Dial-up Password Problem

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When first time setting up dial-up, password is entered
but on excuting dial-up the password is now 16 char long.
This is all happening on fist clean install of XP home.
If you delete password in Tools-Internet Options-
Connections - Settings, it will stay blank, if you just
use 1 (one) char it still shows up as 16 when returning
to dial-up. Have "Cleared Passwords" in Content section.
All to no avail. Please can any body suggest a fix.
Thank you and have a happy New year Nic
 
Nic said:
When first time setting up dial-up, password is entered
but on excuting dial-up the password is now 16 char long.
This is all happening on fist clean install of XP home.
If you delete password in Tools-Internet Options-
Connections - Settings, it will stay blank, if you just
use 1 (one) char it still shows up as 16 when returning
to dial-up. Have "Cleared Passwords" in Content section.
All to no avail. Please can any body suggest a fix.
Thank you and have a happy New year Nic
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But does it work?
 
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But does it work?


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If you mean I have to type in password everytime, yes the
connection is made with my ISP.
I do not expected to do to this.
 
"Nic" said:
When first time setting up dial-up, password is entered
but on excuting dial-up the password is now 16 char long.
This is all happening on fist clean install of XP home.
If you delete password in Tools-Internet Options-
Connections - Settings, it will stay blank, if you just
use 1 (one) char it still shows up as 16 when returning
to dial-up. Have "Cleared Passwords" in Content section.
All to no avail. Please can any body suggest a fix.
Thank you and have a happy New year Nic
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XP always displays 16 characters for a stored password, no matter how
long it actually is. The stored password should work fine.
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Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)

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XP always displays 16 characters for a stored password, no matter how
long it actually is. The stored password should work fine.
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Best Wishes,
Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)

Please post any reply as a follow-up message in the news group
for everyone to see. I'm sorry, but I don't answer questions
addressed directly to me in E-mail or news groups.

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http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
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Hi Steve,
Yes I have found this out since as a cable user I am not
used to this password, anyway the problem appears to be a
firewall problem and tried it out on my own PC it works
OK so thanks for yr reply.
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