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by parfittr

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In the XP dial up connection window when the save password box is checked, i get a duplication of the original password. I have tried every possible configuration, including deleteing and rebboting followed by a new dial up setup with a new password. I STILL get a repeat password. its got me stumped. I have checked with MS's knowledge base and could not find a suitable answer.

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by timthetoolman

Hi,

What are you dialing up? An ISP?

Could it be that the issue isn't with XP, rather its with your ISP dissallowing reuse of a password?

One of the common things done with passwords is to keep a history of them and disallow reuse within a certain amount of time.

This would almost certainly be the case if you were dialing work for instance and joining their domain. Many admins set password expiry dates and disallow reuse of passwords.

If you dont mean this, then can you explain what you mean by a repeat password? I assume you dont mean it just doesn't change...

Cheers,
Tim.

by phildavis516

Mine does the same thing, but does not seem to affect performance, still logs in normally, with no problem. Is yours creating a problem and not logging in?

by gandelf

I have the same problem. My password is 7 characters, but it gets replaced with a 16 character password. It does seme to work though.
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