Dialup Problems with XP

[Jack Whitehead]

Having problems with dial-up.... I deleted an old ISP dialup, but when I
create a new account for to dial-up, everything looks fine. Until I click
on IE and try to dial up the internet. The old account is still listed with
old username and password. I can't get rid of the old one no matter how
many times I delete it and create a new one. Any help appreciated.

Jack

[Maureen Goldman]

>"Jack Whitehead" > wrote:
>Having problems with dial-up.... I deleted an old ISP dialup, but when I
>create a new account for to dial-up, everything looks fine. Until I click
>on IE and try to dial up the internet. The old account is still listed with
>old username and password. I can't get rid of the old one no matter how
>many times I delete it and create a new one. Any help appreciated.

Did you go to Control Panel \ Networks and cancel your old ISP as the
default? (right-click option)

[Jack Whitehead]

Yea, I did more than that. I deleted the one I no longer needed. There is
only one left and it is the default one. But when I try to log on to the
ISP, the old one come back up to be dialed. I can't figure it out.


"Maureen Goldman" > wrote in message
...
> >"Jack Whitehead" > wrote:
> >Having problems with dial-up.... I deleted an old ISP dialup, but when I
> >create a new account for to dial-up, everything looks fine. Until I
click
> >on IE and try to dial up the internet. The old account is still listed
with
> >old username and password. I can't get rid of the old one no matter how
> >many times I delete it and create a new one. Any help appreciated.
>
> Did you go to Control Panel \ Networks and cancel your old ISP as the
> default? (right-click option)
>

[Jack Whitehead]

Actually the old and the new account are the same, but I can't get rid of
the old password. The password from the old account keeps showing up on the
new one, even though I use the new one and log on to the ISP and tell it to
save password as I'm about to log on. But when I try to log on the second
time, the old Password shows up on the new account. Hope that explains the
issue better.

"Jack Whitehead" > wrote in message
...
> Yea, I did more than that. I deleted the one I no longer needed. There
is
> only one left and it is the default one. But when I try to log on to the
> ISP, the old one come back up to be dialed. I can't figure it out.
>
>
> "Maureen Goldman" > wrote in message
> ...
> > >"Jack Whitehead" > wrote:
> > >Having problems with dial-up.... I deleted an old ISP dialup, but when
I
> > >create a new account for to dial-up, everything looks fine. Until I
> click
> > >on IE and try to dial up the internet. The old account is still listed
> with
> > >old username and password. I can't get rid of the old one no matter
how
> > >many times I delete it and create a new one. Any help appreciated.
> >
> > Did you go to Control Panel \ Networks and cancel your old ISP as the
> > default? (right-click option)
> >
>
>

[Maureen Goldman]

>"Jack Whitehead" > wrote:
>Actually the old and the new account are the same, but I can't get rid of
>the old password. The password from the old account keeps showing up on the
>new one, even though I use the new one and log on to the ISP and tell it to
>save password as I'm about to log on. But when I try to log on the second
>time, the old Password shows up on the new account. Hope that explains the
>issue better.

You might try inserting your new password in IE.
Tools \internet options \ connections\ settings
Okay your way out.

[Jack Whitehead]

I think I've determined that it's not using the old connection and password.
It's listing the password twice, together. In other words, let's say my
password is 8 characters. The password is listed as 16 characters,
consisting of the same password repeated twice. It's weird!




"Maureen Goldman" > wrote in message
...
> >"Jack Whitehead" > wrote:
> >Actually the old and the new account are the same, but I can't get rid of
> >the old password. The password from the old account keeps showing up on
the
> >new one, even though I use the new one and log on to the ISP and tell it
to
> >save password as I'm about to log on. But when I try to log on the
second
> >time, the old Password shows up on the new account. Hope that explains
the
> >issue better.
>
> You might try inserting your new password in IE.
> Tools \internet options \ connections\ settings
> Okay your way out.

[Chris Coates]

Don't know if you're getting confused with XP's masking of
passwords. All passwords are masked to a fixed length
(which might be 16 characters) even if it's only a 5 digit
password. This is an attempt to stop people looking over
your shoulder and trying to guess passwords.


>-----Original Message-----
>I think I've determined that it's not using the old
connection and password.
>It's listing the password twice, together. In other
words, let's say my
>password is 8 characters. The password is listed as 16
characters,
>consisting of the same password repeated twice. It's
weird!
>
>
>
>
>"Maureen Goldman" > wrote in
message
...
>> >"Jack Whitehead" > wrote:
>> >Actually the old and the new account are the same, but
I can't get rid of
>> >the old password. The password from the old account
keeps showing up on
>the
>> >new one, even though I use the new one and log on to
the ISP and tell it
>to
>> >save password as I'm about to log on. But when I try
to log on the
>second
>> >time, the old Password shows up on the new account.
Hope that explains
>the
>> >issue better.
>>
>> You might try inserting your new password in IE.
>> Tools \internet options \ connections\ settings
>> Okay your way out.
>
>
>.
>

[Brian Tillman]

>I think I've determined that it's not using the old connection and
password.
>It's listing the password twice, together. In other words, let's say my
>password is 8 characters. The password is listed as 16 characters,
>consisting of the same password repeated twice. It's weird!

All NT-based password fields will show 16 asterisks regardless of the length
of the password. It's a security feature that prevents one from guessing
the password based on length.
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