Dial Up and Password

W98 and Toshiba laptop with ample memory. All works well but :
1 I cannot get the dial up to remember my password between connections
and
2 My iE6 does not remember my name and password when I log in to web-mail. Sometimes it asks if I want it to remember my username but it doesn't generally do so? What choice have I made to stop it?

Any help gratefully received

Paul

Try this to start with

Start by renaming your .pwl file,

Go to Start | Run
type in Command

Type the following at the command prompt (C:/>) (where user_name is the user name that you use to log on to Windows):

ren c:\Windows\user_name.pwluser_name.xxx

Once done, restart your computer.

When the Enter Network Password or Welcome To Windows dialog box is displayed, type the password that you normally use, and then click OK.

When you are prompted to confirm the password that you entered, type the password again in the Confirm New Password box, and then click OK.

Thanks for suggestion but I do not use a " user name " and am not on a network. I usually just switch on my machine and, if needs be, connect to the WWW. I do not have the machine set up for different users, just my wife and I, so there is no need for a password. It is when I use the Dial Up that I want that password to be remembered - I know it can do it.

a seperate problem is how to get iE6 to remember my UserName and Password for logging into such sites as this one??

Tx
Paul

The usual cause of that is a corrupt user password, hence that suggestion initially. The other cause is a corrupted registry key, but I always suggest simplest solutions first

Next step is to check the registry entry

Check that password caching is enabled.
To do this, Go to Start | Run
Type in Regedit

In the left hand pane, find the following Key
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies \Network.

Highlight it and in the right hand pane, look for a value called DisablePwdCaching.

If it exists, make sure it is set to 0.
You can change the setting by double-clicking it.

If the value does not exist, create it by clicking Edit | New | DWORD value.
Call it DisablePwdCaching and modify the value to 0

Close Regedit and then restart the machine

As for your computer not remembering passwords for sites such as this, you will need to ensure that cookies are enabled

In Internet Explorer
Click Tools | Internet Options | Privacy tab.
Click Advanced
Deselect override automatic cookie handling button
Click on the OK button at the bottom of the screen.
Click OK to exit