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Outlook Password Not Saved in XP

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by willobie

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I read about the registry fix for this problem. Besides my reluctance to fool with the registry, I have two other problems keeping me from diving in to make Outlook usable.

1. On XP HE I can't find REGEDIT32. Only Regedit.exe. Doesn't inspire confidence about Microsofts fix instructions.

2. How do I know if I have supervisor rights on my HP Pavilion laptop? Why wouldn't I?

I like Outlook, but am sorely tempted to switch to another e-mail client that doesn't require me to be a certified registry-geek.

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by lizzy

I'm not exactly sure what the question #1 is, but you may not have regedit32.exe if you're operating system is not NT, 2000, or XP. The XP they are referring to I think is the OS or operating system, not the version of Office (can be very confusing!!). As for question # 2 I think you are on a Windows 98 OS and thus would not have administrative accounts to worry about.

I would advise you not to edit either registry file based on all of the above. Having to enter your password each time helps you to remember your password.

Best wishes.

by willobie

I am on Windows XP (home edition) with Office 2000 (professinal). I have three accounts and have to enter passwords three times to get in and as many times to send or recheck. I call this unusable.

The questions were: 1. Can I use REGEDIT if I don't have REGEDIT32? and 2. How can I tell if I have administrator rights?

by lizzy

See this article for differences in the registry editors explained:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q141377

MS says that only regedit.exe is on XP. See more explaination here:

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=/TechNet/prodtechnol/winxppro/reskit/prmb_tol_byti.asp

(there are no spaces in the URLs)

I am not at home (XP) to check this, but if you can manage users and create users, you should be an administrator. Go to the Control Panel and look for Manage Users, User Accounts or the like and look at your own account. If you can do more than just change your password, you are probably an administrator. It should say what type of account yours is. You need to be an administrator to install programs or edit the registry.

Hope this helps...

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