Windows 7 never remembers my password credential

Question

Every time I need to connect to something in my company I get a dialog like this

So I type in my password(this can popup when I am in IE 9 or outlook or whatever.) and check the box. Say I am in IE 9 I can close done IE 9 and reopen it and go to the page I just was and it will come up with the same box.

It is like it never remembers that I said "remember my credentials".

Anyone have any ideas what the cause of this could be?

Answer 1

Is it possible that you already saved the wrong password for this account? (Maybe the password changed?) Try going into the password settings and deleting any saved credentials for the account and starting over:

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/Remove-stored-passwords-certificates-and-other-credentials

Answer 2

This one seems to have caused problems for a wide range of people, and not just on Windows 7.

This solution worked for me in testing (found it on a Microsoft Technet forum):

• Go into Outlook - File - Info - Account Settings
• Double click the Exchange Account - More Settings - Security Tab
• Check "Always Prompt for Logon Credentials"
• Close Outlook
• Start Outlook
• Go to login box and enter username and password
• click on Remember my Credentials
• Close Outlook
• Start Outlook
• Go to login box and enter username and password
• Click on Remember my Credentials
• Go back into More Settings - Security Tab
• Remove the check from the "Always Prompt for Logon Credentials"
• Close Outlook

However - It is not a good idea to do this! You should have to enter it every time, otherwise if someone steals your laptop you have made it that much easier to get access to your emails!

Answer 3

OP asked this question elsewhere and has been given an answer that works for me. That is:

• Go to Control panel -> User accounts -> Manage your credentials
• Select the credential in question
• Delete it
• Click "Add Windows credential" for Windows Network connection (I don't know exact naming of this menu item in English locale), or "Add common credential" for web/mail passwords.
• Input host, login and password
• Persistence of your login has changed to enterprise - will bet kept on logoff.

Somebody, please fix menu namings in my answer for them to be useful for English speaking people.