without a lot of trouble, so >thank you very much, I'll keep looking and hoping > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: The password that will not go away Saturday, October 26, 2002 at 2:07 am Posted by Macca (1 messages posted) I've just got another pc with windows XP and had the same problem, that ther seemed to be a bogus password and that xp would not save mine, I have eventually found that for some reason there is an unknown account on my PC, I deleted this account and everything seems ok. I found this account using the following sequence: Control panel, select System, select advanced tab, select user profiles, select settings. if there is a spurious account listed, delete, then try and dial up and save your password hope this helps.........good luck On Thursday, August 29, 2002 at 4:56 pm, Michelle Kountz wrote: >I have a question about a password problem in XP. I set up the Dial-up connection >with no problem, but my brother(in whose name the account is held), changed his password. >I've had no problem changing it in the connection before, but this time, the program >insists on saving the OLD password and not the New password. I've hit the "Remember >this password" button when the login screen comes up; I've deleted the account completely >and set up a new Dialup connection (twice); I've gone into Control Panel to set up >a new Dialup connection, but when I restart the program to connect to the Internet, >there's that stupid wrong password again. It does this with any program I use on >the Internet. (Right now, I use Eudora4.2-love it!; and Opera), but it wouldn't change >for MS programs either. I have anti-virus programs that can update themselves, but >I can't use this feature because I have to manually enter the right password each >time I log on. Can anyone help me? Thank you! > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: The password that will not go away Thursday, February 13, 2003 at 8:42 am Posted by SCarter (1 messages posted) I just tried this fix and it worked! Thanks! I'm still concerned that I don't have any idea why I had an "unkown account" set as a default, though. On Saturday, October 26, 2002 at 2:07 am, Macca wrote: >I've just got another pc with windows XP and had the same problem, that ther seemed >to be a bogus password and that xp would not save mine, I have eventually found that >for some reason there is an unknown account on my PC, I deleted this account and >everything seems ok. >I found this account using the following sequence: >Control panel, select System, select advanced tab, select user profiles, select settings. >if there is a spurious account listed, delete, then try and dial up and save your >password >hope this helps.........good luck > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: The password that will not go away Sunday, March 2, 2003 at 4:53 pm Posted by james hunting (1 messages posted) I tried all of the above... I still can't get rid of the old password in my dial-up connection. I re-installed IE6, re-installed dial-up connections, made other dial-up connections, re-installed modem.... Any ideas on how to get rid of this old dial-up connectionl On Thursday, February 13, 2003 at 8:42 am, SCarter wrote: >I just tried this fix and it worked! Thanks! I'm still concerned that I don't have >any idea why I had an "unkown account" set as a default, though. > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: The password that will not go away Saturday, November 8, 2003 at 12:50 pm Posted by Steven Hillis (1 messages posted) I just ran across this problem on windows 2000 Pro. The solution for me was to set a windows password to the current user & admin accounts. Password still appears 16 characters long, but works properly now. Perhaps it is windows security being buggy? On Sunday, March 2, 2003 at 4:53 pm, james hunting wrote: >I tried all of the above... I still can't get rid of the old password in my dial-up >connection. I re-installed IE6, re-installed dial-up connections, made other dial-up >connections, re-installed modem.... > >Any ideas on how to get rid of this old dial-up connectionl > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: The password that will not go away Monday, November 24, 2003 at 2:20 pm Posted by kt (13 messages posted) Thanks for the idea Wolf but the password still comes back! It's uncanny. The same thing has happened on my wife's PC the SECOND time she used it! Another bit of Microsoft 'added value'? On Friday, August 30, 2002 at 10:39 am, WOLF21 wrote: >My suggestion would be to create another dialup connection to the ISP, LEAVING the >one that is wrong in there for now, and creating a 2nd one. Setup all the information, >including the correct username and password. Connect using that dialup connection. >Once you have connected with the new one, remove the old one. That should take care >of the issue. Please let me know if that took care of your problem. >Thanx and Good Luck. > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: The password that will not go away Thursday, December 11, 2003 at 5:30 pm Posted by Tim (2 messages posted) I have exactly the same problem on my xp system, but don't want to set up a windows user log-in screen. Has anyone established what is causing this and what the solution is? On Saturday, November 8, 2003 at 12:50 pm, Steven Hillis wrote: >I just ran across this problem on windows 2000 Pro. The solution for me was to set >a windows password to the current user & admin accounts. Password still appears 16 >characters long, but works properly now. Perhaps it is windows security being buggy? > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: The password that will not go away Sunday, January 18, 2004 at 5:02 pm Posted by Mark (1 messages posted) in case no one has yet solved the problem this link may provide help...it details the steps neccessary to solve this (similar) problem for win 95 through win 2000... http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q148/9/25.ASP On Thursday, December 11, 2003 at 5:30 pm, Tim wrote: >I have exactly the same problem on my xp system, but don't want to set up a windows >user log-in screen. Has anyone established what is causing this and what