Re: Dial up networking saves wrong password

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From: Tom Kelnar [MS] (tomkel_at_online.microsoft.com)
Date: 08/13/04 

Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2004 13:56:02 -0700

If you save your dial-up password then the UI will always display 16 bullets
no matter how long your password is. I'm not sure about the corruption of
your password. Are you the only one using the machine? Are you saving the
password for 'Me only' or 'Anyone who uses this computer' ? Or are you using
the IE dialer? I'd suggest installing the latest service pack and see if
this resolves your problem. 

-- 
Tom
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"Anthony" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:249001c47d6a$abaa3300$a401280a@phx.gbl...
> I am using dial up networking to connect to the internet
> on Windows XP.
>
> The problem I have is this: if I click on the "save
> password" check mark in the "Dial up connection" dialog,
> then windows saves the wrong password.  Somewhere along
> the line, my password gets scrambled, and the next time I
> try to start a dial up connection the pre-entered
> password is wrong.  I can tell this because it appears as
> around 15 bullet points whereas my real password is only
> 10 characters long.  If I let it go ahead and try to
> connect, then I am refused access.
>
> At present, therefore, I am having to type the password
> everytime I make a dial up connection.  Can anyone
> suggest a better solution?

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