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RAS login and password issue

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by pdalziel

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I am running W98 2nd Ed. At various times sometimes associated with new installs or updates but frequently not, I lose the login ID and password for one or more or my RAS dial up accounts. At one time all of my numerous RAS dial up accounts/numbers had the login and password saved with them. Frequently when I lose these the password check off box will be greyed out - so I can't even fix the problem. So for a time I am forced to type the login ID and password by hand. Then some time later it will suddenly go back to having the login ID and password. I have scanned startups, registry etc. and can find no correlation with changes to my Windows 98 and I can't find where this info is stored so I can fix it. Why is it changing/disappearing and what can I do to fix it?

Any ideas??

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by caper

This behavior can occur if you are not currently logged on to Windows. If you click
Cancel in the logon dialog box that appears when Windows is starting, your password
cache list file is not opened, and your passwords cannot be saved.

This behavior can also occur if you have installed Dial-Up Networking but the client for Microsoft networks or the client for NetWare networks has not been installed.
To work around this behavior, use one of the following methods.
Method 1

When you start Windows, do not click Cancel in the logon dialog box. If you do not
have a password, create a new one by typing it in the Password box, or create a null
password by clicking OK. If you create a null password, you are no longer prompted to
log on to Windows when Windows starts. Creating a null password does not prevent
other people from accessing your computer, but does allow you to save your password
when you are using Dial-Up Networking or a shared network resource.
Creating a null password does not allow you to save your Dial-Up Networking
password if you are using user profiles. Using user profiles prevents the Dial-Up
Networking password from being saved.

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