Re: Vista RTM Stored Passwords - regression?

Well, apparently you cannot even reset domain-based network stored passwords
using the CTRL-ALT-DEL "Change a Password" screen.

Brilliant.

"Stuart [MVP]" wrote:

> Hi Rich,
>
> Yes, they are saved across a system restart. Unfortunately, MS has chosen
> (apparently) to dumb-down that feature. In XP you could use wildcards in the
> servername field and when you changed the credential password it let you
> change it on the target domain as well. For the life of me I don't
> understand why this has been removed.
>
> Stuart.
>
> "Rich Milburn" wrote:
>
> > Hello Stuart [MVP],
> >
> > See if storing your password is retained across a system restart. for a
> > while I was working with Vista being just a workgroup member, and even though
> > I told it to remember passwords for domain resources, it would always ask
> > again after I had rebooted. I'm curious whether that got fixed in RTM...
> >
> > Rich
> >
> > > In Windows XP, you could use the following syntax to create
> > > domain-wide stored passwords:
> > >
> > > DOMAIN\*
> > >
> > > This allowed to you connect to any resource in DOMAIN using the stored
> > > credential set.
> > >
> > > This no longer works in Vista. You either have to specify the full
> > > server FQDN or create entries for netbios-named servers.
> > >
> > > Anyone know why?
> > >
> > > Also, you can no longer sync your domain password in the Stored
> > > Passwords dialog box (another feature that was present in Windows XP).
> > >
> > > Why the regression?
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > >
> > > Stuart.
> > >
> >
> >
> >