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No "remember password" checkbox?

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by karen

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I have a new laptop running XP Home edition that I use at both home and work. When at work, I need to log into their proxy server to get internet access. The problem is that I must type my server\username and password EVERY time I open IE. There is NO box for remembering the password. This is also true of all my networked drives, etc. I swear that this used to be available. Help??

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by karen

My network administrator told me that this was a Windows XP service pack 2 issue -- it's MY computer that's the problem, not the network. On our machines without SP2 installed, the "remember password" option is still present. This can't be a network issue, because I don't get the "remember password" check box on my home network, either -- and at home, I'M the network admin!

by jaqui

what it is, is sp2 fixed the major security leak, and turned off the remember password option in infernal exploiter.

edit the security settings, make your workstation less secure and it should come back.

( btw, with my linux only network I remove that option when compiling sources, so that the security is not breached. no auto-login, no remembered passwords. no respect for any network / system admin that does allow the security to be broken, risking all the data. )

by sschafir

Get rid of IE altogether which is full of security issues anyway. Use Mozilla or Firefox which has a password manager that allows you to store passwords for different sites and so on. It will automatically log you on and you can password protect that so no one can go in and read the passwords stored there.

by qster

If this is the best you had you should have saved your time. At least someone on this thread was thinking and came up with a solution.

by ewingdweller

There are certain functions and programs (e.g., NAV) which require the 'infernal exploiter.' Some folks do not support 'Netscape' (mozilla). So, I still need to have both availabe.

Anyway, I understand both sides and am trepiditiously using FireFox and allowing it to 'learn' some of my passwords on some more innoccuous (hopefully!) logins.

by aaron a baker

All versions are shipped with the Pawword capabilty abailable.If your's stopped working from the laptop the the desktop I would go in into the "Content section of your I Explorer_tools_Options Setting , or use Internet Options in your main menu.
There is an area called Autocomplete.In this Autocomplete you will find a line that says "Prompt me to save Passwords". Make sure it's checked ON.
I think this is where your troubles lie.

Good Luck
Aaron a Baker

by robbo64

Aaron B is on the right track ,I think you also need to make sure you have enabled "Use inline auto-complete" on the advanced tab in Internet Options.

by drakecn

HEY - Has anyone found out the fix for this yet???

WHAT IS THE SOLUTION???

The problem does is *not* appear to be IE settings (I've got all those "prompt me to remember password" things set, and I still don't get asked).

Bear in mind that when connecting to network share's, it's "EXPLORER.EXE", and not "IEXPLORE.EXE" that does it (eg: "Windows Explorer", and not "Internet Explorer").

This problem has always existed for me on my new Windows "Media Center" XP box - all other XP versions work fine.

I even tried importing the entire registry from a working XP PRO box onto my MCE PC, and the problem remained...

by drakecn

OK - the problem ALSO *cannot* be fixed using "TweakUI" nor powertoys... there is simply no place in any of those options to either remeber passwords, or to set up shares with their passwords on them!

So the problem remains!! How do I recover the missing checkbox for "Remember Network Password" when trying to access my windows XP Media Center Edition network shares ?? (eg: "the X: drive")

by karen

You're absolutely right. The problem is with WINDOWS *not* IE. IE can remember passwords for *internet sites* if you have that option checked. However, it's NOT IE that's asking for a network login every time I use a browser (any browser, even Netscape or Mozilla!) -- it's the proxy server, using Windows. Unfortunately, the only solution I found was to upgrade to XP pro. With XP Pro, you can add domains and passwords to your user account, which eliminates the need to log in each time.

Again, the problem isn't with the browser. The problem is that, in order to use the browser, the computer must connect to the proxy server. With XP Home, you must re-enter your username and password before IE or any other browser will even execute. Changing the IE settings doesn't help, because they aren't the problem.

There may be a third-party (non-microsoft) solution to this, but I couldn't find it. I just upgraded to XP pro, and now it works fine. Sorta sucks, I know, but that's the way it goes.

by vijay2win

go to the following:

Adminstrative tools -> Local security policy -> local policy ->security option -> Network acess: do not allow store of credetionals ......

Disable this option....

You are good to go now.

Thanks
Vijay

by nafiton

Hi. I can not find a way to enter to local policy settings in my XP Home. There is no icon in Panel Control, or gpedit.msc file to access.
Any shorcut to it? Any registry entries to change?

by laris912

vijay2win is correct. I also encountered the same error before and I did the same thing. After changing the property to disable, don't forget to restart your computer so the new setting will take effect.

by laris912

To add local security policy, open admnistrative tools and then create a shortcut, and then type %systemroot%\system32\secpol.msc /s for the location of the item.

by helpdeskdude

Was this original issues ever resolved and how?

Because I have just ran into this problem with two of our PC's and I need the system to remember the network password.

by m.nanson

Took me a while to find it, but if you cant find a way to turn AutoComplete in IE7 back on using obvious methods, try this registry entry unde (create if not present) - HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Control Panel , DWORD entry for FormSuggest - change the value to 1, do the same for DWORD entry for FormSuggest Passwords ... good luck

by qster

What would we do without the Internet and user groups like this. Thanks for your perseverance and patience with some of the stoooopid responses like getting rid of IE. You saved me hours maybe days of research.

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