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I am trying to set up a "new" box for some pensioner friends after their old
one suffered a lightning strike.
I can not solve the problem with the password. There is plenty of stuff
including MS Knowledge base 290684 which suggests editing the registry. in
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Protected Storage System Provider
The trouble is there is no mention of Protected Storage System Provider
when I look with Regedit.
I have run Protected Storage PassView v1.63 which can find the passwords and
remove them but the problem recurs when they are re-entered.
Can some kind soul suggest a solution?

P.S. The users are not computer literate so Linux and alternative mail
readers are not a solution.
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Seagull

On Sun, 6 Aug 2006 16:29:27 +1200, "Seagull"
<> wrote:

>I am trying to set up a "new" box for some pensioner friends after their old
>one suffered a lightning strike.
>I can not solve the problem with the password. There is plenty of stuff
>including MS Knowledge base 290684 which suggests editing the registry. in
>HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Protected Storage System Provider
>The trouble is there is no mention of Protected Storage System Provider
>when I look with Regedit.
>I have run Protected Storage PassView v1.63 which can find the passwords and
>remove them but the problem recurs when they are re-entered.
>Can some kind soul suggest a solution?
>
>P.S. The users are not computer literate so Linux and alternative mail
>readers are not a solution.


This should do the trick, thats a fairly common one;
http://www.pchell.com/support/oepassword.shtml

Cheers,

Mark

Seagull wrote:
> I am trying to set up a "new" box for some pensioner friends after their old
> one suffered a lightning strike.
> I can not solve the problem with the password. There is plenty of stuff
> including MS Knowledge base 290684 which suggests editing the registry. in
> HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Protected Storage System Provider
> The trouble is there is no mention of Protected Storage System Provider
> when I look with Regedit.
> I have run Protected Storage PassView v1.63 which can find the passwords and
> remove them but the problem recurs when they are re-entered.
> Can some kind soul suggest a solution?
>
> P.S. The users are not computer literate so Linux and alternative mail
> readers are not a solution.

You're not pressing escape at the login prompt when you start windows
are you? If you are then the password will not be remembered.

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EMB

"EMB" <> wrote in message
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> Seagull wrote:
>> I am trying to set up a "new" box for some pensioner friends after their
>> old
>> one suffered a lightning strike.
>> I can not solve the problem with the password. There is plenty of stuff
>> including MS Knowledge base 290684 which suggests editing the registry.
>> in
>> HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Protected Storage System Provider
>> The trouble is there is no mention of Protected Storage System Provider
>> when I look with Regedit.
>> I have run Protected Storage PassView v1.63 which can find the passwords
>> and
>> remove them but the problem recurs when they are re-entered.
>> Can some kind soul suggest a solution?
>>
>> P.S. The users are not computer literate so Linux and alternative mail
>> readers are not a solution.
>
> You're not pressing escape at the login prompt when you start windows are
> you? If you are then the password will not be remembered.
>
> --
> EMB

Thanks for the replies Mark and EMB but
I do not find the protected storage provider section after I expand the
Microsoft section in Regedit so I can not delete it.

And I have not touched the escape key at the login prompt

Seagull wrote:
> I am trying to set up a "new" box for some pensioner friends after their old
> one suffered a lightning strike.
> I can not solve the problem with the password. There is plenty of stuff
> including MS Knowledge base 290684 which suggests editing the registry. in
> HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Protected Storage System Provider
> The trouble is there is no mention of Protected Storage System Provider
> when I look with Regedit.
> I have run Protected Storage PassView v1.63 which can find the passwords and
> remove them but the problem recurs when they are re-entered.
> Can some kind soul suggest a solution?
>
> P.S. The users are not computer literate so Linux and alternative mail
> readers are not a solution.

A quick Google found this -

http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/answers/11.html

The registry edit to enable password caching looks promising.

"joe_90" <joe_90_remove@nospam_myhttpmail.com> wrote in message
news:1154845340.660244@ftpsrv1...
> Seagull wrote:
>> I am trying to set up a "new" box for some pensioner friends after their
>> old
>> one suffered a lightning strike.
>> I can not solve the problem with the password. There is plenty of stuff
>> including MS Knowledge base 290684 which suggests editing the registry.
>> in
>> HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Protected Storage System Provider
>> The trouble is there is no mention of Protected Storage System Provider
>> when I look with Regedit.
>> I have run Protected Storage PassView v1.63 which can find the passwords
>> and
>> remove them but the problem recurs when they are re-entered.
>> Can some kind soul suggest a solution?
>>
>> P.S. The users are not computer literate so Linux and alternative mail
>> readers are not a solution.
>
> A quick Google found this -
>
> http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/answers/11.html
>
> The registry edit to enable password caching looks promising.

Thanks joe_90
I tried that and unfortunately does not seem to have worked.

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Seagull