Outlook2002 Password retention for POP3 clients on WinME o/s

I am using Outlook2002 on WinME O/S. Whenever I tried to check emails password input POPUP keeps on appearing eventhough I choose to save the password. I tried fixes available on Microsoft web and updated Outlook with latest available updation released on Jan 23, 2003. But still problem persists. Please help to fix this issue. thanks