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password duplictated in dial up box

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by wizardj

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In XP, both home and pro, and W2000 - when the dial up for internet connection comes up, and the save password is checked, the password is double and sometimes triple the length it should be - what gives here? I'm sure it's something simple I've missed in a setup somewhere, but it's bugging me a lot in several customer's computers. How do I make it save the dialup password to be just the original size?

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by talli

This is really nothing for u to worry about.In all of the OSes u've mentioned this is simply a security feature-the additional asterisks r there to sort of make it difficult for other people to guess your password, at least it's length.In all the OSes that I've seen this feature ,with all the users that came to me complaining about it-they were able to logon and authenticate themselves just fine to the ISP.This is a default OS behaviour, and there's no way t change it, except, perhaps, some weird Registry hack,and ,if u aren't having any login troubles-u can have your piece of mind. :)

by wizardj

Thanks for the info - although there are times when the connection won't work until the password is re-entered - just occasionaly ...

by r. a. caluste

There are some cracking applications (such as revelation) out there that can reveal the letters behind the asterisks if the password is saved. The varying length of password is just a security feature added to the OS. Rest assured that the system knows exactly the original password.

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