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Old 08-05-2007   #7 (permalink)
John Barnes


 
 

Re: Internet connection will not remember my login password

Make sure the box about asking for the password is unchecked in the internet
properties page.

"Stuart" <Stuart@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I cannot save my Internet connection password. If I open my Internet
> connection manually by clicking on my Speedtouch icon, the only info saved
> is
> my username. The password is blank and I have to re-enter it each time to
> go
> online.
>
> When IE7 launches it attempts to log on but comes up with an "Error 691"
> message.
>
> If I open IE7, click on Tools and then Internet Properties I can see the
> Speedtouch Connection which I have set as the default. If I then
> highlight
> that and click on Settings, I see under Dial-up settings that my username
> is
> there but the Password is blank. If I enter the password and then click
> OK
> it returns me to the Internet Properties page again. If I then go back
> immediately to the Settings button for Speedtouch the Password box is
> again
> empty, i.e. the system has not remembered it.
>
> This means that I cannot currently set up the PC to autodial my Internet
> connection - I have to go through the process of opening Speedtouch and
> manually keying in my password each time I want to log on.
>
> Please could you give me some advice on where, if at all, I'm going wrong?
>
> My PC is protected by McAfee and I have Windows Firewall enabled.
>
> Many thanks
> Stuart


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