Re: Integrated Windows Authentication

From: Jan Il (abuse_at_localhost.com)
Date: 10/03/04 

Date: Sun, 3 Oct 2004 11:48:50 -0700

Robert Aldwinckle wrote:
>> Somehow, other usernames are showing up in that list that
>> were entered on HTML forms. The login dialog still displays
>> them even after the history is toast.
>
> First of all make sure that you have cleared the AutoComplete
> passwords field. If you haven't done that you won't have removed
> the pairs of items (userid/password) which can be saved from web
> pages. Also since you are having difficulty with it I would try
> closing
> all iexplore.exe windows and use the equivalent AutoComplete
> settings
> dialog from Control Panel's Internet Options applet. To
> doublecheck
> I verify using Task Manager that iexplore.exe is not an active
> process
> in the Processes tab. (E.g., press
> Ctrl-Shift-Esc,Ctrl-Tab,i,i...)
>
> However, I'm not sure that this would remove stored user names
> from sources other than HTML forms. E.g. when I press F1 (Help)
> on that Clear Passwords button it explicitly mentions only "web
> pages".
> I suspect that user names and passwords entered into authorization
> dialogs may be treated differently even though by being saved
> they do seem to be related to AutoComplete somehow.
>
> Therefore, if using the Clear Passwords button (in the safe manner
> I suggested) doesn't change your symptom I would try using RegMon
> to find out where those entries are coming from. In NTx they are
> stored
> in an inaccessible subkey. Don't be surprised if you find it
> simpler just
> to rebuild the user's profile to get rid them than try to figure out
> if there is a more direct method of removing entries which have been
> accumulating over the course of the profile's existence.
>
>
> Hmm... maybe you could even try copying some of the old data too...
>
> <TITLE>811151 - How to copy data from a corrupted user profile to a
> new profile</TITLE>
>
>
> There is one other possibility that I once mentioned speculatively
> and still don't know more about but it would at least give you another
> research angle. I think that the information may be maintained by
> the Protected Storage service. So information about repairs
> or resets for it could apply as a solution for your problem.
>
>
> BTW most of this is slightly off-topic for this newsgroup
> (ie6.browser)
> so you may want to wait for comments from your other newsgroup
> in your cross-post.

Thank you.. ;-)

Jan :)
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