# Where's my password gone? Internet connection question.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-my-password-gone-internet-connection-question/44455>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 7, 2000, 9:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-my-password-gone-internet-connection-question/44455 "2000-12-07T09:12:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![matt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@matt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2000, 9:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-my-password-gone-internet-connection-question/44455/1 "2000-12-07T09:12:46Z")

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This is a little problem, but it’s really annoying me.

I’m running Windows 95, with IE 4 and Outlook Express.  
My internet connection is through a modemusing dial-up networking. I recently changed the number dialled to make the connection, switching from metered calls to flat rate calls.

I was dissatisfied with the service (lousy connections all the time) so I changed back. However, I foolishly used the “automatic configuration” option to change the number back rather than doing it manually. This set up a new network connection with the same settings but a different name. The new connection has the “save password” option greyed out.

After fiddling about in “dial-up networking” the save password option magically came back. I changed the number dialled in the old connection, deleted my new connection and everything was peachy. However, one reboot later and the “save password” option is greyed out again, and I can’t get it back. Any ideas?

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**Author:** ![Jman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jman/32/4416_2.png) [@Jman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jman)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2000, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-my-password-gone-internet-connection-question/44455/2 "2000-12-07T14:35:08Z")

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Here:

[http://winfiles.cnet.com/bugs/dunpass.html](http://winfiles.cnet.com/bugs/dunpass.html)