Enable password caching in XP SP2 IE 6.x

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For Internet Explorer assistance:

Please visit the Internet Explorer newsgroup experts:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6.browser

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User
Microsoft Newsgroups

Get Windows XP Service Pack 2 with Advanced Security Technologies:
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/protect/window...

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"Zart the Artist" wrote:

| I need the ability to save passwords while connecting to internet sites that
| require user credentials. The windows pop up has a check box to enable this
| but does not save the password. How can I make this work?

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Carey
Does XP Service Pack 2 with Advanced Security Technologies indeed offer a
fix for this problem?

"Carey Frisch [MVP]" wrote:

> For Internet Explorer assistance:
>
> Please visit the Internet Explorer newsgroup experts:
> news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6.browser
>
> --
> Carey Frisch
> Microsoft MVP
> Windows XP - Shell/User
> Microsoft Newsgroups
>
> Get Windows XP Service Pack 2 with Advanced Security Technologies:
> http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/protect/window...
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> "Zart the Artist" wrote:
>
> | I need the ability to save passwords while connecting to internet sites that
> | require user credentials. The windows pop up has a check box to enable this
> | but does not save the password. How can I make this work?
>

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For security reasons, many secure web sites are designed not to
permit the saving of passwords. It is the design of the web site
itself, and not IE, that prevents the saving of passwords.

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User
Microsoft Newsgroups

Get Windows XP Service Pack 2 with Advanced Security Technologies:
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/protect/window...

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"Zart the Artist" wrote:

| Carey
| Does XP Service Pack 2 with Advanced Security Technologies indeed offer a
| fix for this problem?

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Thanks Carey, I understand that but, this is an internal inranet using front
page 2002 server extensions. I have tried the same authenticating to these
web sites (IIS 6.0) and using IE 5.5 sp2 as a browser client...and it works.
I do beleive it is a browser issue. Can you give ma at least some direction
as to how to resolve this problem


"Carey Frisch [MVP]" wrote:

> For security reasons, many secure web sites are designed not to
> permit the saving of passwords. It is the design of the web site
> itself, and not IE, that prevents the saving of passwords.
>
> --
> Carey Frisch
> Microsoft MVP
> Windows XP - Shell/User
> Microsoft Newsgroups
>
> Get Windows XP Service Pack 2 with Advanced Security Technologies:
> http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/protect/window...
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> "Zart the Artist" wrote:
>
> | Carey
> | Does XP Service Pack 2 with Advanced Security Technologies indeed offer a
> | fix for this problem?
>
>

Well this may add a wrinkle to the idea that it is not the browser causing the issue. I have two laptops for my work as the Admin. for several servers. One logs in pretty as you please and is able to save to the password list. And so I get rignt in no sweat. My newer machine absolutely refuses to save a password to the password list. The machine that works is IE 7, the dog that wont save to the passwword list is IE8. I pretty much think this puts the idea that it is not the browser to bed.

It is the browser. Firefox can do it.

Think about it for a second: you type your password into a dialog box. What stops the application from caching it for you? Choice of design.