the solution >is? > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: The password that will not go away Tuesday, February 10, 2004 at 6:18 pm Posted by Steve (1 messages posted) Does anyone have Microsoft KB link that addresses this problem for XP? Also, I don't follow the fix with the extra account. I don't have a "system" selection in the Control Panel. Am I missing something? On Sunday, January 18, 2004 at 5:02 pm, Mark wrote: >in case no one has yet solved the problem this link may provide help...it details >the steps neccessary to solve this (similar) problem for win 95 through win 2000... >http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q148/9/25.ASP > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: The password that will not go away Tuesday, March 2, 2004 at 12:46 pm Posted by John Lechner (2 messages posted) James I have all the same problems, I even tried a password decoder and under those dots what did I find"****************" no help there! I can't get rid of that password! Can someone help! Thanks John On Sunday, March 2, 2003 at 4:53 pm, james hunting wrote: >I tried all of the above... I still can't get rid of the old password in my dial-up >connection. I re-installed IE6, re-installed dial-up connections, made other dial-up >connections, re-installed modem.... > >Any ideas on how to get rid of this old dial-up connectionl > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: The password that will not go away Tuesday, March 16, 2004 at 6:41 am Posted by Barry Maurer (1 messages posted) John - I have this problem and after much research for an answer I've been told by a "Techy" that it's a built in security item. The system automatically adds a number of ***or IIII into the dialogue box to foil code crackers, should someone have unauthorised access to the computer, well it sounds possible I guess! On Tuesday, March 2, 2004 at 12:46 pm, John Lechner wrote: >James I have all the same problems, I even tried a password decoder and under those >dots what did I find"****************" no help there! I can't get rid of that password! > Can someone help! Thanks John > > >On Sunday, March 2, 2003 at 4:53 pm, james hunting wrote: >>I tried all of the above... I still can't get rid of the old password in my dial-up >>connection. I re-installed IE6, re-installed dial-up connections, made other dial-up >>connections, re-installed modem.... >> >>Any ideas on how to get rid of this old dial-up connectionl >> >> [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: The password that will not go away Monday, June 7, 2004 at 6:17 pm Posted by HERB HAMIC (1 messages posted) My clients daughter died unexpectly and we cannot get into the computer because we don't know the password. How can we bypass the password? We are in quiet a dilemma. ? [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: The password that will not go away Friday, June 11, 2004 at 4:34 am Posted by Rachele (1 messages posted) I had the same problem, but finally found a fix. My real password was 8 characters long and the incorrect one that wouldn't go away was 16 characters. I typed in my 8 character password plus 8 SPACES. My ISP accepted the slightly altered real password and XP happily saved it. No more problems. On Tuesday, March 16, 2004 at 6:41 am, Barry Maurer wrote: >John - I have this problem and after much research for an answer I've been told by >a "Techy" that it's a built in security item. The system automatically adds a number >of ***or IIII into the dialogue box to foil code crackers, should someone have unauthorised >access to the computer, well it sounds possible I guess! > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: The password that will not go away Monday, June 28, 2004 at 5:15 pm Posted by Enna (2 messages posted) The spaces sounded like a great solution! Sadly, my ISP is a bit less accepting. The problem only occurs in Dial-up Connection, so I usually use a shortcut I've made called Connect [name of ISP]. That one does remember my password correctly. Still, it would be nice if the pop-up connection box worked...! On Friday, June 11, 2004 at 4:34 am, Rachele wrote: > >I had the same problem, but finally found a fix. My real password was 8 characters >long and the incorrect one that wouldn't go away was 16 characters. I typed in my >8 character password plus 8 SPACES. My ISP accepted the slightly altered real password >and XP happily saved it. No more problems. > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: The password that will not go away - SOLVED Wednesday, June 30, 2004 at 8:53 pm Posted by Enna (2 messages posted) I feel a bit silly now... It turns out that even when the Dial-up dialogue box shows 16 dots, the computer is still remembering and sending my (shorter) password correctly! I'm not sure whether in the beginning it was sending the wrong password or not, but now it's all working. I was just fooled by that long row of dots! Pfew. Couldn't they just add a note explaining this? Good luck to you all, Enna On Friday, June 11, 2004 at 4:34 am, Rachele wrote: > >I had the same problem, but finally found a fix. My real password was 8 characters >long and the incorrect one that wouldn't go away was 16 characters. I typed in my >8 character password plus 8 SPACES. My ISP accepted the slightly altered real password >and XP happily saved it. No more problems. > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] I can't get startup before it asks for password Saturday, February 23, 2008 at 9:18 am Posted by Patti Anderson (1 messages posted) My Windows XP Pro goes right to a "administratorlake" window and asks for "client security passphrase". (I do have to hit control,alt,delete to get to the administratorlake window)....I have no passphrase for administratorlake and that is the only window I can get to...no startup window etc...the screen is black except for that window with nothing else for me to attempt to try. How do I get rid of that box-passphrase attempt to just get to windows xp? > [Reply or follow-up to this message] Tip: Use one of the [Reply or follow-up to this message] links above to add a message to this thread Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows XP Discussion Forum