Outlook password won't save with Vista

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I cannot get MS Outlook to save my password since installing Vista. I have
search the web and tried the reg fixes I found to solve this but they all
pertained to earlier versions of Windows and none of them have worked. I am
currently forced to use Windows Mail and it has no problem saving my
password. I would prefer to use Outlook. Does anyone have a fix for Vista
to make Outlook 2002 save my a-mail password? The really weird thing is
that I have a Vista Laptop and Outlook on it saves my password just fine. I
did the install myself on both systems and have no idea why it doesn't save
on the desktop.
 
Tom said:
I cannot get MS Outlook to save my password since installing Vista. I have
search the web and tried the reg fixes I found to solve this but they all
pertained to earlier versions of Windows and none of them have worked. I am
currently forced to use Windows Mail and it has no problem saving my
password. I would prefer to use Outlook. Does anyone have a fix for Vista
to make Outlook 2002 save my a-mail password? The really weird thing is
that I have a Vista Laptop and Outlook on it saves my password just fine. I
did the install myself on both systems and have no idea why it doesn't save
on the desktop.
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http://www.outlook-tips.net/howto/vista.htm
 
Outlook 2002: It runs, but email account passwords are not saved. After you enter the password during the first email check, Outlook will remember it until you close down Outlook. This is because Outlook used the protected storage interfaces to store passwords and these are no longer supported in Vista. Unless Microsoft decides to create a publicly available hotfix to address this, you won't be able to save passwords. Outlook 2002 is outside of mainstream support so this is unlikely to happen as it's not a critical security hole.

Note that when you enter the password, the Send and Receive that brought up the password dialog may fail but future send and receives will work. Leave Outlook open 24/7 to avoid entering it frequently.


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Tom said:
Outlook 2002: It runs, but email account passwords are not saved.
After you enter the password during the first email check, Outlook
will remember it until you close down Outlook. This is because
Outlook used the protected storage interfaces to store passwords
and these are no longer supported in Vista. Unless Microsoft
decides to create a publicly available hotfix to address this,
you won't be able to save passwords. Outlook 2002 is outside of
mainstream support so this is unlikely to happen as it's not a
critical security hole.

Note that when you enter the password, the Send and Receive
that brought up the password dialog may fail but future send and
receives will work. Leave Outlook open 24/7 to avoid entering it
frequently.


EggHeadCafe.com - .NET Developer Portal of Choice
http://www.eggheadcafe.com
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OL 2002 is not supported on Vista as I recall. Only 2003 and 2007 are
supported. Agreed it sucks.

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Most recent idiotic quote added to KICK (Klassic Idiotic Caption Kooks):
"DRM is not added to anything in Vista."

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